Poor, unorganized. You are on your own. Terrible communicator/educator. Not ready for prime time.

Terrible, now he is a full time faculty too. Seems this college deliberately ignores student's opinion. Find one person who has a positive opinion of him. I doubt if his major is in computer science, he is master in confusing students.

Unhelpful lectures and notes. Most people turn to classmates/friends for help, but even then it takes hours to do a lab assignment. He says helping and discussing labs are okay between students, but if you submit a lab that is too similar to someone else's,you both get a 0. This pretty much defeats the purpose of collaborating for understanding.

Terrible, he doesn't get it, "you teach for students not for yourself". Do not take him

Terrible do not take this course you wouldn''t learn anything.

I'm a European student and I was supposed to take the class "iOS Development". I had a VERY hard time trying to understand Manish Goel accent (I think he's from India?). I have no problem understanding the other professors, so Goels accent is poor and hard to understand. I dropped the class the 2nd week because of that. He is also unorganized.

Horrible professor. Completely unorganized, has trouble explaining concepts that aren't found inside the book(spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to create a dual dimensional array). Can't hear or understand him unless you are in the very front. Uses power point slides from the book and tests are from test bank. Lazy, unorganized and awful.

Assignment aren't clear at all, he's switched to using book questions but he adds on problems and somehow manages to make it incredibly confusing, don't bother asking him, he'll make you more confused. Don't bother asking him questions during class about things not directly in the book. Things are graded about 2 weeks after they're turned in. Lazy.

I cannot hear him at all and talks too fast. Assignment instructions are unclear and makes people feel stupid in class. Doesn't encourage asking questions so most of people are afraid to ask.

Requires you to do your programs in very specific ways. If the student fail in following his unclear instructions, the student will receive ENORMOUS penalties. The professor tests make the students unmotivated and have an absurd short period of time to be completed. If you take this teacher I desire you the best of your luck.

If the universe is falling apart and it all depends on you taking his class, the rest of the universe will applaud you standing if you rather not take Goel's class. He provides poor elaborated project prompts and expect the students to submit their assignment in very specific ways. Makes any 5 years programmer like me look like a fool. Good Luck!

Very condescending. Will take away points on everything if not done exactly to his vague descriptions. Any creativity will lead to point deduction. Makes intelligent people feel like they don't know anything by testing on material he doesn't cover. Very frustrating class. Do not recommend even if he is the last class available.

Disorganized, out of date material provided. Unclear on lectures. Confused and makes mistakes that has to be corrected while you struggle with his errors.

This class is going at a pace which is suited for only seasoned programmers. It should have a prerequisite . I for one don't like the lectures as he is mostly reading thru his powerpoint slides. I can do that too on my own time. The concepts are not clarified and he is very condescending.

This instructor is way confusing, talks down to students, makes you feel stupid and very insensitive. We are here to learn. Why would De Anza hire such people?

Prof is so hard to hear. Not courteous or helpful. Sometimes very rude with answering questions. Not for me.

Ive taken him for IOS development class. It has no prereq. But he expects you to be a good programmer. Hell skip steps and make a lot of mistakes. Labs are hard and quizzes with midterms are even harder and he would get frustrated when you would ask him questions. I ended up dropping the class.

Not a very great professor. Lectures are extremely lackluster and is unclear on lab expectations. Makes simple topics of 22B overly complicated.

Horrible

Dont take him. Not good. Bad.

Not very good - better off skipping the class and taking it next quarter with different professor

I don't understand much of what this guy says in class. Assignments lack direction and he is not helpful in explaining what he wants. Ugh!

Difficult to understand and doesn't get his points across very well. Try to get a diff professor.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW PROGRAMMING, DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. I am a straight-A student in CS, but I dropped his class. I felt so lucky that I dropped because there were so many other professors at De Anza who really knew how to teach. Don't start your CS journey in a hard way. GPA is important.

This guy. Oh my god. He asks you to do a bunch of completely nonsensical things, and doesn't provide any real support when you inevitably cannot complete his assignments.

Take it from someone who got an A+ in his class - HE IS NOT A GOOD INSTRUCTOR. I depended heavily on what I learned in my previous C++ courses to get by. His assignments and explanations are vague and sometimes even incorrect. If you ask him questions, be prepared for curt, condescending responses that make you feel stupid. You've been warned.

He posted presentations that were hard to follow then put completely different material on quiz and labs, yet we were graded super harshly. He did hold office hours, but he dipped most of the time because he had "emergencies" and wasn't really helpful when he was there either. Trust the rating on this one and don't take his courses.

He puts up presentations that make no sense. He notifies us of tests and quizzes the day before, which cover materials that not in his presentation. He grades super harsh. He wants the assignments done his way to the letter, but does not have the time to discuss it with you. If that is not enough to stop you from taking him, I don't know what is.

Vague Vague Vague.

Honest Review of Professor Manish. He is a good professor only as it relates to his content and breadth of knowledge. Other than that he is horrible, he is not reasonable, especially during the COVID-19 problems. He also have unecessary steps for example he made us use a password for entering his exam and quizzes which made no sense.

Terrible professor. Screws your grade over for the tiniest things and has 0 leniency. Average grade on the midterm was a C and he was proud of that. He does not care about your coding ability when grading things, only his arbitrary requirements which he tells you about after you submitted.

Took Professor Goel for CIS 22C. Nonexisting in teaching as there was no dedicated class time and self studied online with YT. He gives stringent requirements on labs and docks off points for the most minor things(printing wrong) and requirements not clearly stated in assignment. Asking for clarification leads to him answering AFTER the deadline.

TOUGHEST Professor. The grading criteria wasnt clear at all (many changes in labs) and when received the grades back, the feedback were not good at all (lenient). The grades are returned at the end of the quarter, hard to understand what was wrong. Expect to work hard.

Doesn't teach - lecture slides are useless; use Zybooks. Lab and FRQ grading criteria specific and vague at the same time, with harsh penalties. He had only graded the 1st lab by the time the 5th and last lab was due, so we barely had any feedback. Hoped to fail so I can retake this class for credit at my UC; was disappointed to find I got an A-.

Manish isn't a great instructor at all because he doesn't even put in half the time compared to others I've had. There are useless pre-recorded lectures and material. You'll have to write code with unclear instructions, no makeup, toughly graded, and no code specific feedback. Then do half his grading for him. Do not take for 22C to learn.

Absent prof. Took 15% off everyone's first lab for putting a print statement in the wrong place, as if everyone making the same mistake had nothing to do with him, insultingly called this "lenient." By the time lab2 was due he had not given feedback on lab1, forcing students guess at how to whether they were meeting his extra-particular standards.

Probably the worst professor I have ever encountered. His lecture section is not a lecture but Q&A where you ask a clarifying question and he responds with condescension. When the whole class is preforming bad, instead of stepping back and reevaluating his teaching method. He blames it on the students and says they didn't try enough.

You will have to teach yourself the class. By weeks 3 - 5, the videos he posts as lessons are not even ones he made, just links to YouTube. Lectures are only Q&A for that week's topics, which no one has watched yet during the first session of the week. The slideshow videos just restate 1/2 of what's written in the slide. No in-depth in explanation.

Professor Goel is the worst professor I ever seen in De Anza. He gave unnecessary instructions for Lab to deduct our points. If you are still going to take Professor Goel after watching these bad review, keep in mind, ask for extra credit. He will give you.

Trash. Make sure you sign up for classes on time so you don't have to take him, like everyone else here said, his instructions are horrible, which everything is made worse by due to online classes. What that means is that on every assignment you'll lose lots of points for no reason. Its only the first month and I know I made a mistake taking him.

His classes were Q/A sessions, he didn't explain anything. The syllabus had no calendar so you had to be ready to work at any time. Ridiculous submission requirements. Takes too many points off of lab assignments for very small things. the only good thing about his class is he used Zybooks but even then he assigned the material after giving a lab.

Just don't take his class. Assigns labs before assigning the small homework that explains it. Doesn't have a calendar for the class so you basically have to clear your next 3 months for this. Instructions for the actual material are not clear and he doesn't give good feedback. Seriously just take someone else's class

He's usually behind when giving feedback for projects. Each project is based off previous projects. He's also incredibly vague with lab instructions, and will mark you down for something not stated in the instructions. For the final if you get less than 50% you fail (Doesn't matter if you have an A+). A little snarky when you ask questions.

Goel does not teach. His "classes" are just Q&A sessions, there are no lectures. You will essentially be teaching yourself Data Structures and Algorithms (spoiler alert: it's not easy). The assignment directions are vague and his grading is unnecessarily tough considering he does not teach. His feedback is unhelpful too. Don't take this class.

amazing professor and her lectures are so detailed. A majority of your grade comes from partner labs, so try your best to get a partner that is easy to work with. She is really helpful in office hours and open lab, so be sure to utilize those if struggling.

Such a terrible professor, don't teach you anything. You have to self learn for the whole quarter, and he had a hard time to explain his lab assignments, if you don't understand what he want, you could end up with a terrible grade. He also think this are students' problem, while almost all student have the same problem. Don't take his class!!!

22c with Goel is super hard. He tells you to use multiple files in your projects but you're not allowed to use header (.h) files (C++). He takes 5+ percent off each project for small "mistakes" and then doesn't explain why it's wrong. He isn't helpful when you ask questions and it's hard to find your grade. He does offer some extra credit tho

This professor genuinely is just unaccommodating, each email that he sends out seems like he just doesn't like us, and each assignment given out is worded extremely poorly and very ambiguous. I would also like to make sure everyone knows, that everything is given as group work, which I did like, one of the few things I did about this class.

Rarely replied to students' questions on canvas, didn't grade labs until the last minute, extremely unclear lab instructions / grading criteria, and used Zybook which you have to pay yourself.

Don't take this.

Doesn't grade anything. Don't take this class! We never learn from our mistakes in Lab.

He posts lectures and videos online. For class time, you can ask him questions. If no one has questions, he will just end class earlier. He almost never teaches!

He is terrible at teaching and his tests are god awful. For midterm, he gave us 1 hour to write code that would take at least 2 hours.

Long instructions that are easy to miss a few things for assignments that never get graded in time for the next one. Never enough time for the programming tests.

He doesn't give people anytime for the midterm and has weird rules on what you can and cannot do and he doesn't tell anyone until the test. He is not prepared to teach, he doesn't teach. don't take him.

Way more stressful than necessary but still possible to get an A. Comes off as strict and mean but can show leniency at times. Only need to attend class for 1st 2 weeks and any exams/quizzes. Classes are basically Q&A sessions with no teaching. Labs weren't too bad. Exams/quizzes are difficult. Must self-study. C++, Python, and Java are all okay

If you are in the process of learning coding, do not take him, everyone giving above a 1/5 already know the material and are in the class for the degree. He cannot and will not teach you anything, while giving you the most convoluted assignments possible. Your only chance to make it through is to teach yourself or cheat.

His quizzes are graded almost impossible to get high marks on. They cover things that we don't go over and in ways that we have not talked about.

Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for getting paid to teach nothing. Very condescending and rude. Gives very poor feedback on assignments, and docks points for some of the most insignificant matters on your labs and such.

You might have a family of 5 before he even grades any of the assignments

I never had a memorable bad teacher before but this one definitely takes the title. Slow grading, and minimal feedback until the second to last week of class. Besides doing the auto-graded assignments and poorly written labs, there were weeks when I had no clue what was going on in comparison to other classes. Avoid if you want to actively learn.

He went somewhere on week 5 and didn't return till week 7. He hasn't graded anything from lab 2 on wards, but the only things graded were automated. No feed backs, no help. DO NOT take. Edit: Without the early feed back, there was no frame of reference on what to improve on, so my lab would receive around 70 to 80 points out of 100 points per lab.

Does not grade. Stopped replying to emails. Condescending. I got through labs w/Youtube vids. Quizzes/exams open-internet but some question content not covered in Zybooks. About half the midterm (and I'm assuming final) was a time-crunch coding section.

Has one of the dumbest grading policies in all of mankind. Regardless of your grade, you will fail the class automatically if you fail the final. Do not take this class with this professor for your sanity. Oh, and a plus, he doesn't teach well and is not a nice person at all.

Manish Goel was by far the worst professor I've ever had. 1. Concepts are decades out of date 2. Lectures are often incohesive, I recommend textbook 3. Lab instructions unclear for non-C++ languages 4. He rejects any terminology that he himself doesn't use 5. Takes weeks to grade labs 6. Seems to dock points from labs and tests for the fun of it

Awful professor. The labs are very explicit with instructions yet very vague on the actual coding parts. Worst of all he locks the canvas on purpose after the final so we can't see literally an entire half of our grades. My guess is this is so that students don't argue with him on grades but it's just crazy to me.

The professor does not teach the class, grade assignments or attend most of his classes. He tries to remediate this by giving (meager) extra credit for irrelevant things like working with a partner, volunteering at an event, or answering (non-programming) questions. Lectures are mostly silence, interrupted by students' questions and his anecdotes.

He is too much, please save yourself like I did and drop before you die a painful and slow death via excessive word usage and excessive and pointless rules for coding.

Graded all of our labs but one during the last week of the semester, and gave the worst feedback imaginable - I couldn't understand what he had typed. Used a terrible zybook, made the final ON PAPER when the rest of the tests were online, and it seems like he hates his students. Every announcement he made oozed contempt and distaste. Stay away.

I could say a lot, but i'll keep it simple, don't take his class. Did you apply too late and his course is the only one available for the quarter? I recommend waiting until next quarter for another professor, good luck.

Heavy accent online recorded long ago lectures; No teaching; Will not grade HW until final week; It is hard for me to understand what he wants for HW. No response to email. All the HW and PPTs are from previous quarters, and I feel it is disrespectful for him to treat us like this. RUN!!!

My advice is to find a different professor. You can still learn if you put the work in, but there isn't a lot of resources to help you if you are behind. Find a good partner to do the lab work, start the labs early (very difficult), and for the midterm and finals focus on the lecture notes. Get very familiar with your programming language.

If your major requires CIS 44H, good luck—it's only taught by him. The audio is worst, the lectures are slow, and he never replies to messages. One lab was uploaded wrong, and no one got a response before the deadline. The only thing learned from his class was PATIENCE. Still wondering how he's teaching at De Anza. Best of luck with Goel!

He does not care about students at all. The exams and quizzes are conceptual and time is short to complete the exam on time. Even though the everything is open book and google search allowed, his resources are confusing and does not have clarity and he wants you to describe as within his resources. Don't take his course unless you have to.

not only is he very hard grader, he doesnt care at all about students and is very mean, he misgraded one of my assignments, and never ended up fixing it, and that part of the reason why i finished with a B- for the love of all things, do not take this teacher, he is a sucessful and hard working man, but doesnt care about students suceeding

I'm sure he's a nice guy but he gives bad lectures and his assignments/assessments directions are so ridiculously unclear and needlessly complex I genuinely thought I was going to have a stroke trying to understand this man. Tests are open book though.