Very easy and helpfull teacher. Great in depth content.

He is a good teacher, but not great. He doesn't grade the hw in a timely manner - he made the class grade it. He doesn't compile your programs to grade, he just looks at the code.

OMG. He is the best professor ever. Really liked his class and was like Easy A . I would recommend him to anyone taking his class.

PROS: C is my first language, and this class was not easy. Larkin does a fantastic job at explaining programming concepts and the limitations of the language. He is very helpful, and usually leaves 30 or more minutes for 1 on 1 class time. CONS: Some of his labs are a little unclear, but they help you to appreciate recently developed languages

omg hes the bestest teacher evar. his classes are so useful and his lectures edifying. i would definitely recommend him to and prospective comp sci majors.

Very helpful! I'll say Larkin explains the programming and concepts pretty clear, and that's the most difficult thing we do by our own. Remember to review and preview the textbook, you'll learn more!

Prof Larkin is the best prof I've ever had. He made sure to go over the more complex concepts earlier in the course to give us a chance to truly understand them. He believes in the "learn by doing" method, which really works. You'll work hard on labs, but it truly pays off. Because of his class, I'm completely certain on my choice of a CS major.

I was a bit freaked out at the beginning of the quarter... mostly due to the quizes. They seemed really obscure... but the assigments really helped me understand the content. Prof Larkin is one of the nicest teachers out there and really wants to help students learn. I enjoyed the class and learned a lot.

He's really knowledgeable about the subject he teaches and will answer questions when you ask, but you need to submit assignments exactly the way he says to. He also sometimes projects your submitted code and criticizes it without removing your name from it.

Pretty much my favorite CS Teacher. He's funny in a dry sense of the way but a very nice guy. He'll urge you to figure things out for yourself as much as possible. Don't expect to have your hand held. Everyone gets an A as long as you do the work, but you get an A+ if you do the work well. It's very hard to do poorly and a fun challenge to ace.

A very nice guy with lots of programming experience. His lab assignments are interesting and will make you think. He is not there to spoon feed you the information, so be ready to do some independent research, which should be expected, this is CS. He is always willing to help if you ask.

Strongly recommend you take 22C first! Labs have little "twists" you have to address such a special character or differences between data sets that you are comparing. Best resource is the example code he posts for each lecture - read and reread until you completely understand. Plan on spending a lot of time on this class and you will learn a ton!

Great choice for a data structures professor. He really knows his stuff and is very clear in what he wants. Labs are very manageable and reasonably flexible. Group project was very open ended in terms of choosing a topic, which made it fun.

He really wants student to succend and cares for them.

Really easy teacher. He's flexible on deadlines meaning that it's OK if you don't finish your assignments on time. Implying that he's not a harsh grader overall. He expects you to know a good amount of 22B or other prereqs, so he won't make an effort to help you in your assignments in case you're stuck. You're good as long as you do the assignments

Great teacher! really flexible on deadlines. exams are fair and as long as you do well on labs and a little above average on exams, A should be secured!

Grant Larkin is helpful and stay after the lecture ends. His tests are easy but the labs are the most difficult thing on the planet. There aren't clear instructions so you don't know what functions to include in your program.

Just do the labs and make sure it compiles. You'll get an A. always ask for an extension.

Dr. Larkin has interesting programming assignments that make you put in TIME to learn various advanced topics using C++ 11 and C++ 14. His lectures cover the target material very well. Im biased towards PHD teachers but I believe at a JC this guy is a real contributor to advanced class learning

There is a lot of coding projects but not hard. If there is a mistake or it is not running properly, he will let you have time till next project to fix it and resubmit for full points. The midterm is basically a project but in 2 hours instead of a week. He gives something extremely similar as optional homework the week before so the midterm is easy

This course is lab heavy and the labs are challenging to finish on time. Prof has a good intention to have us practice real programming and code. But he sometimes doesn't provide clear instruction so I got frustrated when I lose points due to my interpretation being different from what he expects.

Larkin is a great instructor. It gets some getting used to but after the first couple of sessions you can see that he is solid. Would definitely recommend him.

His Advanced Python class discussed topics that would be needed to complete the lab assignments. He gives 3-4 weeks to complete each lab and the only requirement is to meet specifications. If he says write a program that counts monkeys and uses threading, you can do whatever you need to count monkeys as long as the program uses threading.

He replies to emails but only to theoretical questions. Open lab is where u discuss ur grades. Only the lab description in his lecture was useful, the code too. He takes BS seriously. You need to write your own version of the code. The 1st lab is important. Tests are lab/theory-based. 10h a week to put effort into it.

You get to skip finals if you score an average of >85% on the midterms. Midterms are open all day. Assignments were fair, and you can reuse parts of your old assignment. Average assignment grades of the class were 80-90/100. He is also flexible with deadlines. Lectures can be a tad boring, but other than that, this was a pretty good class.

Recommend his CIS 29 class if you want gain more insight into the C++ language beyond the 22 series. For me, the assignments were challenging and grading was a bit harsh at times, but gives the opportunity for regrades. Also, instructions can be vague and needed to watch his lectures to get all the details to get the A.

Only 2-3 ppl show up every zoom meeting, so it would make sense why many would fail or dislike this professor. Yes, hes a strict grader but he literally has zoom to clarify if needed. To get a good grade on assignments, demonstrate advanced code knowledge(so dont put a bunch of if-else statements in ur code). hes a caring prof too, just ask 4 help.

This is supposed to be an advanced course, so of course it's going to be difficult. If you chatgpt'd your way through the prerequisites (40 and 41A), u r not going to do well. Grading is a bit on the tougher side, but offers regrading up to half points back. I'm convinced most of these bad reviews are part of the 95% that dont join zoom meetings.