Actually makes the class interesting so that you won't fall asleep and he's cute

good professor overall...some humor from time to time and he knows the material well

Cute, NOT! Jokes are pretty lame, has something about age. Does try to make you understand the material, but likes to pick on people in class. Leave the laptops at home, he roams the classroom. Wonder why 80% of the class fails...he's teaching, along with Gallagher.

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Professor Katz teaches the material in a way that helps you remember it. The programs we write in class are very helpful for exams. Much of the notes I took helped me to better understand questions on the exam.

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preeeeeeeeety lol ;)

Very Helpful.. much better choice than Gallagher so i hear. Participation in his class is KEY!!

certainly not an easy class, but certainly a good teacher

One of the most interesting classes I have taken at Poly. He made the course more understandable and fun. It is a lot of work but worth taking.

He's decent. He'll lecture in a straightforward manner, insert a random story about some or another, go on with the lecture. His test questions are also straightfoward in a "You know it or you don't" sort of way. Doesn't like to grade anything (I'm fairly sure he took 20 seconds grading my semester project) which can work for or against you.

Programming Languages. He's a good professor and knows his stuff. His assignments are detailed enough that you know what you have to do, but vague enough for you do to it in anyway you see fit. He rambles about random stories from his life from time to time. All in all, usually a fun class. His class usually actually is the highlight of my day.

He's a great professor. Good knowledge on the subjects plus his standup comedy act keeps the classes interesting. :)

Extremely humorous, intelligent and helpful professor. You will get an A if you learn the content in his slides, and the William Stallings textbook.

great professor, i learned lots

Very clear in class, but wastes a lot of time. He comes to class really late and ends early. He does not review a lot. He wrote a book of the worst jokes. Overall he is an ok teacher but you are going to have to do a lot of work on your own to do good. He answers any questions you ask him

Good overall, the exams questions are a bit too tricky and don't focus on the overall understanding. But the course as the whole will teach some basics. CS6373 - Programming languages

Cristal clear. Explains everything and very accesible at his office. Tricky exams.You have to study.

He is a good lecturer and a very amusing guy. I wish he gave more HWs because it's hard to find CS2134-specific practice questions for prep for his exams. Exams are fair - either you know what you're doing or you don't. Not really helpful outside of class. Makes up obviously fake reasons for taking a long time to grade things. He is busy though.

Fun and fair but very tricky exams. I recommend tying to get a copy of an old exam. I wish he gave HW questions to prep us more for his exams. His questions are very detailed, either you answer exactly in 2-3 sentences or you lose points. He only gives 2 per class, so make sure U study. class are fun, and take advantage of asking questions early.

This professors gets more hate than what he deserves. He is very clear when he teaches material and he does review as well. He's also fair; I don't see how he's not. Sometimes he does get a bit caught up in his examples. Make sure to bring your laptop; the lectures are longer than what they ought to be. You learn the basics there; the rest in lab.

He's an okay teacher. He seems a bit lazy but his lessons are pretty clear. However, the labs are where I learned most about MATLab.

why katz has a bad rep is beyond me. he puts extra effort into making the class exciting and is more than eager to help the students outside of class. he is even open to casual conversations. you might get a bad grade if you dont study. he is quite fair in his grading. The exams can be tricky, but they are easy if you have studied. get real people

Unlike Leung's notes, his notes are concise and clear. Will go over a lot of example in Matlab itself without just presenting theory to you. Open for questions, so feel free to aks whenever you want.

He was great! Yes he made jokes here and there, but he taught the course very well. He made things simpler and was very concise.

I am a litter nervous when firstly saw others' review on this professor. But indeed I think his is a very responsible professor, at least he is the only one that I really learn something in the class. BTW, his class is also very funny compare to other boring classes. The only flaw is that he give a big homework at the end of term.

His class is fun to attend apart from other boring CS class. Coursework is good and easy. Overall good experience!

Know the Basics and Do the assignments properly, attend lectures regularly. You will be fine.

Easy to score full marks in assignments easily available with a little google search. wont give feedback on assignments till the last day! A very rigid grader. You need to write what he expects. if you miss a word that he expects he would give you a 0. Mid term was okay. Final paper was tough. Mostly unexpected stuff. lectures were fun!

read all his slides, his tests have things only from his slides. nothing comes outside the slides. he is an easy grader. His programs on the test also mirror the precise topics he taught in the class. Don't skip his classes especially the one in which he teaches the languages.

Excellent Professor . Not so easily reachable.

If not best, then must top instructor at poly. Gradings are quite good.

There are lots of negative comments about Katz, but generally, he is not a bad professor. He might not be as good as Sterling, but still not a bad option. He tells jokes in the class and still is capable of teaching the course materials. Just pay attention to the lecture. He also holds extra meeting time to answer questions.

I can still remember his very first lecture which was pretty inspiring. Lecture contents are well-organized and he has very good sense of humor. Highly suggested!

Is an incredibly engaging story teller, which some people might have a problem with but I don't mind and all. He knows what he's talking about very well and answers any of your questions in a lot of detail

I really liked having him as a professor. His storytelling and analogies really helped me visualize how programming works. He taught me everything I needed to know for the test, but that's not to say that he emphasized everything I needed to know. He's easy to talk to if you don't understand something.

Okay, there is a lot of people hating on him here. I came into Tandon with coding experience (I took Java in HS) & maybe that is why I found his classes to be amazing rather than hard. He is by far one of my personal favorites because he kept the class entertaining instead of going from definition to definition. Learning should be fun & he made it.

He's funny, and his humor helped me learn and get what I needed. If you pay attention you'll learn a lot from him.

Great and caring professor, but can go a little fast at times. He tends to digress often but if you listen when he talks about the course material, you should be fine. Try not to miss class because he goes over examples and questions that are similar to the hw problems. He is very lecture heavy and appreciates participation.

Amazing lectures cuz he is so funny. Tells all the material in funny and clear ways. Do all the homework and lab questions and you will get an A.

Great professor, interesting lecture, definitely your first choice if you want to laugh all class long!!!

I personally think that all the stories he tells make me pay attention, he's not a tough grader and he's lectures are so much fun just pay attention and you'll get through it

Overall he's a pretty great professor and mainly teaches through example code rather than straight lecturing. He sometimes gets a little sidetracked but is pretty funny and if you're struggling with the information, he's great at explaining concepts one-on-one so go to office hours!

He is a humorous professor. Some people find his lectures "useless", but in fact, they are very useful if you really pay attention to what he is talking about. Do the homework and lab problems and understand them. You would get an A if you really studied.

I dont see why professor Katz has such a low rating. Although he likes to joke around in his lectures he is a very good professor that is knowledgeable in Computer Science. If you go to class and do the labs and homeworks you will be just fine in this class

I came into the class with a lot of previous coding experience, but if I hadn't, I would have struggled a lot. In general, the class is hard because of the way it's graded (no matter the prof), but Katz is really helpful and nice if you talk to him in office hours. He is always off topic during class, but at least it was fun and enjoyable!

He's cool as a person and genuinely cared about the students. There were few assignments in this database class, and they weren't time-consuming. The midterm and final were both open-book because the class was remote. The class wasn't an easy A, but for the effort I paid and the grade I got in return, it was a good deal.

This man taught me three different languages. My favorite teacher in the school. You won't really use the textbook just whatever online documentation is applicable to your coding language and IDE

Amazing professor. His explanations are clear and concise, and he makes sure that students really understand the material. Genuinely cares about the students. Tests were at a reasonable difficulty and HW assignments were good practice. There is a textbook, but you don't really need it. I learned a lot in his class.

He always manages to make lectures entertaining. The amount and difficulty of homework were both reasonable. The exams were online and open-book, and he gave us 16 hours to do it, so you didn't really have to study beforehand. It's easier to get an A in his class with reasonable effort than in others' classes.

You either hate him or love him. I'm the latter.

He is so good. Don't care my grade but I love him. He always ask for ZIP Code and Phone numbers and talk in class. He hates Javascript and California, but he never use textbook. Don't care my grade take him. F is good. You learn everything but cs and python. You learn about

I don't know if im taking an easier course or not but Katz seems pretty good at explaining the concepts to you. He lets you to ask questions during class and he likes questions. He also connects to class content to real life stuff which is very cool. Do follow along his coding practices in class if u take him bc those r rly valuable.

Sometimes class was very boring, but he would always ask us about our weekends and little questions like that. Most of the homework and reading is done outside of class though, and an A can be easily achieved through any CS-1114 professor.

I feel like he is one of those professors that sucks for lower level classes, but is great for junior and senior level classes. He is really good at breaking down the content of this course. Just a super chill guy and loves discussing anything CS-related.

If you actually care about learning and not just getting a good grade, TAKE HIM! He won't hold your hand, but he'll make you fall in love with CS if you care.