Reviews of professor Derrick McMillen

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
McMillen is an amazing professor. He cares about his students. if you get stuck in any assignment he walks you through the assignment step by step and tries to make you understand the material. His lectures are interesting and he posts the lecture slides on canvas. I highly recommend him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really like this professor. His approach to teaching is very modern, using apps like Slack and Remind to make communication outside of class very effective. It's clear he has a genuine passion and interest in CS and enjoys sharing that with his students through teaching.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Derrick is so awesome! He gives in-class lectures, has online audio/visual lectures with most projects, and he always spends class time with each student that needs help. He treats everyone equally with respect, which is so refreshing! + awesome teaching style! + super amiable, caring, & helpful! + a genius coder! I highly recommend this teacher!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great teacher, was very nice and fun to learn from. Enjoyed the class more then I expected!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He has a strong knowledge, and he is one of the best CIS professors in Laney. I studied a lot of new things in his class. His assignments are challenging but you will be fine if you study hard. You also can redo assignment to improve your scores. I have 99.81% with some assignments, which I got maximum credits, haven't been counted yet.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was not easy, you had to work for your grade for sure. He is very willing to help you when you need it. However, I wish he would go more in depth with the programming projects. The ladder projects were hard.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I truly enjoyed taking this class, and I got a ton out of it. I know the basics of app design now, I created one that uses multiple intents, explicit and implicit. It was very challenging, however. There is a lot to learn in a short time, so it takes a lot of out of class work time. Professor McMillen was very supportive and a lot of fun.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very good teacher. Really focuses on the comprehension of the students. But he is going to make you work hard and it is going to be worth it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Mcmillen is a great teacher and willing to do his job. very knowledgeable in the field. Reachable outside of classroom and understanding too. I learned a lot from his class, I will take his class again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Derrick McMillen is the best professor I took for programming. This was my first time taking a programming course and I had to say that was the most fun I had in class for quite sometime. The professor is helpful and if you don't understand a course or a word term, he will break it down for you and help you in till you understand it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
nice course, I learned how to build my first android app from this course.