Professor: Howard Stahl
Department: Computer Science
College: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: CS52ONLINE
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I've taken 2 classes with Stahl and I had no problems getting feedback. He provides good and clear instructions on what your assigned programs should do.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: CS50
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I don't understand why this professor is not lauded enough. It's not an easy "A," but it's achievable. Just make sure your programs work and don't be afraid to reach out to him, if you have an issue.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: CS52
- 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:
I took multiple classes with Howard (CS52 and CS20A), and my experience was overall quite good. I often found the homework simplistic, so I took the initiative to challenge myself with more complex driver programs. The programming problems on his exams were somewhat challenging at times, but ultimately fair as far as assessing what we learnt.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: CS52
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I would not take this professor at all
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: CS52
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: No
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great professor for C++. He gets annoyed by slackers and cheating. I would love to take his data structures class.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: CS52
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: No
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Excellent professor, i highly recommend him for any class c++ or data structures, i think he teaches intro to cloud, take him, you will learn a lot from him
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: CS20A
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I have taken 3 classes with him, both online and on campus. He understands that Data Structures is a hard class, he accepts late work and redo's of assignments. Extremely helpful and caring and I have learned so much from every class I have taken with him. Lectures are very detailed. The book is VERY helpful for CS52, no book needed for CS20A.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: CS79A
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
"Nice Job!" This course, being online, requires self direction and dedication. That said the assignments and goals are straightforward and achievable when effort is put in. Stahl always does a great job of setting expectations and simultaneously showing a how to meet them.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: CS17
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Another professor who knows his stuff at SMC. His lesson materials delivered online are very well-organized and clear and concise-- he's managed to distill much more complex source material (from overwritten text-books) down into just the need-to-know parts of it. I was amazed at how much I learned over an abbreviated semester.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: CS17
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Not hard, but you REALLY have to take the time to understand the lessons. Summer class consists of 8 weeks. You can have a 100% in the class untill the last two weeks and drop to a C if you're not careful. If you got a 70-79 in CS50, you may have trouble. The last week/ final is increasingly difficult. He doesnt really challenge you till the end.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: CS17
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Since the class is online, you need to have the discipline to stay on top of the material. The lectures themselves are not extensive, but I found that he is very detailed and helpful if you email him for help. Overall a solid CS professor.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: CS52
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
SO NICE
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: CS17
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took his class twice! First time I dropped and this time I passes. He made his course work in early 2000 and repeat his questions, assignments time to time. He will dump a huge ambiguous reading assignments every week. Most of the things are so old that even google cannot find :). Expect pain! I will say don't take any CS class in SMC.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: CS83R
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is a useful class!
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: CS17
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is a helpful class!
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: CS83R
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took his CS83R (Ruby on Rails) course and I had good experinece learning the programming language. He prepares all his assignments and lectures instead of relying on powerpoints and puplishers' materials. You'll learn the subject matter if you follow along.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: CS52
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
helpful class!
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: CS83
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His class is poorly prepared, no reference material, the assignments don't match the lecture that is hardly there. You ask a question and don't expect any applicable answer. The online classes at SMC computer department are pretty ridiculous.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: CS83R
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Took Stahl for CS52, CS20A, CS17, CS83R. All A's. Overall, the best CS teacher at SMC. His material is clear and he tests on what you should know. No tricks. He also goes out of his way for students. He wrote me a letter of rec and got the chair of the department to sign a course sub form for me so I could get a certificate. Funny and humble too.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: CS17
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great professor! Lectures are detailed and easy going and witty. Homework problems are practical and lecture based. Plenty of help. Will allow second chance to improve homework if you missed something. Tests are easy if you study the material. Overall great experience taking this class with him.
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