AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Hoang Nguyen

CIS4A · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

if and use office hours; beginners who need structured teaching may struggle.

Best fit · Self Taught ProProject HeavySelf Learning RequiredCaringLate GradingExtra Credit
  • Intro Java-style CIS4A is project heavy and assumes strong self-learning
  • Caring and him out
  • Lectures often feel like live coding demos; tests can exceed what class covers

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

As appear with and projects, but tests and independent coding demand real work.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Programming concepts plus projects beyond lecture pace make it tough for true beginners.

Both formats stress self-learning; online adds Zoom demo limits.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

Most .

Online and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

; fans value care and CS passion, critics hate teaching clarity.

Recent online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Some call him lenient with ; others say tough grader and .

Format shift

Online includes both lenient and never-grades complaints.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of projects and with lectures.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize project load.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Caring and available, but live-coding lectures leave many learning from Google.

Format shift

; online teaching clarity more criticized.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

and tests; graded by few things for some sections.

Format shift

Online and .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and ; caring but independent learning dominates.

Main concern

Teaching style is demo-first with limited guided practice.

What students said

“If you are new to programming he is hard but ”
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“There's a lot of independent learning”
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“ . Gives out a lot of ”
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Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online Zoom screen-share coding plus many projects; feedback and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“I've had to learn most of the content from google”
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“very helpful and , but you have to ask for help”
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“Doesn't grade anything until last minute”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests often feel harder than class coverage; .

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and coding skill more than friendly exam design.

Project BasedExtra Credit
“ . Gives out a lot of to students”
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Online

Online students report hard tests versus material covered; .

Hard TestsProject HeavyLimited Lecture Alignment
“the covered in class”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“you also need to be good at self-learning too”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 , and care versus clarity. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Style

55/100

“He just screen shares himself coding in the zoom, trying to explain what he is doing which isn't a very effective way to teach”

❤️ Care Factor

75/100

“He really cares about his students and really loves CS”

📦 Workload

32/100

“He assigns a lot of projects”

👍

50/100

“very helpful and , but you have to ask for help and put in some effort out of class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He introduces a concept by doing a code in front of us, and that's it
  • I've had to learn most of the content from google
  • very helpful and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • very lenient with grading
  • covered in class

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He is so caring
  • He is a students learn to code

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Eight detailed CIS4A reviews across 2016-2025 with consistent self-learning and .

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CIS4A8 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 3 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1