Didn't feel too well about his teaching method. Needs to slow down with the homework. Needs to show more examples. Needs to cover more specific examples rather then such broad topics.

the worst professor in Computer Science department. avoid if possible!

He is the worst teacher I've ever had. He is failing 15 out of 30 students and the rest are getting Cs.

This man is the worst possible teacher! WARNING do not take this man. He is very hard and nasty. Many labs and is grading system is terrible. Long reseach paper and a lot of busy work that is absolutly pointless.

Do not take this class unless it's during the summer. There are labs which aren't that bad but the tests are ridiculously hard...takeing a GENERAL ED class that requires a lot of studying.. don't do it to urself. He doesn't teach well at all!

He's mean and nasty.

One of the worst teachers I've ever had in my entire life. He gives nothing but busy work and does not go very in depth into the material. On several occasions, was asked simple questions that he did not know the answer to and therefore dismissed them.

this guy was soooooooo hard. he did not explain anything at all. ridiculous that they allow him to be a teacher. i got a B but i don't know how cuz he didn't teach us anything. more homework than you can ever imagine in your life.

Definately the worst class I ever took here at MSU, It was a lousy gen ed and I have never done that much work in my business classes. He doesnt explain anything at all and when i had to go to him for extra help, he completely forgot and didnt give me a grade for it. COMPLETELY AWFUL DONT TAKE HI

If you're ready to get Fail, take his class. He's totally unpredictable a..hole.

Horrible teacher and class. His tests are ridiculious and cover everything. He leaves every class to go use the bathroom and then makes the class stay for free education. He laughs at his own jokes. He never grades the labs or give any feedback besides the tests. He will leave you clueless about your grade. Do not take his class if at all possible.

Not so much a difficult class. The fact that he regularly threw a temper tantrum because he could not get the smart board to work disturbed me a little. I'm not sure that he ever graded our labs. Don't ever laugh at him when he does something wrong. It'll get his panties all up in a bunch.

well, extremely over complicate simple things and like to give "A" students "C-" grade:(

he throws temper tantrums, doesn't answer questions, and refuses to teach or help students. Has not yet graded anything expect our one test and we only have a month of class left. Absolutley worst teacher and so unprofessional with his marker throwing and stomping around like a two year old. Avoid him if you can.

Do not take him! Please don't do it to yourself!! I am only looking out for you! He teaches about useless things and his tests are like 70 questions about like inside of computers! Impossible!Dont take it!

THE WORST TEACHER EVER IN MY LIFE!!!! HE MADE MY SEMESTER A LIVING HELL!!! HE IS NO HELP TO STUDENTS THAT COME TO HIM. SIMPLE QUESTIONS HE DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS TO. HE IS ALSO VERY HARD OF HEARING...I'LL BLAME THAT ON HIS AGE. HE'S EXTREMELY SARCASTIC!! DO NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.... UNLESS YOU WANT TO TORTURE YOURSELF TO DEATH!!!

Literally the worst professor known to man kind. He actually might have mental issues, he is just not quite all THERE. Do not take his class.

he rushes through his lectures and refuses to repeat himself or put them on Bb. no one in the class got higher than 70s on the tests (which were 70% of the grade) and he refuses to curve anything and he doesnt return any assignments. JUST TERRIBLE. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE .

This professor is absolutely horrible.The class is too much work for a gned & very challenging. He is rude and arrogant and does not offer his students help. I asked for help once & he told me to golearn it myself. I'd stay clear of this professor, I wish I did.

this class is AWEFUL b/c of the teacher he literally cracks a joke and waits for people to laugh. the jokes are terrible so nobody laughs and he sits there and waits till someone does. he reads off a power point and u have no clue whats going on. DONT TAKE HIS CLASS

DO NOT TAKE. Ridiculously hard for a gned. Overload of work. Hard grader. I never believed it, but he does yell at the class, really. No opportunities to do well. No feedback or help. He told me to go "Learn it myself" when I asked for help. Never returns grades so you could be/prob are failing + will never know.Thank god I got a C+.

Not a great teacher- didn't explain things clear enough and has terrible handwriting ... barely understood what was going on. Had to withdraw, though he seemed like a nice person. Do not take unless you have Microsoft Access on your computer! Works A LOT with databases.

does not explain whatsoever. i dont think ive learned anything in his class this semester. just sprung the 2nd proj on us and there are 3 weeks left. we're supposed to have 3 proj. so far 2 exams. hes not clear at all. and has ears like a bat. AVOID HIM if possible.

He is really hard and dont expect to ever get your grades back ever

You'll receive nothing back and he'll start calling you by names you've never heard of and tbh he's a huge jackass

Terrible professor! If you take this class switch out immediately it will ruin your gpa. He doesnt give feedback on hw or even let you know about your grade until its too late and you realize you are failing. Also lectures are extremely boring and will put u to sleep.

NO. Took this class to substitute an INFO class for IT students that MSU wasn't offering.. basically, the drop period came too soon and I made a horrible mistake. DO NOT TAKE.

This Professor is horrible! DO NOT TAKE HIM! He doesn't have a syllabus and fails you for basically everything. Not helpful and very rude. Makes us purchase a book we don't use and a code that has nothing to do with the course. Tests and quizzes have nothing to do with the notes or anything we do in class. Worst class ever!!!

Put yourself in this situation: For 2 months you learn easy material, and one class before your first exam you barely learn a difficult concept and how to apply it. Your professor then clarifies it will not be on the exam and lists topics that are, then none of those topics appear on the exam but rather the difficult one. Worst professor at MSU.

THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER TAKEN DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!! he fails you for everything. class average on our test was a 30. does not know how to teach at all.

It's a difficult class. The concepts are pretty hard but Dr. Benham makes it 10x harder because he doesn't actually explain things. That goes with everything (projects, tests etc). You have to rely on the internet or get somebody else to help, otherwise you're screwed. Get on his good side as soon as possible if you want a decent grade.

Awful Professor, Only person who teaches data structures but worst professor I had at montclair. Terrible at explaining things, difficult tests, never gets projects back. Try to avoid if possible.

He writes incomprehensible notes on the board off the top of his head. He almost didn't give us a syllabus. Most people fail his tests (50 average on the midterm). Don't even think about a curve. So unprepared. It is 49, and he's only just started grading a project that was due 222. My advice: make peace with your god. You'll need it.

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER! HIM GETTING ANY LEVEL OF A "B" IS BEING VERY GENEROUS. THIS IS AN INTRO TO COMPUTERS CLASS! OUR CLASS AVG RN IS ABOUT A LOW "C." DO NOT TAKE HIM. IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR GPA- THEN GO AHEAD

DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS PROFESSOR FOR AN INTRO COURSE. CSIT 100 has to be the hardest course I've ever taken due to him. He gives assignments on programs we do not own on our computers and the "free" program online doesn't help. You fall behind, there is no chance of catching up. He is not approachable and is sporadic in his attitude every day.

Worst professor by far at Montclair and probably at any school ever. The department makes it impossible to avoid him but if you can you're lucky. Class is awful and his tests and projects are hard. The guys is just strange and a tough grader. Montclair was awful and he was the final reason for me to transfer.

You will not pass his class that easily. Make friends with the smart kids. And pray ALOT!

Heavy theory based class. Disorganized, unprepared for lectures because we never have enough time to cover what he intends. Office hours? He's often condescending/unhelpful. He made multiple basic programming errors himself on a 6-question test. Test avg was a 48/130 with strange point distribution. I'm leaving Montclair; CS dept is very sad.

This class was an absolute joke, in class your learn very little, everything else you have to learn on your own. Our projects were never graded, Questions on exams were poorly worded and sometimes unrelated to what we learned in class. Even if you get the right answering he will only give you 10% of the credit, because it's not explained his way.

After two courses with him, he demonstrates no work or study plan for courses he has taught even for years. You will learn very little, stain your GPA, and spend more time figuring out what you're supposed to do than you do actually doing it. Hard to contact. Take courses at another university when he's all Montclair offers.

This professor is just as bad as everyone says. You will never get assignments back from him, never learn anything in lectures, he is unorganized, and he is a very tough grader. Average in class was less than 50% and I always got a grade above average. He says as long as you're in the class average you'll pass but that's not true. Still failed me.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. I know what you're thinking "He can't be that bad. I really need to take a class and he is the only professor" DO NOT. Wait until next semester or take a summer course when he's not teaching. Tests are extremely hard, on top of that he takes off points if the answer is not the way he wants it. Everyone is failing the course so far.

Just don't take him.

Lectures are very hard to understand. Studied and prepared for every single exams by myself. Watching youtubes, online materials, textbook throughout the semester.

I've left comments about this professor before and somehow they have been deleted. He's horrible. He gave me a C in the class when I had the SAME EXACT WORK as a student who got A. This affected my GPA really bad to a point where I had to take 12 credits during the summer to repair the damage he had done in order to apply to a Masters Program.

Taking this professor for my first semester at MSU. A lot of seniors I speak to have waited for this professor to either retire or pass. He is an old school professor who is horrible at teaching. Without having previous semesters' test to study off of the class is impossible. WAIT TILL YOUR LAST SEMESTER.

Horrible. Just. HORRIBLE. He can't teach to save his life! Midterms and assignments will cripple you. The final will DESTROY you! Unfortunately, he's the ONLY professor for this class, so if you're a CS major, you have no choice but to take him. Wait 'til your senior year to take him and HOPE you come out with a decent grade!

Awful professor and the worst I've ever taken. He takes forever to grade anything as no one has seen their grades in my CSIT313 class and the classes have already ended. He still hasn't given me us grade smh even after the deadline. He waits forever to post review material for exams and reminded us we had a quiz 11pm the night before. Avoid plz.

HORRIBLE isn't even the proper word to describe this teacher! Literally thought previous comments were just exaggerations, in reality it's far worst. Haven't learned one thing in this class, therefore I had to self teach harder than usual. Doesn't grade on time, so you don't know your grades till you finish the semester. AVOOIIDDDD!!!!

This guy is the worst professor possibly in existence. Not only are these extremely difficult topics which he is horrible at teaching but he doesn't seem to care at all that he's horrible and that his students are struggling to pass. Avoid him at all costs. But you can't because he's the only one teaching these two courses required for CS.

Truly the most unpleasant class Ive had. He expects us to know how to do everything despite not really teaching it or ensuring we understand anything, he doesnt grade assignments until semester is basically over, and he scoffs when we ask a question about something obvious. Unfortunately you get him 2 to 3 times because hes the only option. ��

Had him for CSIT 379 and 313 back to back. Cant teach at all and doesnt even understand some of the questions on his own tests. He will put you to sleep with the lectures just to wake you with bad Trump jokes. He keeps forgetting the second test he plans before finals and will either readjust the grade weight or give the test right before finals.

I know people who have switched from CS to IT because they don't have to take his classes. You'll end up having test 2 the week before finals b/c he can't plan, but he said 2 tests for the semester. He won't put in grades on canvas possibly ever. You won't know if you pass until degree works updates.

By far the worst professor I ever had to endure at my 4 years here at MSU. He is stuck in his own little world and continuously dozes off in the middle of lecture, assigns impossibly difficult tests and grades them stringently. I am convinced he just does this purpose to make students' lives hell. The administration needs to do something soon.

This man is quite literally a relic from a bygone era who teaches archaic material that will find you questioning your sanity. No one on this god-forsaken world knows what a context-free language is besides him. He's so delusional that he sincerely believes Haskell will make a resurgence in the field in the next few years. Avoid like the plague.

A 1st grader has better penmanship.

He not only does not grade assignments or hand any homework back to you, but he will forget to give the second exam and thinks it a bright idea to give exam 2 less than 5 days from his final that took up 2 days, and as CS student you cannot avoid him because he teaches the two courses needed for your CS degree, good luck and pray alot.

His tests are extremely difficult, he barely puts in effort to teach or grade. His lectures are boring and incomprehensible. However, if you show up to his office hours, he is much more helpful and will give you hints about what to study for an exam. Heavy curve, so as long as you do as well as your classmates you'll be fine. 77% got me an A-.