Reviews of professor Hieu Vu

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Vu is perhaps one of the most average professors there are. His grading is generous, hw was easy, and there we no quizzes whatsoever (only 3 exams and a final). Let it be said, he has quite a few flaws. From not being able to communicate with students effectively, to inputting grades incorrectly. But as long as you try, you will succeed. :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Super easy grader, but doesn't actually teach. The beginning of this course was incredibly frustrating. The teacher introduces and expects advanced concepts from the beginning, but doesn't explain. Don't take this prof if you actually want to learn the material.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Mr. Vu is not helpful at all. Asking questions was pointless because he didn't answer them. His instructions are cryptic, unclear and cause confusion.The course is relatively easy if you already know some basics of C++. Do not expect to learn a lot from this course. I would recommend avoiding a course him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Vu is a wonderful teacher, but this course was incredibly hard. This is a flawed course; it has nothing to do with what professor you take it with. He knows this is a tough course and is incredibly gracious in grading. The tests are all open book and open notes but proctored. Get ready to do the same project week after week.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pretty much all of his homework is rote memorization except for the programming assignments themselves. Those were decently designed but sucked because I was a complete novice working with Java and my programs wouldn't build because of known bugs in the sketchy freeware IDE he had us using. Good thing he was an easy grader--I turned in garbage!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was going to be difficult for me, no matter what. Dr. Vu understands that the material is difficult and gives lots of partial credit. I'm pretty sure I would have failed if he didn't. He makes attempts through videos and references, to compensate for the terrible way that Zybooks explains things. Watch youTube videos, it helps a lot!