Uyen (Clare) Nguyen - De Anza College

Professor: Uyen (Clare) Nguyen

Department: TBD

College: De Anza College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Assembly with Professor Nguyen was good and pretty straight forward. She spends class going over the hard tasks that were given. The presentation slides were certainly enough and reading the textbook wasn't nessesary.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• 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:

One of my favorite classes. She's very helpful and reachable through email or dicscussions on canvas. She always gives feedback and has lots of EC for doing practice exercises. Expect notes to be lengthy but they are very helpful

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA41A41B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Clare and Delia are two of the best CIS professors! I would say that for students intending to take her 41B class to take 41A with her, as students taking 41A with easier professors tend to struggle more in 41B. IMO, her 41B class is around 3x the difficulty of her 41A, but the topics/projectsyou learn are so worth it! Difficulty: 41A < 21JA < 41B.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CIS41A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Online Zoom class during Corona. She's awesome, though you have to put in some work. Lectures were quite fast, so I recommend skimming the slides ahead of time and rewatching recordings if needed. I reference them for labs. Grading is nit-picky on some ends but flexible on others, so it's fair overall. Tip: do extra credit & avoid procrastination!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CIS41A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She was my teacher for CIS41A (python programming) and I really appreciated how she took the time to give feedback on every part of the assignments we did. The midterms and final were from content we learned in class, so nothing was new or unfamiliar. She's very good at communicating with students and good at handling this class through Zoom.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: 21JA
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Assembly language is tough. The labs were okay if you are proficient at coding, though sometimes I thought that the reading wasn't really enough to prepare for the labs. Even though there were some difficult labs, the class is very balanced, and if you put in the effort you should definitely make it through the quarter and learn a lot.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CIS18B
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Clare's Linux OS class is very*100 useful and practical. Her lecture notes are holy grails

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CIS41B
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best professor ever. Clare's lecture note is the best and very clear. She is such a wonderful person. You'd be lucky to take her classes.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CIS18A
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is really nice and helpful. She pay attention the students and their grades and also help them a lot to learn the course and increase their grades.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CISD018
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was a good professor. She really cares if youre passing or not. I was struggling in the class so she let me re-take parts of the midterm exam to at least get a C grade & she tried her best to help me pass and she definitely did help I ended up passing with a C in the long run. So thank you professor Nguyen!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CIS18B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shes ok, pretty tough. Expect a lot. Study the lecture notes and pay attention, you will be fine.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took her for assembly and that was the hardest class I ever took in my life. As a teacher she is very clear with her expectation and workload. If you study hard, do the readings, and carefully do the exams then you will do fine in this class. For her assignments she was very picky so be very careful.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

A lot of work in her class. Five labs, first three are back to back. Last two are separated by a week or two. Two midterms and one final. She is an EXTREMELY tough grader. Will mark off a lot of points for something small. Only recommend if you are taking her as an only class. Also, did I mention she is a tough grader?

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 41A
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class was so hard, had so many labs and each lab had so many specific things, not the best teacher, passed the class but I wouldn't take her again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 21JA
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Clare is an excellent prof. She cares about students' learning and prepares them well for upper division courses at universities. Exams are one level higher than notes, which requires you to think about different scenarios. Tough class because it's online. But this class opens my eyes in some CS concepts. Made mistakes in class and learned from it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CIS41A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not bad

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CIS41A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tough grader

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

So much work in this class, it's insane. Would not recommend taking more than 2 other courses alongside this one. The material is very tough and there is something due every 2 days. She doesn't grade easy too. She explains things well, but that doesn't change the fact that there is too much work in this class. Not sure if there are better options.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• 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:

Professor Nguyen is a very kind, helpful, and smart person. She really wants her students to succeed and is happy to help whoever needs it. The grades are based on 8 modules each having a coding assignment and an easy quiz. No textbook is required her notes have everything you need. 2 midterms and a final. Pretty lenient grader overall.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CIS21JA
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Attend lectures (extra credits!), READ CLASS NOTES, study sample questions before exams, then you will be fine. Her lectures are clear, and you will be mainly tested on the lecture materials. Knowing how each instruction works and paying attention to details are both extremely important. She gives detailed feedbacks to everyone's assignments.