Reviews of professor Manuel Hidalgo

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Worst professor for such crucial subject - felt letdown. The professor's role felt more like a facilitator, than educator; the course lacked structure. It was mostly self-study, considering the importance of the subject, feeling discouraged was disheartening. It's unfortunate that a teacher's disconnection can shape such a pivotal learning journey.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hidalgo is a nice guy but his class was horrible, he does not lecture at all during the class and instead relies on a Zybooks to do all the teaching. He gave two tests and a final group project, the Homework was all through Zybooks and tests were through canvas . Most of the time he forced us to stay in the zoom session together muted.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Terrible teacher! During COVID, this class has to be online/is very particular w/ how assignments are done or with daily discussions for participation. Strict w/ due dates/makes you stay on google meets for unnecessary long (4 hours)/ doesn't say a word unless you ask for help. Knowledgable but doesn't actually teach. Only take class if mandatory!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Go in-person if you can. He is chill but a boring lecturer. Zybooks content was half the tests, but we didn't cover it in-class. There's a lot of group work, but it's easy. Hardest part were the coding hw assignments. There's a lot of reading the book. Definitely learned a lot about coding in this class. 2 or 3 pop quizzes, group project final.