COMPTNG 10A
Introduction to Programming
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours; laboratory, eight hours. No prior programming experience assumed. Basic principles of programming, using C++; algorithmic, procedural problem solving; program design and development; basic data types, control structures and functions; functional arrays and pointers; introduction to classes for programmer-defined data types. P/NP or letter grading.
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Summer 2024 - This professor is the fucking goat. This review is not for his PIC series but for Math 151B summer 2024. Not too great at teaching, he sounds like he wants to die and is depressed half the time when he's teaching, but he's really not like that if you go to his office hours. He's one of those professors that teaches only because he's obligated to do so, but he knows that probably and therefore makes his course an extremely easy A so I don't put it on the guy for that. If you go to his office hours, he'll answer all of your questions and doesn't really mind going overtime by maybe even an hour. He tends to have a lot more personality in his office hours. However, his lectures are extremely stale and boring and pretty much reads off the textbook line by line and he's also not too good at explaining. However, as I said earlier, his class is a free A since he makes his homework assignments 40% of the grade and they're pretty reasonable problems. What more is that both his midterm and final are almost exact copy and pastes of the homework problems (maybe change up a number or two) and he states that he does this in the syllabus and first day of class. All I did to study for the exams was look at the homework problems I did the night before the exam and I still ended up with an A+. As long as you put in the effort to understand the homework, the exams are free A's.
Summer 2024 - This professor is the fucking goat. This review is not for his PIC series but for Math 151B summer 2024. Not too great at teaching, he sounds like he wants to die and is depressed half the time when he's teaching, but he's really not like that if you go to his office hours. He's one of those professors that teaches only because he's obligated to do so, but he knows that probably and therefore makes his course an extremely easy A so I don't put it on the guy for that. If you go to his office hours, he'll answer all of your questions and doesn't really mind going overtime by maybe even an hour. He tends to have a lot more personality in his office hours. However, his lectures are extremely stale and boring and pretty much reads off the textbook line by line and he's also not too good at explaining. However, as I said earlier, his class is a free A since he makes his homework assignments 40% of the grade and they're pretty reasonable problems. What more is that both his midterm and final are almost exact copy and pastes of the homework problems (maybe change up a number or two) and he states that he does this in the syllabus and first day of class. All I did to study for the exams was look at the homework problems I did the night before the exam and I still ended up with an A+. As long as you put in the effort to understand the homework, the exams are free A's.
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Fall 2018 - Claudia is very clear about her expectations for the class and what she expects from students; her advice during lecture is great in that she is very upfront about common mistakes people make while coding, as well as how the inner workings of the compiler are when reading the code. Would take again for Pic 10B.
Fall 2018 - Claudia is very clear about her expectations for the class and what she expects from students; her advice during lecture is great in that she is very upfront about common mistakes people make while coding, as well as how the inner workings of the compiler are when reading the code. Would take again for Pic 10B.
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Fall 2019 - There's always a risk taking a professor without any reviews on Bruinwalk. Let me be the first to say that Hyde is an EXCELLENT professor and DEFINITELY worth your time. Every time I went to lecture, I felt that I understood the material very well, despite having no previous programming experience. HW assignments were very clear, appropriate - not to long/short, not to hard/easy. During office hours, Hyde was very approachable, and would answer even the silliest questions. Midterms were pretty easy (for me at least) and Hyde applies a GENEROUS curve. In conclusion, I think I learned a lot from this class. Hyde has a knack for teaching and I hope UCLA keeps him around.
Fall 2019 - There's always a risk taking a professor without any reviews on Bruinwalk. Let me be the first to say that Hyde is an EXCELLENT professor and DEFINITELY worth your time. Every time I went to lecture, I felt that I understood the material very well, despite having no previous programming experience. HW assignments were very clear, appropriate - not to long/short, not to hard/easy. During office hours, Hyde was very approachable, and would answer even the silliest questions. Midterms were pretty easy (for me at least) and Hyde applies a GENEROUS curve. In conclusion, I think I learned a lot from this class. Hyde has a knack for teaching and I hope UCLA keeps him around.
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Fall 2023 - Fucking bullshit class. Literally everything the previous review said. It's that terrible. It's unbelievable that he gave us a homework set that was literally meant for higher level courses. That final. That fucking final was disgusting. 18 questions of just pure bullshit that none of us could realistically have figured out. Take literally anyone else
Fall 2023 - Fucking bullshit class. Literally everything the previous review said. It's that terrible. It's unbelievable that he gave us a homework set that was literally meant for higher level courses. That final. That fucking final was disgusting. 18 questions of just pure bullshit that none of us could realistically have figured out. Take literally anyone else
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Fall 2023 - I honestly felt that she was very dismissive. I felt very unsupported by her and my TA. I felt like I was treated as if I should have already known the material... except I thought this class was for people that have never coded before? Of course after lecture I would understand the concepts, but when it came to applying them to the homework, I often thought I needed a push or at least a similar example. When I would reach out, she would say to come to her in person instead of messaging her. However, there are only so many times I can call off from work or ask to switch shifts. When I would message her she would leave me on read for hours only to tell me again to go to office hours. Little did she know I was only able to attend my TA's office hours for the first few times.
Fall 2023 - I honestly felt that she was very dismissive. I felt very unsupported by her and my TA. I felt like I was treated as if I should have already known the material... except I thought this class was for people that have never coded before? Of course after lecture I would understand the concepts, but when it came to applying them to the homework, I often thought I needed a push or at least a similar example. When I would reach out, she would say to come to her in person instead of messaging her. However, there are only so many times I can call off from work or ask to switch shifts. When I would message her she would leave me on read for hours only to tell me again to go to office hours. Little did she know I was only able to attend my TA's office hours for the first few times.
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