Reviews of professor Neal Arnold

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is a lot of of homework. I took this as a night class and there was so much material to cover. Make sure to do practice quizzes before exams, they are the exam same questions. Professor Arnold is a great overall professor, he helped with whatever I needed help with. The lectures seemed more open to discussions, which I liked.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of my favorite teachers ever.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He answers questions to the best of his ability and is always ready to help if needed (you just need to ask). Definitely pay attention to the videos and posted notes in the forums, or really study the book, everything on the slides come from the text.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Arnold is one of best instructors that I have had. He covers the material very well, and there is a lot of material. He is helpful outside of the class as well as inside.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Zero recorded lectures, so you basically have to teach yourself EVERYTHING. Unless you want to email the professor 15 times a week for every single question you have. You read concepts in the textbook and do questions, then giant leaps are made into some programming challenges that were barely covered. Also, beware of trick questions on quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor. I haven't programmed before so I was a bit nervous, but he explains complicated material in a simple, understandable way. There is a lot of work to do in this class, but if you go to class and just do the weekly assignments you should be fine. The tests pull questions straight from the weekly practice and regular quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Arnold was a great professor. I don't believe he was a difficult professor, just that computer programming can be challenging. Even though the content for the course is difficult, he answered any questions, would reply to emails quickly, and gave great lectures. I would definitely recommend taking a course of his.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Neal is a great dude but the course is a disaster. There's wrong answers in a lot of the quizzes. The homework is always changed from what's in the textbook making it much harder than it needs to be. A lot of the quiz question answers are difficult because you have to think what the professor wants to see, not what's actually asked in the question.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's pretty good at explaining assignments clearly and will help if you are stuck. There is a lot of work, but if you participate in class and don't skip it's not that hard. It's nice that he has a lot of programming in class, working through concepts was really good for me. It's too bad he doesn't teach many higher level classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Excellent Professor who is a bit more casual and approachable than most. Friendly and very helpful when you're stuck. Class has it's moments of difficulty but that's more the material than the professor's design. Don't need to buy the textbook just 'find' one online.