Grade based on only quizzes and labs. Labs were not too difficult overall, except for the final lab which he accidentally made impossible (curved accordingly though). The quizzes were impossible to study for and did not feel very fair but they were doable. You can also get extra credit for having faster runtimes on the last 2 labs he gives.

Grade was based on 3 quizzes and 9 labs. The labs were never too difficult as long as you understand the lecture material. Except for the final lab which was completely impossible, but he curved accordingly. The quizzes were impossible to study for though, and you could end up doing bad easily. Overall really nice guy though.

If you are taking this course, be prepared to have to teach yourself a lot of c++ code and make good use of TAs and ULAs. The professor's lectures more often than not are centered around the data structures (and yes, the class is technically about them) but include very little actual guidance for your c++ understanding/development. Lengthy labs.

His lectures were easy to follow along with, but his labs were very difficult. The structure of the labs, however, is like office hours, so the teaching team was always very accessible. The quizzes should be called exams tbh because they were weighted so heavily. He curved very well at the end of the class and so many people got an A.

He started including quizzes along with his difficult labs. The quizzes weren't too difficult but the grading is pretty harsh. He doesn't post lecture material anywhere, so you can't miss it.

Very difficult class, but overall I learned a lot. Graded on weekly labs and 3 quizzes, the labs were difficult (were either pretty easy or insanely difficult). OH were helpful to go to. The quizzes aren't too bad, but they're on paper and not forgiving of minor mistakes. you can't do bad on the quizzes.

The class was genuinely hard, harder than other profs from what I have seen. He is an actually good prof though and cares about making sure that his students learn the concept, lectures are genuinely effective. Just make sure you are doing the labs right.

It is impossible to know what going to be on the test, so you have to search everything he taught you outside. And in that process, you will learn a lot of new things and be better. (prof's intent) no study guide. Labs is hard, but its fun. Use paper to take note. He did big curve (really good). Be prepared to run a function on paper.

do you people expect him to just tell you how to do the labs in lecture? is that your definition of a “good lecturer”? if you actually pay attention and understand what he's trying to teach, and then make a genuine effort to apply the concepts and do the labs yourself, you'll learn a ton. unbelievable how people do not even try to use their brains

RUN. This class is like taking 3 classes at once. What we learn in lecture (1) has nothing to do with the labs (2) and nothing to do with the exams (3). Exams show that he does not know how to test computer science knowledge. Most people GPTd this class. Exam avgs are around ~45%, and he does not even moderately believe that is his fault.

BURK! Man I miss this guy. Crappy lecturer; great for non-intro classes. Lectures not mandatory, interesting and advanced weekly projects, no exams. You WILL get stuck & have to wait in a long line of people looking for help, but it's worth it — I got 3x better at coding!! RN I'm in CS32 Nabeel (textbook word hunt only) bored out of my skull.

I had him for both CS 16 and CS 24. CS 16 had midterm and final and I believe they were both poorly written and were difficult. On the other hand CS 24 had no tests and the grade is just nine lab assignments. The labs are difficult but I highly appreciate how there are no tests. He is very passionate about material but the assignments are hard.