Stupid assignments, not clear. Reads off the PowerPoint. Doesn't tell you exactly what he expects from you.

I found him to be arrogant, elitist, and condescending to students. He's also impatient, unreasonable, & inflexible. A good researcher, but poor as a teacher. I would advise anyone going to CSULB to avoid his class. I asked around, and found that he is almost universally disliked by Comp. Sci. students, save for a few sycophants.

Prof. Monge is a poor professor. Every student I spoke with in the CS department echoed the same sentiment regarding the absurd amount of work that he demands, misleading test questions, and his sadistic & elitist attitude towards his students. If you plan on taking any of his courses, do yourself a favor and track down a few of his past students.

Watch out for this guy...if you get on his bad side he's vicious. It's best to stay kind of inconspicuous - let him come to you. His expectations are unreasonable for an intro class and he couldn't teach his way out of a cardboard box. Over two thirds of the class dropped. Beware!

He teaches material beyond the book and he expects the student to know more than the other cecs174 teachers! When you ask for help, he will tell you to go through the coding step by step and find your own mistake, or tell you to find it in the book. He wont help you. When you go to his office for help, he tells you "you havent read the book then."

The worst teacher in the department as agreed by his students and his fellow colleagues. No help whatsoever. If you're not one of his favorites then your basically screwed.

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worst teacher ever never gives a direct answer arrogant avoid

Terrible. Will fail you for misspelled words. Over half the class dropped. Class average was well below 50% from what I could gather, he would not reveal this information. Because of the low average, you have no idea what final grade you will receive from his "curve". Avoid.

Not a good teacher. See other comments, plays favorites etc. AVOID THIS ONE. Bloviates about code and thinks that's teaching. Lectures don't prepare students for the assignments. Not clear on what is expected, then tags you for not performing. Wouldn't take him for ANYTHING. Will not quit major because of this bad egg.

Ineffective at teaching. Teaches the class for people who have already taken the class. Poor attitude towards the students. Would NEVER take any of his classes again.

Horrible experience in this class. No concern whatsoever for students and not helpful in any way. Bad attitude and an ineffective teacher. Can't believe he's also an advisor - I feel sorry for the CS students.

He utilizes around 4 websites to distribute grades, info, hw, and announcements. Very unclear in his lectures and assigns homework that require you to nearly spend all of your time on due to his unclear instruction. Avoid This guy at all costs. Even though he is head of the Comp Sci Department, he is an awful professor.

I had a terrible experience with him because he grades VERY TOUGH. His midterm and final consist of two parts( multiple choice and hand written code). I got 10/20 points removed for 1 error in my hand written code. When asked for what we should study he only said "write code". He provides no reviews or help on what should be studied for his tests

He is not a good teacher. He knows his stuff but he doesn't know how to transfer his knowledge to his students. Once you get a bad grade on hw or a midterm, there literally is no hope to pass his class... And I mean LITERALLY. His teaching skills are to advanced.

His class is very difficult if you don't have coding experience prior. He'll teach briefly on a topic then give you extremely complicated labs/homework assignments that will take a long time to do. He's also very picky in his grading whether it'd be labs, homework, or midterm(s).

Very strict. Probably my least favorite professor. His quizzes were very confusing and he likes to interrupt you when you're working to criticize your work because he feels "your code is never good enough". Also, he uses 4 websites to post things and blames you if you fail to constantly be updated every hour of the day. Not a good professor.

So I don't understand if it's the school or him, but this should not be a level 100 course. He is very project heavy and has no courtesy for your time. He fails to acknowledge that the issue in our poor midterm grades is from his teaching and would rather blame us saying we didn't study enough. About 15% got B or higher while the rest got F's...

Oh man he is bad. If you have no little to no programming experience, just take the F before you sign up for this class. He will briefly cover a topic (not even that clearly) and then assign a homework that is way above the classes capability and expect you to finish it in a week. If i could rate him a 0, i would but 1 is the lowest. DONT TAKE IT

You will not do well unless you have previous coding experience or hire a tutor. This guy is not an effective teacher and chooses to hold a pretentious attitude so he looks down on you. He fails to acknowledge our poor scores are the result of his "teaching" which is telling us to study on our own until we can barely succeed. Drop while you can. :(

Not sure what the person below is saying. Doing quizzes in a group is cheating. You can't start HW Early because he gives it to everyone at the same time. He NEVER gives extra credit, so that post is not accurate. this class is fairly difficult and he will not care whether you pass. Study hard and devote every moment you have to coding to pass

Off that it seems one person below is so defensive... hard professor, hard class. Not a lot of oppurtunites to improve your grade so do well when you can. His office hours were limited and hard to get to, not to mention the line out his door. I highly recommend devoting 150% of your time to the class if you want to succeed

If you are taking this professor then prepare for the hardest and most unreasonable intro class you will ever take. You can study all you want but it is futile. The online book he made us use doesn't coexist with his quizzes so you fail them. He doesn't curve any exams to help you out. The assignments are hard with minimal and vague instructions.

The absolute worst. Knowledgeable, but is in no way effective at getting it across to his students. If you're in CS then he's also your advisor so you're pretty much stuck with this guy. Transfer to another school, change majors, or deal with this program where you'll learn next to nothing.

Like another post mentioned he is very strict with the way he wants things done, doesn't matter if you get the correct result. Lectures seemed to be unprepared as well as examples. Labs, same as lectures. No organization whatsoever. Expect graded work returned late. Just another teacher giving CSULB Computer Science academics a bad reputation.

I will admit, he does know his stuff. But that still doesn't give him the right to act the way he does. The class had long lectures and mostly group lab/homework. All the work given was made unnecessarily difficult, which made it harder to understand the subject matter. Your work has to be 100% correct, or you won't receive full credit! What a mess

DO NOT TAKE BY ANY MEANS. PERIOD.

All the grades and averages were so low, we were expecting there to be a huge curve. So we kept quiet and kept working through out the semester being optimistic. But no, he failed almost half the class. You wanted an A? You aint getting one unless you prioritize this class and are willing to spend ALL your time on it. Forget all your other classes.

Don't take his class, the stress is not worth it. Everyone I spoke to was scared for their grade the whole semester. He takes points off for the smallest things and your working projects will earn C's. Handwritten SQL is hard, he messes up on his PC but expects us to do it perfectly on paper in a stressful test setting. Unreasonable man.

Just don't take him. Seriously, skip the class if he's your only option. The class average was a 51%. It's not that the information is difficult, it's that the class is graded subjectively, not objectively. You can answer a question with the textbook definition, but will still lose credit. You will spend 40+ hours on the final project.

Avoid at all costs. Labs are hard as hell, he grades tough on labs and tests. Midterm average was 50%, and he doesn't curve.

I can't speak for others, but I don't understand how he teaches. He is very confusing and too harsh on grading homework and lab assignments. Everything in the class felt extremely rushed, so I don't feel like I learned anything in the class at all. Highly recommend to not take him at all.

Be prepared to quit your job and code all day, so many projects, HW, and exams are crazy. He knows his stuff but he will look down upon you and answer questions with questions. So many of our classmates dropped, I had new partners every other assignment and we spent HOURS coding in a intro class. We went straight into java without learning basics.

This is an introductory Java course yet it felt like I should have already been an expert before entering class. The basics were never covered and the homework assignments are extremely difficult. Almost impossible to get a high grade on assignments even if your code works. Be prepared to spend the majority of your time on this class.

Please do not take this class. Do whatever it takes to avoid monge. Not only were his hw assignments and midterms difficult, but he also graded them incredibly harshly. A third of the class dropped. He doesn't curve. Very condescending to students and extremely passive-aggressive. Overall atrocious prof. Avoid at all costs.

Unreasonable man. Gives you a lecture on Queues and then does an assignment on Stacks. A working program does not guarantee an A. Assigns a worksheet in class that's part of the homework grade, says it's to "show how much you know". Tests are hard, class average 50%. Technically does not curve. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. You have been warned.

He expects you to know what he expects but he never specifies what he expects. He is very unclear when it comes to homework questions and test questions. The questions were very ambiguous. 15-20 people from 2 sections dropped his class. The class average was around 50% the whole semester. Average on the final was 45%. No one got higher than 70%.

Tough Grader! Makes you work hard for even a B or C letter grade. Sometimes rude too. I just didn't like his way of teaching., focus' on class discussion more rather than teaching himself. Dropped the class in the 3rd week. NEVER TAKE HIS COURSE.

He never answers students questions and send us to google to find an answer. Will briefly cover a topic then expect the class to be experts by the next day. Tough to approach. Don't ask for help unless you want to get roasted.

He's simply the worst I've ever dealt with. Lectures were unhelpful to relate to questions on exams. Unhelpful and unclear with questions because he is not a subject expert in discrete math. No concern about progress of class while 2/3 class failed the midterm. He's unreasonable, does not grade fairly even if it's not your fault if he dislikes you.

I am typically an A student. This is not to brag I am saying this because I have never had to try so hard for a mediocre grade. RUN DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. He is unreasonable, entitled, and incredibly incompetent. If you have a good idea for the school hide it from him he will just steal it.