Your better off reading the book yourself. Worst teacher ever. Can't speak english.

notes are good, i have difficulty understanding what he is teaching. assignments have nothing to do with his notes. tests are too long (programming). he expectes students to know anything and everything to do w/ subject on their own w/o help

kk...if u just want mumbling and him sayin "any questions any questions?" "excuse me?" all day take this guy! reading the textbook doesn't help cuz his TESTS DOESN"T HAVE ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES THE TEXTBOOK! its just on his notes! sigh....well I still got a C+ ROFL

he is very hard marker and mean, and looks more like a watermelon seller rather thatn a teacher.

There is no one that is harder, unclear, and less helpful in the entire school. The only question I remember him elaborating on was when a student missed a multiplication step. When he kept saying we need to keep ahead of schedule, he wasted time on barking harshly and sarcastically at the student's misunderstanding.

His english (spoken & written) is horrible making it hard to understand (not to mention the bad examples). His marking is hard, and he has a big ego. He tells you to see him in office if you have questions, but in the office he just tells you to go read the book without explaining anything. There are three words for you ... AVOID IF POSSIBLE!!!

In all seriousness this was the worst teacher i have ever had, ever. He cannot speak english and refuses to help when you cant understand him. His marking is inconsistent and ruthless. He turned an interesting class into torture. Simply a bad teacher.

ok. He might be a possible candidate for the worst professor I will ever have in my life. Horible accent! -- Extremely LAZY! Everything he did was a copy off somebody else -- Assignments, notes, and labs. His notes were just word for word from the textbook. Lab time, he just sat at his computer for the full session without ever saying anything -- When he comes to look at what you have done though, he gets extremely arrogant saying how bad your work is and when you try to ask for clarification, you can't get it since his response is always "It is simple and easy"; he never answered any of my questions ever -- I stopped showing up in class since it was a waste of time and just used the textbook. The assignments... WERE A KILLER. They were from the previous semester (nalin's assignments) and at least Nalin could help people on the assignments. Each assignment took a minimum of 20 hours. Some took me 100 hours to complete them. The marker was also rediculously unfair; we would get the marks posted on webct with a crap grade and the excuses of the marker would be saying that a certain part of the assignment was missing. We started with a class size of 15; only 5 people took the final exam. Do ANYTHING not to get into his classes, even if you have to miss a semester. A problem though that Langara does now is that Every class he will teach they put "TBA" as the courses instructor, otherwise nobody would take the course!

Took his CPSC 1000. Take this if you want an easy A and an easy course. Don't buy the book, I repeat DO NOT BUY THE BOOK and save yourself $100. Don't attend lectures, not worth sitting for one hour listening to his broken english that you cant even understand. Just go to the labs and do them for an easy A. Don't skip the labs. It's super easy.

Can hardly understand any words coming from his mouth. Lectures induce half the class to fall asleep. Exams are easy or impossible depending on the class. Don't recommend his class for anything that doesn't begin with 10xx

Appears to know his stuff, but horribly ineffectual at communicating it. Teaching not his background and it shows. Questions in class or lab are met with condescension and repetition of whatever was just said, only louder. Quizes completely unrelated to material covered in lecture. No feedback on labs, assignments sofar and the midterm is next week

He was the worst teacher I have ever had.

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never,ever,choose this guy's course,you would feel regret forever. He is has a very bad pronunciation. You can not understand in the class, He always give students very low mark

worst prof ever! english is his THIRD language so it's very bad. he focuses on documentation rather than actual coding. he keeps saying ubc and sfu needs documentation. well, i went to ubc & sfu for a year and NO, YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED DOCUMENTATION. only as long as your coding style is correct and good and your program works it is fine!

Its a serious thing to say a proffessor is the worst instructor in your life. I have never had a proffesor be so bad, that I wanted to drop school entirely. He talks down to you, makes fun of peoples papers, mocks people. Worst instructor I have ever had in my life.

worst prof ever!!!!

Unclear, helpless, but good notes

terrible

OK, actually he is a good prof, but sometimes, he is so hard to students, the average for midterm is only 45%

I regret taking his course. He's explanations are extremely unclear. Seriously. If you are not a mathematician, don't think of taking his course. Labs are extremely hard because he wants you to solve hard math questions and make programs out of it.

This guy is horrible. Never take him because he is horrible at explaining but his expects too much from his students. I even got a programming tutor to keep up with the course but even my tutor(experienced programmer) said the lab assignments are very challenging not because of coding but because of mathematical stuff.

this teacher is horrible. he would never teach you something really helpful. and the stuff he teach was never related to the exam.

The course is introduction to java. He teaches as if we are revising java and are experts in the field

"Come on guys its easy" get use to hearing this goof say that everyday. His tests are hard compared to his quizzes (which 90% of the class cant figure out), he teaches the class like we are season programmers. If you are taking this class because you need CS to transfer, and aren't serious about CS do yourself a favor and avoid this guy @ all costs

Worst instructor I had at Lanagara. Teaches nothing and tests and labs are hard af. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS IF YOU HAVE NO BACKGROUND IN CS. Also, he has this attitude of looking down on students. I will never ever take any classes with him again.

He is a great guy but assignments are WAY TOO hard compared to what he gives in his lectures. He teaches you how to draw a line and expects you to make animated colorful shapes in a matter of days. The only students who are ok with his classes are the ones who already program in java for years, and even them struggle sometimes.

I had him for CPSC 1150 and he is generally nice person. There are about 12 (challenging) weekly assignment and 12 (easy) lab quizzes. This class was fun, for the most part. However, this definatley not for the faint of heart as each lab assignment involves roughly 5 to 20 hours to complete. Get to know the instructor yo do well.

His exams are really tough that no one can pass it.

He's tough in exams . He thinks that the students are well experienced and professional

Very tough grader , please dont go for him . I was in CPSC1150 with this professor but he demotivates me to drop the class , but now I get passed when i took same class with other professors.

He's really tough, avoid him if you have no background in cpsc or programming doesn't come naturally to you.

He assign very tough problems that a new programmer doesn't understand. It does not make a difference whether you attend his or her class or not.

Does not really teach anything. When it comes to real life programing, he either assigns as quiz in class or as homework, marks harshly. His assignments are exponentially harder compared to whatever he actually teaches in class. Like prof like TA. Does not follow textbook. Avoid them like plague.

Really bad. I understand being a strict grader but this guy takes it to the extreme. Purposedly tries to trick students in his exams. Would never recommend unless you wanna be tested on completely different stuff than what you learned in class.

He is really bad. I don't know how he still teaches at Langara. He has a really thick Iranian accent, and his assignments are full of confusing spelling mistakes. If you have no choice, you have got to suck up to him to pass. Langara use to be a good, inexpensive, alternative to university back in the day. I guess it is no longer the case.

This professor is very inconsistent in his teaching and has a tremendous amount of grammar mistakes on his slides which is ironic and pathetic and shows he does not really care about his teaching.

He grades super late so I got my feedback of my first lab after we were already on lab 3 and I didn't get the note of all the nitpicks he had so I failed all 3 labs.

One of the worst professors I've ever had in Langara. Hard to understand what he was saying with A LOT of typos in all documents, which is really painful reading them. Whenever asking a question, he makes you feel like "this is so simple, why can't you get it?" I mean, we're students and we're here to learn, it should be common if we have questions

Please, avoid Hossein. He do eat understand that some students at his class are taking computer course for the first time and he treats you like you suppose to know everything. His favorite phrases: Guys, you see, its easy , So simple, just open your mind he gives difficult lab every week that takes the whole week to finish it..

Although Mr. Darbandi is very knowledgeable of the subject he teaches, his assignments are very hard and are much harder than the material that he has taught. The exams are no easier, the questions are oddly specific and none of the questions are based on the material he has taught, he does teach well one-on-one but his assignments are way too hard

Just avoid him, you will not learn anything. He is there to make you feel that you chose the wrong course.

He never understood/answer my questions; he just made feel stupid every time I asked him anything. Assignments where way harder that the lecture examples he solved in class.

Take this class if you're a prodigy. Only thing I remember from this class is that he once made a code that was "uncrashable" which got him a job

come on guys it is easyyyy

Do NOT expect to learn anything! His class is all about weird mind puzzles, and not an applicable computer science. Very disappointed with Langara's computer department.

Assignments "hold your hand" and don't really teach you to practice optimal design or seem to build upon course topics. Example: Did one assignment using junit testing and then never practiced it again in following assignments. Spent so much time on useless Javafx then actual "Object-oriented programming". Very disorganized and "weird mind games".

do not take him at any cost

you wont understand what he says at the lectures, also if you are a girl you are safe in his class otherwise you'll fail, the average of class 41% lol

every lecture he reminds you that 50% of the class will fail and you can be one of them.

even though this course is easy he makes it one of the hardest course I've ever took, even if you have to wait another semester for. this course, do it because every single lecture you be back home with headache.

I would not recommend this course. The lectures were hard to follow and didn't prepare me for the assignments.

The material was poorly organized, making it difficult to understand what we were supposed to learn each week.

The instructor didn't explain key concepts clearly, and many students felt lost throughout the semester.

Assignments were confusing, and there was almost no guidance or examples to help us complete them.

I did not feel supported in this class. Questions often went unanswered or received unclear responses.

The exams didn't match what we covered in lectures, which made them extremely stressful.

The course platform was disorganized, and important files were missing or uploaded late.

Grading felt inconsistent, and it was hard to know what the expectations actually were.

The pacing was very uneven — some weeks had too much content and others almost none.

The instructor relied heavily on old slides and rarely provided practical coding demonstrations.

Office hours were limited, and it was difficult to get help when needed.

The class felt more confusing as the semester went on, not clearer.

There was very little feedback on assignments, so I didn't know how to improve

Communication was slow, especially around important deadlines.

the course seemed unstructured, and many students struggled to keep up.

The explanations were often too fast, with no time for questions or clarification.

Group work was poorly managed, and expectations weren't made clear

The instructor didn't provide enough examples to show how concepts apply to real programs.

The level of difficulty was much higher than what we were prepared for based on the course description.

Overall, I would not take this course again. It needs major improvements in teaching style, support, and organization.

"Grading Rubric? What Grading Rubric?" Professor Darbandi's grading system is completely opaque. Assignments are returned with vague comments like "Needs improvement," offering zero insight into what actually went wrong.

"The Code Doesn't Compile." It's baffling that a CS instructor consistently presents sample code during lectures that throws errors. We spend half the class debugging his examples instead of learning the concepts.

"Outdated Material." We are learning languages and frameworks that became obsolete over a decade ago. This course feels like a time capsule rather than preparation for the modern tech industry

"Monotone delivery." His lectures are read directly from PowerPoint slides in a voice so devoid of inflection that it's impossible to stay awake, let alone engaged, for 90 minutes.

"Unresponsive to Emails." Expect a minimum of a week, often more, for any email response—even for urgent clarification questions about imminent deadlines.

"Theoretical Overload." We spent so much time debating the abstract mathematical complexity of algorithms that we never got around to implementing any of them effectively. It's all high theory and no practical application.

"Exam vs. Lecture Disconnect." The midterms and final exams test on hyper-specific footnotes or brief asides, completely skipping the core principles that were emphasized in the homework.

"Mandatory Purchase is a Waste." The required textbook is disorganized, full of typos, and barely used in class. The actual material comes from his hastily scribbled notes.

"Unclear Project Scope." The final project description was vague to begin with, and every clarification he provided during the semester contradicted the last, leading to massive confusion and wasted effort.

Worst professor in Langara.. RUN!!!!!!!! This professor is a very tough grader, and it often feels like failing students brings him more satisfaction than helping them succeed. Most of the teaching is just reading slides and pre written code with very little explanation. Students are not supported, and the overall learning experience is very poor.