Stephen Jang

3S38 · CS38 · CS3860080 · CS37 · 81 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.7/5
Take again: 12.2%
Difficulty: 4.0

The decision

if ; you will mostly teach yourself from the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProAvoid At All CostsMandatory AttendanceYapper LecturesUseless Graphics LibrarySelf Teach Required

Overwhelming majority of reviews rate teaching quality at the bottom
Attendance and handwritten notes are heavily graded while lectures teach little useful Java
Students say an A is possible but learning and time cost are terrible

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Many still earn As by following picky instructions, but and learning is poor.

Similar A reports online and in person; process is painful in both.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Material is intro Java, but bad teaching, outdated libraries, and .

Both formats push self-teaching from textbook.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

8/100

Attendance and .

Mandatory in online and in-person sections.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Nearly unanimous advice is to pick any other CS professor.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report , and .

Format shift

Harsh and inconsistent tone appears in both formats.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of , and textbook work pile up.

Format shift

Heavy in both formats.

Teaching experience

Awful

14/100

Reviews describe rambling lectures, outdated graphics focus, dodged questions, and almost no useful teaching.

Format shift

Awful online and in person.

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Homework, daily notes, and .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize notes plus tests.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person CS38 is widely called a waste of time with , and incoherent lectures.

Main concern

Mandatory attendance for and homework.

What students said

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Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students report , and lectures that waste hours without teaching.

Main concern

, and mandatory participation with no learning.

What students said

“Professor often fails to upload files needed for class work”
CS38

“save ur self and just find any other professor besides this one”
CS38

“This guy's lectures will make you rip your hair out due to the fact that he somehow manages to talk about nothing for 2-4 hours”
CS3860080

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and textbook content not covered clearly in lecture.

Handwritten CodeTextbook Multiple ChoiceUnclear Exam DatesConfusing Questions

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and textbook-based multiple choice poorly aligned with lectures.

Handwritten Code On ExamsTextbook-Based MCPoor Exam Communication

“ and forces us ”
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“ not covered in class”
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Online

Online reviews mention tests and poor communication but do not clearly prove webcam or Lockdown Browser use.

Test HeavyUnclear Instructions

“The reason I rated him this low was unjust lowering from a B- to a C”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice
“WHATEVER ! If you like CS you will hate it and if you hate CS you will hate it even more.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and self-teaching. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Disaster

14/100

“Hands down the ”

📌

8/100

“ though it's just him reading off powerpoint notes that you copy word for word and submit”

📚

20/100

“you learn from a book. google is a better teacher just use that instead”

⚠️ Recommendation

12/100

“If ”

Theme 1

🗣️ About Lectures

professional yapper
his lectures will make you rip your hair out
Every class is on graphics—useless in real-world coding

Theme 2

📝

I once named my files incorrectly and he gave me half credit
Class notes required to be submitted, 25 pts each

Theme 3

💻 About Learning Outcomes

I don't think I've learned a single thing
if you because you are not gonna learn anything
as an introduction to programming

Data context

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Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty mostly recent reviews with exceptionally consistent , and outdated content.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59

4 out of 53

3 out of 51

2 out of 57

1 out of 562

Course coverage

CS3842 reviews

CS373 reviews

CS38600803 reviews

3S382 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 3 · A 13 · A- 2

B range

B+ 2 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

D+ 2 · D- 1

F

F 1

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 3 · Not sure yet 10 · Rather not say 2

Stephen Jang

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

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⚠️ Recommendation

🗣️ About Lectures

📝 x x x x

💻 About Learning Outcomes

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if ; you will mostly teach yourself from the book.

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