He is not a very nice person. I find the material to be very easy and excel at the labs, but he grades with such disdain that it is impossible to get 100% on anything. It doesn't help that his English is horrible and everything he gives you has tons of typos in it. Take my advice... take someone else!

Do not take his class. He does not demonstrate much in class and he does not grade his student's homework and let people who knows nothing about computer science to grade it i took java for 3 years and his class is just horrible

Please believe me when I tell you, DO NOT TAKE GHOLOOM. his program assignments are so time consuming and there is one every week. He is so rude if you don't understand the material. His test are nothing like the review and tricky. Everyone always did bad on the test. computer science was interesting before gholoom.

I was so excited to take a CS course. This guy not only puts trick questions on quizzes and tests, he also doesn't even do demos in class. You learn all that in lab so I hope your lab instructor is good. He expects you to already know a lot of the material. Only take if you have prior coding experience.

Worst professor I've ever had. Students correct him at least twice every class (not exaggerating). His accent is hard to understand. He just stands at the front of the class, rambles and reads from the PowerPoint. BOO! BAD PROFESSOR!

Gholoom is a terrible professor and person. He MAKES UP REQUIREMENTS after giving assignments, and doesnt tell you. Then you get a 0 because you failed to meet said requirement (which did not exist until the day its due). He also will give some people partial credit and others zero because h doesnt like them. I witnessed this multiple times. AVOID

First things first, quizzes, tests, and assignments are not easy. He loves trick questions and has no sympathy for students. Did not really learn anything from his lectures and he is also a tough grader and i highly recommend getting the book as you will have to teach yourself the material. (he told us you won't need it) Did not make CS fun at all!

He was of no help, whatsoever. Always made errors on the assignments, and had this weird grading system that I've noticed that ALL bad professors have. At least, when we were paired up with partners, my partner was super helpful. Avoid him like the plague.

The lectures are pointless. I taught myself the material.

Terrible. Will give a 5/10 for an assignment even though you made sure it met his stated criteria. His stated criteria aren't the actual criteria. Will take off points for irrelevant nonsense not outlined as a requirement. Unclear questions on tests/quizzes and nit-picky like a mofo. Doesn't use TRACS. Lectures unhelpful. He's unsympathetic. AVOID!

Picky grader. Changes his mind mid project and won't tell you. Never actually used the full class time. Fine lecturer but just crap with grading. Entirely too nit-picky & doesn't reflect that on the project criteria or his syllabus.

His first time teaching CS 3358 and it was an absolute disaster. Every one of the homework assignments, you would get 75% of the grade deducted if you were unable to complete one section. Worse, you couldn't even really go to office hours because the homework would be assigned on Tuesday and be due on Thursday. Doesn't use TRACS; avoid if possible.

I have never seen a professor that grades so harshly in my life. He will take off entire letter grades for simple honest mistakes, typos, and things not at all related to the subject matter, even if you understand the concepts perfectly. Rather than being professor and student vs CS, it's you and CS vs the professor. Terrible teaching philosophy.

Pretty rude if you ask questions during class but if you go to his office hours he is much nicer. Exams are mostly tracing code and some multiple choice. Very tough grader... VERY!!!!!!

inconsistent grader gives multiple sample outputs that dont match up, looks like typed the outputs himself, tests a different input to grade ur programs takes off points for your mistakes, may ignore them next time rumored to be harder every semester, PLEASE DONT TAKE, wait til next semester for another prof

He is a nice guy outside of class. However, he makes the class hard because he can. Test averages were constantly around a 40-50%. Tests included difficult trick questions. Programming assignments were difficult, however beneficial. He would often take off entire letter grades for simple mistakes.

Do not take him take someone else. Hardly anyone ever passes the tests, they are in no way correlated with what is covered in class. PA assignments are way to long and hard and there was never any extra credit given. He is nice in office hours but he just makes the class much harder than it should be save yourself the trouble and take someone else.

He has no pity on people learning for the first time and he expects everything to be completely perfect. If you expect an easy grade you are wrong!!!!!!!!

I've been reading the positive comments on here and I just want to give everyone a heads up they are not accurate. Theres a difference between being a hard grader and making someone work for a grade and being an unfair and inconsistent grader. Its impossible to make a good grade if you dont know what youre being graded on. Just being real here.

Sincerely a gotcha kind of teacher. Show up to class all you want and do all of the projects, wont matter when he gives a test that intentionally tries to confuse you, taking up all of your time and making you rush at the end. Your projects could also work perfectly, doesn't compile on his computer, (which happens A LOT), zero no exceptions. AVOID!

The absolute worst professor I've ever had in my entire life. He's rude, arrogant, an extremely harsh grader, and puts almost zero effort into his lectures: they're so boring, I literally want to tear my hair out. He also gets a lot of his own examples wrong. I've never once gotten the impression he wants to be there, or knows what he's doing.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. He is the worst professor I have ever had. I consistently get A's in cs classes, and I did not here. His grading criteria for programs sucks. Everyone in the class failed the first test, and he said he would curve the final grade not the test grade. I received mostly A's on the programs, and still got a D in this class.

He isn't a good professor at all. He doesn't teach the subject at all, he makes up some excuses to give people zeros, he changes the requirements for assignments on the day it's due, and he is bias. He doesn't use the book and even if you study his review sheets, the tests are nothing like the assignments or the review. DON'T TAKE HIM.

I hope you're a mind reader, otherwise you are going to lose points. You will most likely teach him more than he teaches you. Along with this you will have to go argue for points back because he won't know how to compile your code. Grading is harsh as missing format even slightly is 1 out of 10 points off. Naming criteria changes per assignment.

He is the worst professor Ive ever had. Negative, not helpful and judgemental. The class disliked him as a whole and felt like they were teaching themselves. He would laugh at students that had questions and complain if he was asked to do another example. Do not recommend whatsoever. Register for a professor that cares about his students. NOT this

THIS GUY IS AWFUL! He doe not post the grades online, and his coding style is incorrect. Even in the grammatical sense he doesn't know what he is doing.

Avoid him if you can. He is extremely tough grader, he doesn't give a penny for your grade or either you pass. Just reads from his power point which is not helpful enough. His assignments are just not standard data structure assignment. Does not post grades online. This is most important class for a CS student so do yourself a favor Dont take him.

Assignments are confusing and have contradictory instructions. Grades according to an UNDOCUMENTED coding style. If you want to do well be a mind reader. Prof admits he doesn't know a lot and he doesn't care to. Be ready to interpret the assignments and argue with him when he is clearly incorrect. Be ready to please his oversized ego.

Extremely unprofessional. I believe he is the worst professor I have ever had at this university. He really does not make the material that understanding, he reads of the slides and does not provide any example in real-time. Material is graded weirdly and sometimes too harsh. He even stated during this class that he doesn't know what he is doing.

Awful lecturer, weak projects, puts nothing into his class and grades like he's a saint of a professor. Do yourself a favor and take a professor that cares about their students.

Mr. Gholoom is the most incompetent professor I have ever had. Be prepared to completely uninstall c++ and install an older version, because if your code requires c++11, it won't compile on his computer and you will get a 0. He grades inconsistently and unreasonably. I'm surprised I was able to get an A even with all the crap he tried to pull

You can learn a lot from this class. Being responsible and paying attention will allow you to get an A or B. Meanwhile, you will be laughed at and taunted for asking reasonable questions. He will huff and puff about changing your grade because he marked you wrong for the right answer. If you dont want to be degraded, look elsewhere.

Im reporting him. He gave me a zero on an assignment and when I asked him why, he gave me a bunch of reasons which werent even factual. I dont think he even bothered to look at my code. For instance, he said I didnt use const variables, but they are clearly defined right at the top, and I even sent him a picture. WORST professor Ive ever had

If you try to do your own research, and end up using what you've learned on assignments, HE WILL FAIL YOU. 99% of coders will look for better ways of improving their code, but if you try and do that he will write it off as you cheating and fail you because he doesn't know c++. Really harsh grader and doesn't care about students. Professor is trash.

Good you checked on RMP. Unforgiving/ uncaring- avoid at all costs. Small mistakes cannot be appealed ever. Unhelpful/ unavailable to correct mistakes. Lectures are uninteresting and uninviting; grading is too harsh for what it is worth. Not the best learning style if you don't like power points. Use your best judgement on this one.

Logical coding errors in his lectures sometimes. Would grade on criteria he didn't teach and surprise you with it the class after the homework is due. Uses C++98 for grading. Forget a comment? 20% off. Forget an #include line because it worked without it in your IDE? Instant fail.

Avoid if at all possible. His lectures were often confusing and difficult to learn from. He often contradicts himself in his own grading criteria for programs which will more than likely lead to an undeserved 0. Class received low test grades, but we weren't able to see what we got wrong to improve. He doesn't care if his students do well.

Rule 1: don't use stuff like chegg in his class cause he checks chegg and if your code is anywhere similar to the one in chegg, he will say you cheated and give you a zero even if you didn't use chegg, he will say you cheated an give you a zero because its similar to ones you can look up. if you dont have some stuff, he will give you 4 or less/10

Two exams, 7 assignments (last assignment was optional). Professor doesn't care if his students will thrive in his class. He discourages questions with his condescending manner. People like him should not be teachers. I learned more from his grader and lab instructor than from him. If you have to take him, prepare to take tutoring sessions.

Please don't take him if you intend to enjoy your semester. The assignments are long for no reason and plentiful, he will fail you for the smallest mistakes, and he does not care about his students. In class he literally said "you can go to the dean and complain about me I don't care nothing will happen". I love CS, but this prof was not it.

Horrible professor. Seems to be a professor only to avoid competition in the workforce. Has no care for the welfare of his students and will often contradict himself, or make the same mistakes he fails students for when asked to live code. Follows his confusing lecture notes to the letter. Will expect you to use techniques in code he didnt go over

He doesn't care about his students at all and is very rude and speaks in a condescending tone. If you do decide to take this professor, be sure to stay in contact with the SI's for help because he is not helpful at all. Instead of helping his students improve on their programming skills he just gives out 0's with little-to-no explanation.

made a High grade in the lab and a low grade in his course. shows he really isn't the best teacher and is not fair on grading. You think a coding class would let you use a coding program in a test? Very rude doesn't really care about the student.

Never explains how to do certain things for the PAs, the sample outputs are terrible and he doesn't account for a lot of things that could happen. Then, he will take huge points off for them. Not the slightest bit understanding, and couldn't care less if you pass or not. Do not take unless you want tons of back-and-forth email battles with him.

This professor does not enjoy teaching or fostering a helpful and healthy learning environment. Poor communication skills, very condescending, has a bad attitude, and terrible lectures and unclear grading instructions. DO NOT TAKE, even if the other classes are full. He grades very unfairly and feels as if he wants you to fail.

Easily the worst professor I have ever taken at Texas State. Lectures are not good, does not properly explain anything. He deducts points for the smallest things like if your output does not look exactly like his styling wise. He is also very confrontational when students bring up questions regarding their grades. AVOID TAKING HIS CLASS AT ALL COST

Rude, doesn't foster an environment where improvement and problem-solving is encouraged. Uses outdated, non-industry standard software. Will mark off for arbitrary, small things. I learned more about coding from playing with Scratch when I was 9 than taking this college level class. Rely on your fellow students who are already programmers for help.

Horrible

Extremely harsh grader that does not understand the job aspect of computer science fields. Grades are almost solely from tests that are unforgiving and deceptive at best.

Please, do NOT take this professor for any course. He is rude, and talks down to his students. Most of his class is failing because he does not answer our questions or emails, and has not thoroughly explained anything to us all semester. Save yourself time and money but taking a DIFFERENT professor.

He gives assignments that are typically easy but then takes off points for the littlest things. There are many inconsistencies in his assignment instructions and slides. He basically just reads his slides the lecture. He has been wrong on multiple occasions, called out by students, and then argues or acts like he's not wrong. He shouldn't teach

This professor somehow manages to make a beginner programming course difficult for someone who has prior programming experience. Not only is he rude and inconsiderate, he barely knows the material he teaches. In addition, the assignments and tests are written in near broken English, making them very confusing. Avoid this professor like the plague.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! If he is the only professor available for a class then wait a semester! He is narcissistic and can barely write in English! Prepare for confusing assignments and for 80% of your grade to be three poorly written tests. He loves to take points off for tiny things that he fails to mention in class or on the assignments!

Ive never encountered a lecturer more lazy, stupid, uncaring, and incompetent than Mr. Gholoom. Not even a professor, the mere fact that he is invited back every year as a lecturer is a complete mystery. Do not take his class whatsoever, for any, no matter what you may be thinking to yourself. He is an idiot, plain and simple.

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to scrape by with an A in this class. This isn't a testament to my intelligence nor Gholoom's teaching skills, but rather the stubbornness of mankind. Absolutely avoid this professor like the plague. If you have ANY passion at all for computer science, this man will make you regret being born.

This professor is awful. He is so rude, not helpful, and does not explain well in lectures. If you want to save your grade, then find another professor.

He is a horrible CS professor. He is a harsh grader and rude to his students.

If you have attention to detail, ask questions when needed, start early on assignments, then you will have no trouble passing this class. Some assignments I've learned nothing from and were time consuming. Tests are open book/notes and he does grade easy on those.

I wouldnt recommend this prof, for an intro course, he was so strict and wasnt helpful at all, i had sent him 3 emails about an assignment and he never responded, he was the worst prof ive ever had.

Where can I start, I’m a good student I take my academics serious but this man here made it difficult. He isn’t clear with the rules for his homework assignments. His teacher assistant is who grades our exams and assignments and they don’t ever response to emails. Good Luck if you were to take this professor.

Professor is absolutely awful. I'm most likely going to fail my first class in college because of him. DO NOT TAKE HIM, he will make you stressed and does not care one bit about your grade. He is the most negative person/professor, and will always have a 'that's on you' mentality. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Worst to ever exist I loathe this man with everything in me

Professor Gholoom grades harshly for the wrong reasons, is unresponsive a lot of the time, is condescending towards students who need help, and messed up his final exam. Terrible experience, truly wish the best who are forced to take him.

Midterm was extremely difficult and had no curve even though the class average was very low. Projects will have randomly deducted points for unknown reasons. Even if you did a project perfectly there is no way to earn a 100% cause the requirements are so ambiguous. Avoid if possible.

He is a horrible teacher. He will tell you to do something in class on the programming assignment then deducts points from you when you do it and if you bring it up says you get no points back. Some of the midterm and final questions had really horrible wording. Don't be afraid to challenge him on the PGA grades cause they make a lot of mistakes.

He does things not in the syllabus when it comes to grading, he does not like to answer questions, and he makes you feel like you cannot do this course. If you do not have to take him then don't.

It is the third day of class and I can already see why his ratings are so low. He yelled and berated the class because we did not understand the assignment he gave us. He threatened to take students to the dean who he thought was disrespecting him. He has a hostile classroom. He told us if he did not like the tone of his voice to drop the class.

I haven't had this professor since last year but I still drop a bad review on here from time to time. Not only is he the worst professor at this school, his massive ego makes him think he's the best. In addition, the 5 star reviews on here have all the same grammar issues and broken English as his assignments, so guess who's actually writing them.

Never want to be breathing the same air as him but if you don't show up to class you will fail. Instead of getting a 100 I got half of that because I didn't type out my answers.

The fact that this professor is allowed near computers at all, let alone allowed to teach computer science is a mystery that may never be solved. The computer science professors at Texas State tend to be pretty awful but somehow Gholoom makes the rest of them look like shining examples of what a teacher should be.

Don't take him.

This class is much harder than it should be. His class should be relatively simple, but he grades too heavily. Theres no reason that the class average should be 50% on an exam.

Don't ask for help because he will tell you no or something else to make you feel bad for asking your professor for help with the assignments he gives you. He tells you to study one thing and tests the other. His meltdowns during lecture are entraining but after the third time they become more cringe. Avoid this guy if you can.

Gloloom, I'm sorry for whatever you must be going through, but that is no reason to take it out on us by berating us after a test and PA. I took this class some time ago and wanted to see if his reviews changed but they haven't. In short test will be the deciding factor if you pass or not and unfortunately it's very tough with tricky questions.

Awful teacher. Deserves to be fired

Year after year, bad review after bad review, our voices are still not heard. This man is quite literally the worst professor at this university. If you do not have prior knowledge of Python or ask peers for assistance, you will not pass this class. If you have to take this man, good luck.

For the final project: Not only is it the most irrational and tedious "project" I've ever seen in Python, it makes 0 sense. Lists are important to this program and because everyone uses chegg in this class, he makes it difficult for everyone in the future by removing parts of the chegg solutions. makes such a hostile class environment and demeaning

Worst instructor I've ever had. The language of assignments is difficult and sometimes doesn't make sense. I asked him about a detail and did it the way he told me, but still got points off. When I asked him about it he said if I didn't accept it, he'd grade all my other assignments harder. Had to talk to the dean about it.

Professor Gholoom genuinely made me question my college career. I have never before felt so miserably inside a classroom. With all due respect I wish you never have to take his class.

This professor does not care at all

Ive learned programming before and found them okay in terms of learning difficulty however this teacher does not know how to teach. Reads directly from his doc and nothing else, his homeworks are long and tedious. Nothing in class can prepare you for his exams unless you know python beforehand or do online stuff outside of class. Do not take him.

I still don't how I passed this class the is class hard for no reason. If you have never done Python, good luck the class is ANTI CHEGG, so no online sources will help you. Just show up to EVERY CLASS. The HWs take hours to finish and don't even ask for help he doesn't care he said he likes handing out zeros in lecture. He might drop your final

I hope you are ready for a professor who's intent on spending more lecture time ranting about unrelated topics than actually covering the material. Between that and the opaque grading where points are deducted for incredibly odd and outright wrong reasons, this class like no other lets you truly pick your preferred form of self-punishment!

I took this class in 2019 but just remembered how awful it was, long story short he was very unclear in lectures but his notes on his website were fine so we ended up teaching ourselves, and he was very rude and condescending. Also, I just want to say. Why did he teach C++ in an intro course for non-CS majors? Still boggles my mind

He teaches Python in a way that only those that have used the program before would understand. The homework assignments are very lengthy and he implements a lot of tedious guidelines. He provides a review before the exam and goes over it, but the review is nothing like the exams. His exams are true or false, multiple choice, and open response.

Very test heavy. I received straight A's on the assignments, then he randomly(?) gave me a

Awful teacher. The teacher is rude, doesn't care if his students pass, would do more to harm your grade than helping it.I had him at 11:00-12:30pm and he always reads his outdated notes that still use .h files and leaves around 11:40am. I ask him some times for help and either he tells me he explained it in class or he tells me anything but useful.

Gholoom throughout most of the semester was rude to students. If we had questions he would just tell us to look at the slides instead of answering the question. A lot of his assignment instructions were confusing. For the project he took off most of the points for not following a guideline he barely mentioned in class. Overall horrible professor.

This was not an issue for me as I had prior knowledge, but Mr.Gholoom spent nearly 2/3 of the entire semester on array-related data structures assignments, and his entire final content was practically not related to arrays. The poor organization of this course combined with an instructor with an inflated ego and lack of empathy leaves a sour taste.

Truly awful. Often rude in class, typos sometimes cause confusion on assignments, very picky about things he rarely mentions. Frustrating and makes it hard to focus on what's important - learning rather than formatting. He reads from old slides and his explanations are often incomplete/confusing. Do not expect him to help you outside of class.

This professor is so incredibly vague on homework instructions. He removes points if you use another term that he hasn't covered even if you have a background in coding and can back it up. He lectures the entire time and doesn't show you how to do anything. His test was on paper. Code written on paper but, he does let you go early most of the time.

DONT TAKE!!! He always makes grading errors on homework, always a marking my correct homework as incorrect. He does not teach, only reads from the slides. EXTREMELY rude and takes pride in dissing his students. You will need to pay for outside tutoring if you take this class, otherwise you won't pass. Take literally any other prof's class.

Fellas. Stay away. He is terrible. Takes more points off for incorrect comments & formatting than course curriculum. Broken English. Grades off answer sheet rather than what is correct versus not. Tests are 70+%. Unprofessional. Lectures are boring (and incorrect sometimes). Doesn't know the material as well as expected.

This professor grades super tough and is absolutely unreasonable. He was rude when I tried to ask for help outside of class and he's very unorganized. If you don't already have some coding knowledge this class will be extremely difficult with him. Also you will almost never know what all chapters will be on an exam because he is unclear about it.

This man was entirely unhelpful. No disrespect, but his speech is very difficult to understand, and he just repeats the same "you get that right" after each "lesson" (he reads off power points). He never offers WHY he docked off points on the homeworks, and the tests are HEAVY. When emailing him to ask for more help, he will reply with one word.

About 50% of the grade is at the end of the 2nd week of class. Tough grader, 2 exams 20% each, Final 30%, Project 15%, HW 15%. Better know your python. He doesn't care about your feelings, if you get into an argument, he will win. He is always right, you are always wrong. Positive: Watching those who think they can win is quite enjoyable.

This was the worst class I've taken,due to the professor. It's an intro course,yet he assumes everyone already knows Python and skips basics. His lectures lack depth. Homework and tests are excessively hard, requiring skills not taught. Emailing him with questions backfires—he grades you harder if you ask for help, viewing it as arguing. Avoid him.

DO NOT GET THIS PROFESSOR, he is rude and not understanding, going into the class he expects everyone to be a programming genius. he gives few assignments and is a very tough grader. he yells AT YOU when you try and get help and makes it seem like you're challenging him. after grading assignments he never tells you exactly what was done wrong.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR HE IS RUDE AND UNWILLINGLY TO HELP. when you need help he yells at you and takes it as a challenge. he thinks everyone going into it is a programming wizard. he gives little feedback on assignments and never says what to use when doing assignments. he is a hard grader. stay away if you can. if only i had more wordsthen350

His lectures are him quickly skimming through slides then dismissing class. It's not very hard to get at least a B, but the things he takes off points for are mostly very arbitrary or overblown, like taking off 20% from an assignment for a missing comment footer. He's very hard to communicate with, doesn't understand most questions.

Gholoom as a lecturer is awful, he does show examples but reads off the file. His tests are sometimes confusing and have minute details (mostly the first one). He will criticize you for asking questions. But if you sit up front and show an extremely liking to CS he will be friendly. His homework's are sometimes confusing in wordage.

He gave examples of how to find max and min of a list (he types in microsoft word). His code gave the wrong output when put into python. The whole class agreed with the student that brought it up, saying their code matched the example and still gave the wrong output as well. He still said that something was wrong with the students code.

one of the worst professors I have had in my college career. Would insult students who asked questions in lecture. exams were unnecessarily difficult, with lots of questions made to trick students. Extremely harsh grader. This professor seemed like he wanted to fail everybody. Cannot stress this enough, AVOID AT ALL COSTS

I hate this man he tried to fail me when i got a 100 on the final and midterm bc i messed up one thing on a programming assignment and also has yelled at the class avoid at all costs

Trust me this professor never listen to your points. Always stick to this grading citeria he set half decade ago. If you really think you gonna do good in term of grade and learning, take another professor. "Don't take his Course". Very strict grading. He tries to only prove his points. You will suffer DSA course with him if you care about grade.

Gholoom is seriously the most boring and frustrating professor ever. He clearly hates teaching and always wraps up class at least half an hour early. He just reads off his slides and even takes off points for tiny formatting mistakes. Honestly, don't take any of his classes.

This guy does NOT know how to teach. He just reads off of the lecture notes, and wayyy too fast! If no other professor is available for this course, just wait. You won't regret it.

Five letters, A V O I D. This professor is not only insanely difficult, but also just so hard stuck in his old antiquated ways. I have never experienced such unprofessional conduct from a professor before. Raise your hand, he starts arguing with you. Best part is: His code(which he types on Word btw) NEVER WORKS. SAVE YOURSELF SAVE YOURSELF.

Extremely disappointed with this professor. He spends more time criticizing tiny formatting issues than actually teaching or organizing material. The class feels stressful and unproductive. If you care about your grade and actually want to learn, avoid this professor. I'd rate him –5 out of 5.

Really quiet during lectures, really tough grader.