Reviews of professor Michael Neary

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Neary made taking my first computer science class a blast. He was down to earth with his students and always ensured we were not too stressed about the difficulty and pacing of the class. Lectures were very helpful: always ensured to answer questions and explain homework and upcoming tests. Overall a joy to be in his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
CS 112 is a tough course no matter what, but it is definitely best taken with Professor Neary. He is vey relatable to students, which keeps class engaging. Class consists of weekly programming assignments, labs, and online interactive textbook readings. There are two midterms and a final. Class will have unscheduled participation checks.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was in person but changed to online due to covid, in spite of this Prof Neary did a fantastic job at teaching Python. He went over every small detail AND he went over every programming assignments and gave plenty of hints. If you dont cheat youll be fine in the class, the bad reviews are from students that got honour coded so dont try it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Neary is one of, if not THE best professors that I've taken so far at GMU. He's very relatable with us students, and mixes in comedy with his lectures well. Be prepared to spend a large chunk out of your week on this class, as the assignments vary in difficulty. As a beginner, the class gave me a great foundation of python and coding!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As someone who has never taken a CS class before, I think Prof. Neary did a really good job with teaching this course. I took his advice and started the PAs as early as possible and got really good scores on them. CS is completely new to me so I think his explanations and examples really helped me understand basic concepts.