The class isnt very hard at the beginning of the semester but it will transition into tedious work mixed with long, boring, useless lectures. She will make you come into class for assignments that can be done at home. She is obsessed with catching cheaters and will monitor your screen and accuse you without proof. Avoid this professor at all costs.

DO NOT TAKE HER. At first, she seemed very nice and all laughing but after two weeks of class, she became the worst professor here at MCC. She obsessed with catching cheaters and accused students of cheating. I repeat DO NOT TAKE HER for any classes.

She is one of the worst CSC professors in my opinion. Doesn't have a clue how to organize her class(what to do when). She is horrible at teaching(always asking students if she is right)Class is easy in the beginning but will turn into a nightmare because of her. Gives too much work and less time to study. ACCUSES people of cheating w/o proof.

She is the worst CSC prof in NJ, let alone MCC. She has no skills to teach, and copies code online herself. She will grade you on the basis of how much she likes you. She gives extremely hard lab exams. Lastly, she is not accessible outside the classroom. DO ME A FAVOR, DO NOT TAKE HER!!

if you take her prepare to drop the class

So far the worst professor ever.

I am pretty sure the positive comments were written by her.

Unless you want to waste a semsester DO NOT TAKE HER. 18 people dropped her java class.

- Unreasonably paranoid about students cheating. - Doesn't understand course material; her background is business, not Comp Sci. Her lectures consist of her reading aloud from websites she finds as a result. - Disorganized. Materials are all filled with errors such as multiple-choice quiz questions with answers meant for different questions.

Don't believe these bootlicker's ratings. She is HORRIBLE , how can she help you when she needs help herself. I would have given her a zero If there was a zero in quality.

RUN! Horrendous computer science teacher. Her slides are disorganized and incoherent, clearly, she's not cut out to be a teacher. Her quizzes were crap, and her lectures were total waste of time. The top reviews are probably fabricated because she was completely unqualified.

Ok so I ended with a B in this class. This class is VERY easy at first, but becomes VERY VERY difficult due to her not knowing how to teach. She really does not understand how to code . She does give some opportunity here and there, but they wont do anything. Its true, her major is business, not com sci. I got a b from self study. Dont take her

You know how you feel when you're at a red light, and a cop car pulls up behind you? You feel like you're doing something illegal when you're not? Well, that's how this professor makes every student feel when taking a quiz or test. This professor does NOT know what she teaches and taking her class is a waste of time if you actually want to learn.

I can guarantee that all of the positive reviews below are written by her (or she forced her students). Notice how they all have the same date? Leoniy is a god-awful professor who has 0 lecturing skills and gives insanely difficult quizzes/exams. You will deeply regret taking her. Save yourself while you can!

Try to switch profs if you get her. It seems like she doesn't even understand what she's teaching, doesn't show actual coding, the lectures are dreadful powerpoints that aren't even hers and she's not lenient with any software issues, ironic. I should've listened to the other people on here, she made me hate this major and I plan on switching now.

I hated this class so much, the reason I switched majors from CS is because of her. Instead of teaching us fundamentals she kept giving us programs to do and if your program didn't work she couldn't explain why. Her lectures are copy and pasted power points from the book which she just reads off of. Spent so much time teaching myself out of class.

This Professor has no idea what she's teaching and does not deserve to be teaching an Intro class. I promise CS is not as difficult as she makes it out to be and that there are better teachers out there. If you HAVE to take her class, be prepared to teach yourself.

Made CS so hard to me and when that I almost considered switching majors, oh she's also obnoxious and gives you 0 interest to listen to her, if this doesn't seem enough when I told her about the difficulty of the class, she told me school might not be for you, " you can be a Plummer or something else"... worst professor ever!!!

If your taking her class, just be prepared to study on youre own

made me stress so much with the amount of work and self learning i had to do.. good thing i dropped the class in time

SHE WILL MAKE YOU HATE CS!!

She talks alot and explains nothing

I took her for fall ‘21 omg she is awful. She finds every reason to deduct your grade. Do not take her!!!!!!!!

Nothing in my life will ever come close to the awful experience that was this class. She is a very bad teacher, seriously don't do it.

Didn't write this review sooner because I believed I was the problem with failing her class. However after retaking CS with a different professor, and passing with little to no problems learning, I fully believe that it was professors fault now. She'll read off a powerpoint for hours and shows very little interest in teaching.

I haven't even finished her course yet, and I've gotten 0's for things I have no control over. I wasn't allowed a "second attempt" because it says I did a first attempt on a quiz. I was locked out of my account and I couldn't even get in, so how can I even attempt?! She doesn't respect you or your time! I find her very hypocritical. AVOID HER!

Where to even begin with this one. You could code Facebook itself but hey no heading elements or comments? ZERO. Its a shame MCC allows these ridiculous egos to flourish and torture students. Especially this one, someone really needs get her off of her high horse. But hey she's only human RIGHT? She's by far the worst professor i have ever taken.

She will make sure you hate java and computer science. I would never take her class again. She surely has unnecessary issues with students and horrible teaching style. Every class I saw her getting into arguments with students. specially the second half of the semester. Attendance was mandatory so she has someone to argue with in the class lol

She doesnt care about u as a student, just here for a check.

Her class is joke. She doesn't really teach. Expects you to be there on time and all she does is reads word by word from slides. Useless class. I would never take her class again. I got B- but didn't learn anything in her class. I retook the class with Zale.

Wanted to like her so bad, but now I see why these reviews are as is. I was supposed to take another professor, but last minute they changed my professor to her. I don't she's confident as a teacher, she knows the material but doesn't know how to teach it to others. Like i said, I really wanted to like her, but her way of operating is ridiculous

She is not focusing on the main goal that is coding we are all freshman in the coding but the way she teach us and expect has is like we are so professional in coding, she grades you for small thing like why you do not put a dash in your program comment But she forget the main goal that is teaching us how to code has a freshman in coding side.

She can read PowerPoint very well, word by word. Expected nothing to learn. She talks a lot about stuff that is off-topic. I will never suggest anyone take Gina Leoniy's class.

This Proff is too much!! Always stick to rule. She want everything to be perfect. Her exams are very tough and no extra credit at all.

She Teaches everything from the w3 school!! she don't know what she is teaching.

On the first day, she makes aware that Computer Science is a difficult degree to obtain. Which all of us could agree with. As student's opinion on a professor is to help and guide the student to success. Professor Leoniy does NOT. All she does is talk in class about the Terminology of Computer Science instead of teaching us how to code.*QuizHeavy

Gina Leoniy's Java teaching skills are abysmal, leaving students confused and frustrated. Her lack of clarity and ineffective explanations make learning Java a daunting task. Ask any of your friends who took her, and you will know that she is beyond terrible!

She got attitude. Teaches only from PowerPoint. Everyone hated her. Get ready to teach yourself. Gives 5 min quiz at the beginning of the class. If you are 1 minute late, then she won't let you take the quiz. Avoid her. Not recommended especially when you care about your GPA

She only teaches from a PowerPoint and talks about the terminology of Java instead of teaching you how to code. She will leave you confused, and make learning Java daunting for you. She is also quiz-heavy! Do not recommend !

Awful experience. Never taking her class. She demotivates on the very first day saying half of you will change you major half way. WTH

She doesn't even really teach; she just reads off PowerPoints. She is a tough grader and doesn't work with the students; she doesn't even know that some of her own test questions are wrong.

Honestly the professor is so bad, first of all her website for the assignments/lecture notes is not updated at all. When you do the assignments based on her instructions she literally takes off point because it wasn't accurate like dude upgrade your instructions, she expects me to be like Jesus all knowing with the instructions. And grading is bad

If you're not sure if computer science is the right discipline for you, then please don't pick her. Because she will ruin your interest in the major. Worst professor in the world ngl

She wishes to become an army ranger because she is told the class this is not the best fit

Don't take this if you wanna major comp sci

She can't code. Ask her. She can only talk from slides. Ask her to write any simple code live in the class. She can't. She will make every excuse to avoid live coding.

The Java class with her was nightmare. Terrible at coding. She has an attitude. Not helpful. Her answers are very confusing and confused you more. Asked many students to drop the class or change major. Exams are okay but harsh grader.

She's horrible, cannot actually code or diagnose. You could be finished with the assignment, have your code laid out, and she'd have NO IDEA what it was if you never ran it. You can ask her to make a webpage that said only her name, she wouldn't be able to do it. It's ridiculous. I feel horrible if this woman is anyone's first impression of CS

Listen to the reviews. She literally fakes to teach & avoid questions. Exams are completely off and full of surprises. you can tell she doesn't know anything outside her slide content and can't answer simple questions. I don't know how she qualified to teach lol Half of students dropped class by the 5th week.

I can't believe she teach Python. She made a mistake on simple if-else code on the second day of the class and few students had to help her correct simple 5 line code lol Such an embarrassing moment. Idk why she teach something she don't know. Don't take her.

Avoid Leoniy's class if you're new to programming. I only kept up because I had prior experience. She often gave incorrect info and doubled down when corrected. After I pointed out her mistakes, she singled me out and started antagonizing me. By the end, most students without a background felt lost and said they got no real help.

YO lemme tell you this professor is a joke. I'm being serious gang. She doesnt teach and depends on kids with knowledge to help the class. And shes never prepared. i would give he a zero if i could thats how bad it is. im warning you if u get this teacher drop it before the semester starts.