Chaim Ziegler - Brooklyn College

Professor: Chaim Ziegler

Department: TBD

College: Brooklyn College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Bro , you wanna waste money and credit he is for you . He doesnt teach anything. His lecture is nothing .He will tell you he is genius. But he is nothing but awful . He will never teach you code . Never ever . He make some code , watching those he will lecture you . Homework grading awful . Never mention where is wrong just ReDo. skip

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIS748
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very hard tests, you need to know all about computer networks by heart. No open books on exams, just one cheat sheet which isn't enough to recall all.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This is the most worst professor, especially for computer science beginners. Has 0 inconsideration for student struggle. Pros: Access to class work Lacks: looks toward students perspective, trustworthy, reasonable testing time, responding emails on time (3 days latehelpless 30pts deduction), sympathy, motivating, well used privilege

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CISC1110
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor doesn't actually teach the class, all he does is read off of a pdf during lectures no real teaching. He also rushes through topics. Whenever you would ask a question he would give you a snobby statement that does not answer the question. Tests are hard and if he makes you redo your homework he won't tell you what you need to change.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is one of the worst classes I have ever taken. He is one of the most serious and uncaring professors I have ever seen, do your self a favor and do not take him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CISC2210
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Avoid this professor at all costs, especially in a distance learning environment. Professor Ziegler threatens to fail students on exams for disconnecting from the video call even for reasons outside of the students control, such as a poor Wifi connection. Additionally, he refuses to discuss any questions that aren't from the assigned homework.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CISC3115
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I am practically begging you to not take him. Please. Don't. I have never left a review on this site except for him. Haunting experience

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Ziegler is very knowledgeable and organized. This class is definitely not easy, but if you do the work and make sure you stay head, you'll be fine. All of his lectures are on his site so it's best to go over them prior to lecture otherwise lecture will be way too much. Put in the work and you'll be fine. Tutoring (in LC) helps too!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CISC2210
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I've never felt compelled enough by a teacher's performance to put the effort into making an account here to review them. Worst professor I've ever had. Teaches from a pdf. Does not go through problems from scratch. Doesn't respond to questions. Grade is based off 3 hard tests where you'll run out of time formatting your answers in a google doc.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CISC2210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He will make you type with superscripts and subscripts with the symbols! No one was able to do them quickly and could not complete the test This professor gets an F!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Warning: If this is your first programming course, do not take him. Period. The few five stars are from people who already knows programming and showing off. You will remain lost and demotivated in class forever. Very patronizing and does not give a damn about student's understanding. All he care if his course is covered.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took him in Fall 2019 term and it was alright for the first week but then it started going downhill for me because he would just continue talking nonstop and then take a sip of water and continue. Maybe it was just me but it was really hard to learn especially when theres not much interaction. He just expects you to listen and understand everything

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor is very organized, know the material well and is a great lecturer. He has amazing slides that you have access to outside of class along with audio (and recently video) lecture recordings. These absurd comments are mind boggling; I strongly recommend taking him if you want a good foundation in programming.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

all these neg comments r probably that that failed. he is really nice and teaches really well. he does give you hw after every topic that u finish. 8/9 hws is not that much. his exams are fair 2 midterms and one final. he gives you topic exercises but if he finds u cheating ur either getting zero or failing, very strict about that.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CISC1110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are based off his slides which are posted online. Prof Ziegler reads his slides like he reads the Torah. He teaches you enough about the subject to know what's going on but won't offer any help if you get stuck. Picky grader, takes points off on homework for missing small details like indentation. Tough class!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CISC1115
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Teaches straight from a textbook. Doesn't give good feedback if any. Subject isn't hard to grasp instead the professor teaches poorly and isn't as hands on as he should be. Wrecked my GPA in the process of taking this class but it's my own fault. Would recommend anyone who cares about GPA and their time to stay away.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CISC3115
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Changed majors because Ziegler made me hate coding. Expect to type up AND print 7-15+ pages of coding and not have it read passed the first 5 pages. Ziegler is really picky, he will point out indentations of lines, spacing, grammar and more! and will return it right back to you, already having deducted 1 point / 10 until you get it right. Avoid!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CISC3115
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You can't learn anything from this lesson, you can only go home and find information to learn. He will only make the problem harder.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CISC3110
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This man has absolutely traumatized me and I almost changed my major to make sure I'd avoid ever having to take him again. He goes through his slides very quickly and when you go to his office hours for help on a program he tells you to "figure it out yourself." If he feels "gracious"enough to not make you jump through hoops, he rolls his eyes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CISC3115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Go to class. Listen to what he states over and over that he wants. Set enough time aside to put the work in outside of class. All his assignments closely mirror what you do in class. Email him or see him after class if you have any additional question. Overall, put in the work and you will get a good grade. You never get less than you deserve