Alvaro Monge - California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Professor: Alvaro Monge

Department: Computer Science

College: California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CECS323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

All the grades and averages were so low, we were expecting there to be a huge curve. So we kept quiet and kept working through out the semester being optimistic. But no, he failed almost half the class. You wanted an A? You aint getting one unless you prioritize this class and are willing to spend ALL your time on it. Forget all your other classes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CECS323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE BY ANY MEANS. PERIOD.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CECS323
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Lectures are informative & I appreciated the detailed feedback. Yet... You could lose points on things that were never brought up/alluded to in class(!), asking q's was pointless b/c he was afraid to give anything away, and the final project (a huge chunk of our grade) took up all of our time close to finals. Very nerve-wracking class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CECS323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I will admit, he does know his stuff. But that still doesn't give him the right to act the way he does. The class had long lectures and mostly group lab/homework. All the work given was made unnecessarily difficult, which made it harder to understand the subject matter. Your work has to be 100% correct, or you won't receive full credit! What a mess

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CECS323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Like another post mentioned he is very strict with the way he wants things done, doesn't matter if you get the correct result. Lectures seemed to be unprepared as well as examples. Labs, same as lectures. No organization whatsoever. Expect graded work returned late. Just another teacher giving CSULB Computer Science academics a bad reputation.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CECS323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His class comes straight out of 7th grade. Raise your hand to speak,attend every class,and dont leave early. Everything must be done a very specific way or your grade will suffer. Doesnt matter if your results are correct,your method/style must match his or youll lose points. Hes too much of a stickler for rules,take another prof. Hes not worth it

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CECS105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

It is not a hard class, but most students will find it hard to get a good grade, or even pass. This is because most students will assume this will be a very easy one-unit class, putting in no effort. Then they realize they missed a single homework assignment which dropped their grade by 10%. Easy class if you come in with the right mindset.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CECS105
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

iClicker used to take attendance as well as for quizzes in class- both count for a good majority of your grades so show up to class. there's also quizzes outside of class that are taken online but you can read the assigned reading while taking it but make sure to read it for the in class quizzes

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is actually pretty good at teaching. I was afraid of taking him when I saw the comments about him; however, I had to take him since he was the only professor open. Overall, he is not bad like others said. I learned a lot from him and he will make you learn. He cares about his students. Ask him questions! dont be afraid!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

alright whoevers taking this guy: listen to me. If you don't procrastinate, actually try to learn by asking questions, you won't end up like all these sad faces on here. the class is hard, but make sure you don't give up. I went to his offices hours, asked questions, TRIED , even on weekends, and now i'm not one of those sad faces here complainin

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The absolute worst. Knowledgeable, but is in no way effective at getting it across to his students. If you're in CS then he's also your advisor so you're pretty much stuck with this guy. Transfer to another school, change majors, or deal with this program where you'll learn next to nothing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you are taking this professor then prepare for the hardest and most unreasonable intro class you will ever take. You can study all you want but it is futile. The online book he made us use doesn't coexist with his quizzes so you fail them. He doesn't curve any exams to help you out. The assignments are hard with minimal and vague instructions.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This is an introductory course and is not easy, but taking it with Monge and putting in the work will prepare you for higher level courses. You will need to read documentation outside of the assigned reading to succeed, doing so will be huge to your success. I recommend taking the Python course online at Code Academy in preparation for this class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Off that it seems one person below is so defensive... hard professor, hard class. Not a lot of oppurtunites to improve your grade so do well when you can. His office hours were limited and hard to get to, not to mention the line out his door. I highly recommend devoting 150% of your time to the class if you want to succeed

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not sure what the person below is saying. Doing quizzes in a group is cheating. You can't start HW Early because he gives it to everyone at the same time. He NEVER gives extra credit, so that post is not accurate. this class is fairly difficult and he will not care whether you pass. Study hard and devote every moment you have to coding to pass

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

How to get a good grade in this class: do quizzes w a group, figure out answers together, Google EVERYTHING, start the HW early, ask a lot of questions, irl & online! I had a C until I started to ask him for help and eventually ended up with a ton of extra credit on my hw assignments, because he checked our code and told us what he what he wanted.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You will not do well unless you have previous coding experience or hire a tutor. This guy is not an effective teacher and chooses to hold a pretentious attitude so he looks down on you. He fails to acknowledge our poor scores are the result of his "teaching" which is telling us to study on our own until we can barely succeed. Drop while you can. :(

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Oh man he is bad. If you have no little to no programming experience, just take the F before you sign up for this class. He will briefly cover a topic (not even that clearly) and then assign a homework that is way above the classes capability and expect you to finish it in a week. If i could rate him a 0, i would but 1 is the lowest. DONT TAKE IT

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

So I don't understand if it's the school or him, but this should not be a level 100 course. He is very project heavy and has no courtesy for your time. He fails to acknowledge that the issue in our poor midterm grades is from his teaching and would rather blame us saying we didn't study enough. About 15% got B or higher while the rest got F's...

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CECS174
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very strict. Probably my least favorite professor. His quizzes were very confusing and he likes to interrupt you when you're working to criticize your work because he feels "your code is never good enough". Also, he uses 4 websites to post things and blames you if you fail to constantly be updated every hour of the day. Not a good professor.