I 'm taking his class CSE 1311. He's very good and clear in teaching. His examples, practices and infomations already there. He take step by step level in the homework and very helpful. He's the best.

I took this professor for CSE 1301 and he is a good teacher. His class was easy all you have to do is study the powerpoints and that's basically it. The book is not necessary for the class; only the book for lab. His test are all short answer but not difficult. There are only 3 test, no final.

This class is really easy as long as long as you print out his powerpoints and study the slides you'll do good. don't buy the lecture book, but you do need to buy the book for lab.

He is extremely helpful. Answers about a billion emails a day, i bet. Homework every week, but if you can do those then the exam is really easy. He is a good one.

Great Professor, can seem a lil' whack but he is very awesome to talk to.He is too helpful(lol!), tests are simple show output of c programming and create simple c programs. The book assigned for the class is only used for reference, but is a plus to have. Easy A if you do at least some programming practice while not in class. Definitely recommend!

Class was taught in C89. Teacher is familiar with C99 and C++. 1310 isn't as rigorous as his 1311 course. 80% of test questions are reading code, 20% you write. Brez knows his stuff, and teaches well.

Probably the most down to earth professor. He doesn't have PhD syndrome like most teachers i have had. His class is pretty easy if you keep up with the material. He is a fun guy, but expects you to know the material. Will definitely try to take him for another class.

He is awesome! He is really helpful. He answers your emails right away and is always available to help you. It's a pretty hard class requiring weekly homework but you learn the material by figuring out the homework. So you don't need to study for tests if you do the homework! He is nice and teaches in a way anyone can understand and posts everything on his website from homework solutions, past tests to powerpoints! Take him!

Too bad there arent more teachers like Brezeale. The world would be a more intelligent place.

An awesome professor. I've had a little experience with C so I had no troubles with his class, but even so he goes into great detail and makes sure everybody understands the subject to the greatest degree possible. Very friendly and helpful. Textbook is optional but helpful to have one.

Great Teacher! Very easy to follow and teaches in a way that everybody understands. Very down to earth and friendly. Very helpful if you have questions.

Professor Brezeale is a great teacher. The class was fun and not too difficult. The homework is not terribly laborious and the midterms/final are not that hard either. Take him if you can!

I took him back when the course was still taught in C and found it pretty easy because I already knew how to program. It's hard to judge his teaching ability because of his but I can say he's a great person. He set a great example of the CSE department.

He is an outstanding professor. Goes out of his way to be available for students. Very quick email responses. Tests are always straightforward. If he would grow back his beard he would get a chili pepper for sure.

Nice guy, short labs, go to class and practice programming, you'll be fine. A rare prof who really takes an interest in his students and his role in their learning. Writes a good bit of free supplemental CSE-related help guides available on his campus web page.

Best teacher in the CSE department.

Easy for those who are familiar with programming but for the beginners , he is worst. Hard tests. No extra points, but he is really helpful.

I am taking this class current spring sem. Darin used to be very good teacher, when I took him for python, cse 1310 year back. But this sem, he is so rude when u go to him for doubts, just let u know the fault and thats it. May be he is busy wid other stuffs. :) Still I would recommend him. 10 Labs are short but challenging as its just for a week.

Same as below, smart guy great prof very helpful, but DON'T take if you are beginner. Text book is no help, great class for majors.

Difficult course at UTA, regardless of the teacher. If you're going to take it, Darin isn't a bad way to go. This semester was his first 1320 course, and he will probably be a lot better next time. If you need help, he will try to give you as little as you need, but in my experience, won't stop until you're good.

You can attend class only to finals and make an A. You have to keep up with the course and submit the homework though, of course. He posts his examples and lectures(ppts) online so you can easily teach yourself. Highly recommended. He does NOT expect you to have experience. He only asks if you do.

ATTEND HIS CLASSES, he will tell you that you don't have to show up other than for exams but you WILL FAIL if you don't attend his classes. Course becomes easy if you do the homework and show up in class. He will answer questions, don't be intimidated by how he speaks. When you get to data-structures make sure to practice and study them a lot.

His class is definitely not on the easy side, but it is still very possible to make an A. He is very clear about what he wants and how he wants it, which is a positive thing. He is always available and willing to help when you need it, and he replies to emails very quickly. DO THE HOMEWORK, attend class, and you should be fine!

Best professor in UTA. If you are a beginner, study hard at home. He will make you a professional programmer.

Great Teacher! Attend his classes, do all homework and you will do fine in the class.His exams are just like his homework assignments. Don't expect it to be an easy class since its an intermediary course. Also, No one can teach you pointer better than him.

I took him for CSE 1310 and CSE 1320. HE IS THE BEST TEACHER you will get. I really miss his class. While you're taking him, you don't appreciate everything he does, but you will. YOU WILL NOT REGRET THIS CHOICE. He also is super helpful. If you have a question, don't hesitate to go to his office hours! He loves speaking to students.

best professor in the CSE department. He does everything he can to show you how useful programming can be, and to help you out with whatever it may be. I even go to him now (1.5 years after i've taken his 1310 and 1320 classes) for help occasionally. Make no mistake though, you will have to work, but you will most definitely learn the material.

The way he grades, he will do as much as he can to try to fail you. He is an angry man. Do not mess with him. His homework will take you millions of hours to finish. If you dont have prior programming experience, listen to this. Do NOT TAKE HIM because you will regret your decision. Take him if you dont care about your grades, you will learn

One of the best professor in UTA. After you take his class, you are guaranteed to success ahead of your programming class. You will learn advance stuff with him which will sharpen your knowledge of programming through out your career.

Very helpful especially if you see him in his office or in the halls he WILL help you as much as he if you put in the effort. It may seem like he is going fast, but thats the nature of the course but you learn a ton, he teaches in such a way that it is really easy to understand difficult concepts like SVD and Least Squares. Great guy and helpful.

Tough professor, but he is very helpful and cares about making you learn the material. He does not curve grades. If you take one of his classes, expect to put in work.

Great professor. If you want to LEARN how to PROGRAM take his class. If you want an easy class to get an A in, DO NOT take this class. He is helpful, he knows what he's doing, he's overqualified to teach, and he will hammer programming into your head. If you want to be successful in the real world, then you won't be afraid to take him.

He is a very good professor. Very Very difficult. If you take him, you will learn alot. expect to put 10+ hours on each homework. He is very strict when it comes to grading. He is helpful in answering over email. Don't expect him to give the answers as only faint clues are given. Pretty imppressive actually. Don't expect to get an A in his class.

Hands down my favorite Professor. You can set your watch by his homework due dates and class schedule. He really understands what he is teaching and is very clear about what you need to do. You will learn a lot from him if your willing to work. He is a tough grader, but consistent and very willing to help you 1 on 1.

Amazing professor, very intelligent and able to share his knowledge effectively. Down to earth and always willing to help. Good sense of humor too! Don't expect an easy A though, he is insistent that you understand the material. Will take again, every chance I get.

Tough class, tough grading system, but extremely likable professor. He teaches with enthusiasm in a way that shows he knows way beyond the material he's teaching. If you do and understand all the homework, the tests aren't bad. But you need to keep both your test and hw averages high--your final grade is the LOWER of the two.

You couldn't pick a better professor for 1320. Homework is reasonable and the exams are challenging. You will end the semester feeling like you learned a lot.

Dr. Brezeale is one of the best professors I've encountered at UTA thus far. He is extremely knowledgeable in what he teaches. He expects that students taking 1320 have a firm grasp of the fundamentals taught in 1310 (i.e. loops, functions, variables, lists, dictionaries etc.). Don't skip class because hearing him talk about the material helps.

He is OVER QUALIFIED to teach at UTA. Brilliant teacher. If you take him, make sure you know what you're doing. He is more than willing to help you anytime of the week, even weekends. I unfortunately had to drop his class only because of his grading policies. He takes 2 averages of HW & tests. Which ever average is lower is your final grade!

This class is guaranteed to make you a better programmer if you stick with it till the end. This is not a class you want to take if you're looking to get a high grade. Homeworks take hours on end and tests are relatively easier. If you do take this class with him please know this is the toughest class you possibly can take as a freshman/sophomore.

Darin is a very difficult teacher, but by far one of the best. The only thing is, if you trip, you have a low chance of catching up. UNLESS you go speak with him. I made the mistake of not doing so until after it was too late. But that's not his fault, and he was still helpful when I did come to him. Definitely advise him to learn a ton.

You will LEARN A LOT with Dr. Brezeale. He will show you why his courses are relevant to your degree and to your career goals. People that are saying he is "awful" are not in school for the right reasons. Dr. Brezeale is one of the few reasons I am proud to be a UTA alumni.

Dr. Brezeale is one of my favorite professors at UTA. His classes are very challenging and his grading system is difficult, but no one will do a better job of teaching you the material. I've used everything he taught in his class in subsequent classes. Beyond that, he actually cares about his students, and that's a quality I'll cherish in any prof.

Amazing teacher! Lectures are packed full of information, and the homework is challenging, but very do-able! He makes sure to explain how the topic is relevant to CS and will do his best to answer any questions. He is very willing to help in his office hours, too, and genuinely cares about your success. Take him if you want a challenge and to learn

He is a very good teacher, but expect to work for an A. You should really invest in going to class, attendance isn't mandatory, but if you want a good grade go to lecture. He never assigns anything out of the book, but you should read chapters. Test are short and have problems very similar to the homework, so understand the homework very well.

Takes HW or Exam Avg for final grade. Expected to have lower Exam Avg, but I found HW more challenging. People let tutors do the work or copy off each other, and it shows with their test scores, yet you're allowed to replace bad score w/ final. Need to be able to make up HWs! If you work and commute, make time for reading. Otherwise great teacher!

I'm not sure why this professor gets such a bad rep among some students. He is a challenging professor but the notion that he doesn't care about the students is total BS. Take notes religiously during lectures, understand the homework, and go to office hours if you're still having trouble. Tests are very similar to homework. You will learn a lot!

Great teacher, no nonsense at times. He understands the material can be a rough at times so he works through lots of example problems in lectures that help out with the homework and tests. He takes the lower of your test/homework average which is a little scary but neither of those are outrageously hard if you keep up with everything.

I have had him for cse1320 and cse3380. One of the best professors at UTA. If you expect to come in and breeze through the class you will have trouble. You actually have to learn in his classes. He explains material thoroughly and if you are having any trouble ask questions he will answer them

His grading policies are strict but it is very easy to learn in his class.

If you have signed up for one of his class, get ready to work hard. He used to make every single class (1hr 50 mins class) would go so fast. During his class, make sure you are not distracted for even a single second, because you will be missing some valuable information. His lectures are well packed & organized and u'll learn a lot at the end.

I very much enjoyed his lectures. The class covers a lot of material and he is pretty tough on grading, but if you come to class and pay attention you should be good.

He does not waste your time be prepared to come to class and take notes as the homeworks and assignments are directly based off the notes - Programming assignments require prior knowledge but demonstrate real world principles and applications - his tests are 5 questions - study homework and you will pass - master the concepts not the questions

Best professor at UTA, hands down. His lectures are amazing, you will learn a LOT and he will always try to relate things back to CS. Everything you need to know is taught in class, homeworks are usually straight forward. Brilliant guy, super smart, very enthusiastic about teaching. Anything on the test is fair game as it is always found in notes.

Dr. B is one of the best CSE professors at UTA. He's a great lecturer and he gives a lot of good analogies to help understand the material better. Your final grade is the lower grade between your homework average and your exam average so it forces you to do both. The exams are not hard as long as you do and understand the homework.

Dr. Brezeale is very clear on what he expects from you. His grading policy is unique and sounds like a nightmare, but doing your homework means you will do fine on the exams. People who say he doesn't truly teach likely were not actually paying attention; Dr. B's lectures and website are packed with useful information regarding LinAlg. Awesome guy.

What Dr. B teaches in 2312 is really good! He understands that assembly isn't something most people will be dealing with in the CS field, and so he teaches us to code a very gentle assembly. The computer organization stuff he does teach has been really helpful in terms of how things work, and really interesting, especially about performance.

His grading scheme is definitely weird. But his homework assignments are not difficult and the exams are based on homework. He is lenient on grading and lectures are easy to follow. So if you study good, it should be an easy A. But you will need to do more by yourself if you want to learn more about the topics.

He's a solid teacher, but I wouldn't recommend taking him during the summer. Class moves much more quickly than any other class and your grade is equivalent to the LOWER of labs/tests grade total. If you do want to take him during the summer, make sure you aren't working a full time job or taking some other courses. (I did both).

If you actually want to know and use the material he teaches in this class later, take him. If you want an easy A and don't care about learning, DO NOT take him. Yes his grading policy is odd, yes his class is theory based (not just formula memorization), you actually have to learn and understand the material well in order to get a good grade.

One of the best professors I've taken, he does not read from powerpoints, but rather prepares his own notes and learns the material himself to teach you. Lots of homework, but you will learn alot and can use the material in the real world you learn. Tests are easy if you go to class and takes notes. No quizzes.

He's clear and to the point. Good at explaining concepts. Easy to make an A just by doing the 10 homeworks and going to class. Tests are DIRECTLY based off the homework. Some Python in the last few homeworks.

You might be intimidated by his grading, but it's actually not that bad because of his amazing lectures. His tests aren't there to screw you over - everything on it was covered in hws/lectures, and hws were straightforward. Algorithms is tough, but he makes it easy to understand. If he ever teaches the course again, DEFINITELY take him

There will be a lot of people who say Dr. Brezeale is a terrible professor. There will be a decent number of people who say Dr. Brezeale is one of the best professors they've ever had. Almost no one will have a moderate view of him. If you want to learn the material and get the grade you deserve, you cannot ask for a better teacher.

Good, passionate teacher. His class did require some outside of class learning to get concepts as the lecture goes fast- but he's the best teacher if you want to really understand it all. Fairly strict grader but lots of partial credit and the lectures are recorded. He went pretty fast so you do have to keep up- but his weekly hw was manageable.

Overall good professor, he knows his stuff and teaches relatively well to professors in the CSE department. Tests are 70%, hws are 30%. His tests are 4 questions, as long as you pay attention in class and do hws, the tests are easy. He posts youtube videos outside of class that were helpful. Wish he had slides posted all along. There was a curve.

I honestly don't know why this professor is getting so many negative reviews for 2312. Assembly was one of the classes where I actually enjoyed attending and learning. Homework is tedious and long but very rewarding. Exams are easy if you study homework and practice coding.

Originally, I didn't like him but I actually grew to like his way of teaching. He pushes his students so they are prepared for anything that comes at them. The class becomes very easy if you take the time to understand what you are learning and apply that to homework and exams.

Amazing professor, you will learn a lot from him if you put in the effort

The way he lectures is clear and will pause to allow students to ask questions or fully grasp a concept. When taking his class, it is imperative to pay attention. His grading policy is that of following procedure according to UTA, so there is no leniency. This class (similar to calc 2) can be difficult because of the subject, so take time and study

CSE 3318. Amazing professor. Genuinely the G.O.A.T. If you WANT to learn and actually get better, take Brezeale. Brezeale University on top. Practice, WANT to learn, show up, ask questions, practice practice practice. I actually feel bad for other students that he won't be here again. He's amazing and I wish I took more classes with him.11/10 prof

Don't know why people keep giving him a 1. Just attend lectures and do your homework, and you'll do fine. I legit got all 100s on the 3 tests, and the lectures aren't that bad as people say. I wish I could've taken him for CSE 3318, but it is unfortunately his last semester here. He does go a bit quickly through notes, though.