Professor
Shu Liu
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2023 - Shu Liu is amazing, and is one of my favorite professors at UCLA. Grading Scheme was 50% HW, 15% Midterm, 34% Final, 1% Evaluation Survey at the end of class. You could also drop the Midterm for the Final. HW's were very straightforward and he gives you more than enough time to do them. Exams are very similar to the practice exams. He records lectures, and is very accessible in Office Hours. If you have any coding experience prior to taking his class, you can put in very minimal effort and expect an A. I can't say enough good things about this guy, take his class.
Winter 2023 - Shu Liu is amazing, and is one of my favorite professors at UCLA. Grading Scheme was 50% HW, 15% Midterm, 34% Final, 1% Evaluation Survey at the end of class. You could also drop the Midterm for the Final. HW's were very straightforward and he gives you more than enough time to do them. Exams are very similar to the practice exams. He records lectures, and is very accessible in Office Hours. If you have any coding experience prior to taking his class, you can put in very minimal effort and expect an A. I can't say enough good things about this guy, take his class.
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Fall 2025 - The exams in this class are graded so leniently, in the sense that the TAs try to give you points wherever possible, so everyone tends to do very well. Since java is so complicated already, this class moves VERY slowly. This class was like HALF the difficulty of 10a and 16a. The professor isn't super engaging so it was a little hard paying attention, but he is very kind and understanding.
Fall 2025 - The exams in this class are graded so leniently, in the sense that the TAs try to give you points wherever possible, so everyone tends to do very well. Since java is so complicated already, this class moves VERY slowly. This class was like HALF the difficulty of 10a and 16a. The professor isn't super engaging so it was a little hard paying attention, but he is very kind and understanding.