Not good if you don't have any background in computer science; The ultimate nerd

The ULTIMATE annoying nerd.

Spent one lecture on Perl, which wasn't very clear, then expected us to write complex cgi programs.

A useless prof. All that I learned from 'him' during the semester was that he liked sci-fi. All learning was done outside of class. What he did teach was not much more helpful than the textbook. Leaves campus early and states outright that he doesn't want to answer the questions of students.

The worst prof ever to walk the planet! He hates students, so don't ask him for help. His explanation might as well be in Swahili - only he understands them. You won't get your assignments back - don't expect to learn your grade before the final. He picks irrelevant problems from the textbook because he can't find any good ones. Who made him a prof

I always thought the role of a teacher is to help the student to understand. How can someone who refuse to help be a good instructor ? If thats the case,might as well read the textbook alone. Definately a no no recommendation if you're expecting the instructor to help you understand when you are finding it hard to. And that attitude !!

total waste of time. crappy prof, doesn't wanna help.

His notes are so messy, without any logic. Useless lecture, I have to do lots of research by myself. And his assignments are useless too, you can't learn anything from the assignment for the exams. He is turning this interesting course into a programming course, so bad. I went to his office, and he just wanted to finish talking asap. not helpful!

worthless

These guys pretty much summed it up.

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Zapp thinks he's the smartest person to ever live. Teaches as if you should already know what he's talking about. Spends more time talking about TV shows then he does teaching course material. Types all of his notes on a tablet with microsoft one note but doesn't post them online. Also, no useful feedback was given on assignments.

Terrible Prof, bashes Microsoft and worships Apple every class. In reality knows nothing about software security so he complains about Windows till the cows come home. Doesn't help by giving any guidance whatsoever, makes tedious assignments and exams which results in a bad foundation of the material (i.e. Programming Languages)

Don't take any courses with Zapp!!! There is no course worth taking with this idiot.

Students will get nothing of value from this "Profesor's" class. His mid-term review consisted of him saying it would "put the fear of god into us". The U of M should be ashamed to have him as a teacher. Why is some one soooo smart not making huge money @ Apple.

I attend everyclass.Teachs to the people who failed with him last semester or already know.Teachs about future courses not on the current one.Skims over anything useful.minimal expls even on web.help is answered in riddles.thinks his is your only course.pompus.belittling.Spent weeks at help desk asking questions gf thinks I'm cheating still failing

This prof is good only if you are a computer science fanatic. Zapp speaks in a manner that caters only to students already have a good idea about the material being taught. Notes taken were incomplete and unhelpful. Assignments very difficult for anyone unfamiliar with the C language, expects students to have no life to learn the language.

be prepared to figure everything out by yourself.

Mike Zapp is not meant to teach he's very unhelpful and arrogant. He often goes on a rant about totally irrelevant subjects in class thus wasting time while leaving important issues out. Much too opinionated and cocky for my liking and very insensitive.

Worst prof, never take a course with him. He challenges his students, doesn't want students to learn. The class average is always high because he doesn't include students with low marks in average and expect students with low marks to drop the course.

worst teacher i have ever seen

nothing want to say

Never take his class!! he just expects you to learn own your own !!, will never help you. He is the most useless prof. he should be thrown out of the university!!, he is just ruining the students who are there to learn!!

He is so mean. Worst prof ever met in this university

Worst and hardest class I've ever taken. Fair grader, but I didn't learn a single thing in the course when I genuinely wanted to learn the info. Doesn't answer your questions, makes you feel inadequate, and simply all-around not a good experience. Avoid at all costs.

Knows the stuff well but not fit for teaching. Literally makes us write notes in class where half the time is wasted. Very less examples given. No notes are posted online. U would have no idea as what you are studying if you miss a class. Makes the subject seem a lot harder than it actually is. Totally unfit to be a lecturer.

Bad prof, He doesn't expand on the course material well, often gets lost in his own irrelevant tangents and loves to use his red pen without clear reason to. My friend and I had answered a question on his tests in a very similar way and one of our answers was covered by red ink while the other received full marks. He isn't a fair marker,

Makes assignments needlessly complicated compared to previous terms of the same course. Extremely tough grader, be prepared to lose lots of marks even with a 'correct' solution. Arrogant in email correspondence or in person. Avoid at all costs, and take the course another term if he's a prof in it(He basically controls all sections when he teaches)

Not the most eloquent professor. His notes are subpar (which he doesn't post online), and his lectures are difficult to follow as they are essentially a 1-hour rant that often diverges from the relevant material. There will be no hand-holding in this class so be prepared to pay attention as what he says (vocally - not writes) will be very important

teaching useful thing. useless outside the class. hard test.

each class the only one thing you need to do is take note. but the note doesnt give the information as much as you can finish your homework, you still need to use google. he is the worst prof I ever met

Worst lecturer ever. For assignments Google is going to be your best friend. Incoherent lectures in which he uses verbose words and terms. Tough grader. Doesnt post notes online. He is the worst.

Worst mistake ever to take course with this guy. Makes an easy course much harder than it actually is. Notes are vague and unstructured. Be prepared to teach yourself everything. Doesn't admit that he messed up when he makes 2 midterms that the average of the whole class fails but continues the course saying that the grade we get is what we deserve

Material was meant to be pretty easy but Michael Zapp went way out of his way to make it as difficult as possible. His in-class notes don't really help at all. I had difficulties identifying when wether or not we had started a new topic. Assignments were very hard. He uses a lot of big words in his lectures. If you are an average student dont take.

By far the worst prof in the CS department. His philosophy is "if they struggle, they will learn" ,but all this leads to is anger, frustration,and cheating. He is a tough marker, and will penalize you for the littlest thing. Assignments and labs are also very tough, mainly because he doesn't cover what to do during lectures. Prepare to self teach.

Get ready to teach yourself the course material

Very passionate and very knowledgeable. Very dedicated and enthusiastic about Comp. Sci. Sadly, his passion and enthusiasm does not directly translate to good course structuring and content delivery. If you are an average student and not familiar with the topics you will struggle a lot in his classes. Very knowledgeable, just not fit for teaching.

caution: very tough marker wastes time in lectures writing vague notes as he goes instead of explaining. gives notes which are not enough to finish assignments. will not upload notes, makes sure students know he is smart by making midterm tests very hard but does not help students actually learn the course makes fun of struggling students

Take a course with this prof if you want to retake it and pay for the course again next semester. Makes midterms very hard, which lowers class passing rate as he believe some students are destined for Fs and some will pass; notes are bad and unclear. Steer clear if you want to graduate from UofM. Be prepared for a sarcastic answers to all questions

He never, never , never post notes, and also his notes is hard to understand, besides, the notes could literally do nothing to help you with your assignments. What can you do in his lecture? Writing down notes that he could've done before class. The point is after all those years in u of m, he still thinks HE IS GOOD. One advice, avoid him.

All I learned is "life is tough", and met him would make your life even tougher

Sigh! Theyve said it all...

not the best , he's a very tough marker and will try his best to penalize you for silly things, notes are not posted on site, in-class notes are useless for assignments and tests. avoid if other section available

Hard to understand in lectures as he likes to explain just the basics. Assumes you know more than what he actually teaches. Gives very little detail on how to complete assignments. Very tough grading on tests. Notes are to the most bare minimum detail. Would not take again.

Very intelligent prof, who somehow is trying to prove a point to the U of M, thus making grading material harder than usual. I would not stand between whatever this guy has going on with U of M . Too tough on assignments, you might want to pay more attention to his vocals more than notes. His notes are not helpful. Voice record him if you have to.

Saw this guy for office hours and made fun of me . Notes are obsolete but says "go think about it hard". Thinks "some students are destined for Fs and others pass" which is not a true representation of real life scenarios. Will not curve to pass but will curve to fail??? Works with normal distribution & believes lower percentile has to fail/VW

not good, very hard testing, very hard assignment, no textbook for reading use, bad note

Zapp is a very approachable man during class time (Not so much after hours) . He is usually very jolly in his lectures and throws in an occasional joke. However i must say his grading is very strict and tough. And if you ask a silly question you will be answered with much sarcasm. If other sections are available avoid. If you not tough cookie.

This was my first time being taught by Zapp. I had successfully managed to avoid him throughout my University career. I must say "The Legend" is true. He is a very stingy grader who doesn't really give you anything to go on. It's hard to know what he wants in order to actually get marks. It's was difficult to get course material as well. VW'd

By far the professor who knew the most and cared the least. Michael Zapp does not care about his students or his courses. He simply wants to tell everyone how smart he is. This is apparent in is digressions from the course material and his completely anti-empathetic course structure. If you can take this course with ANYBIDY else, do it.

Michael Zapp is a very tough grader. Very meticulous about things which don't even matter. Does not actually help you learn the course material but instead you have to learn on your own. The inter-webs will be your closest friend for any course you take with this guy. Also becareful on theory questions. He takes every meaning of words literally

Most of the students do not have an idea of what is going. I wanted to learn so much out this course but never could because of Zapp. He might be passionate about Computer Science but he is definitely the worst teacher out there. Please avoid his class at any cost if you want to learn. I repeated this course with Randy Cooper(A+).

By far the worst Computer Science proff at the U of M. He is very racy and be assured that everything is going to be super hard. Also he doesn't accommodate students from different backgrounds. He is kind of low-key racist and would treat different students differently

You suppose to know everything before taking his class one of the worst teachers I ever met......................... My suggestion is DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS unless you have no choice Not a good teacher

He knows his stuff, but has major flaws as an educator. He doesn't post his notes, students are expected to hand copy from a projector. It's not a big deal but as you write he'll mention assignment/test info. It's hard to process all of it at once. I prefer to not ask questions in class as he has a tendency to act bothered and responds rudely

Took 2160 with him a while back and it was the worst experience ever. Will reply sarcastically and embarrass you if you ask questions. This will not be easy. Your will and drive will be tested. As he always says " We can't all pass, some people have to fail". Passed the course with a B+ but he really made me work for it. Prepare to self-teach

He thinks that everyone learns the same way (auditory). Notes are useless, will confuse you even more, and not even posted online. Took marks off for using acronyms on test, without warning us beforehand. Thinks everyone can read his mind. His way or the highway. Discourages you from asking questions. Tuition fee should've gone to Google instead.

NEVER AGAIN

Zapp knows the content well and teaches like everyone else has that same level of understanding he does. This results in a big disconnect in the teaching and the assignments. What a waste of time, I needed to find an alternate textbook and MIT lectures to actually learn the course content.

If anyone's describing zapp as a knowledgable instructor saying u can learn something from Mike zapp, no doubt, there is something seriously wrong with that person saying that to you. U can learn nothing from Mike zapp. You feel the course is difficult not becuase you are not smart, not the course is hard. It's MIKE ZAPP, HE IS REALLY BAD.

Ask one question that's not "smart" and be prepared to be instantly belittled and disrespected. Constantly apply pressure to students "sarcastically".

He likes using big words during lectures. He does not post notes (very unorganized and vague). Assignments have very little instructions. Exam questions are not difficult but grading is very subjective (only his way or the highway). He reacts differently to "good" or "bad" students (lowkey discriminate). Avoid him if possible.

I have had Michael a couple times in the past. Simply put, he is not a good teacher. Compared to the other CS instructors and profs in the department, I and many other students would rate him VERY low in comparison. Literally any other prof and I would have gotten a good grade here. (Helen Cameron for example). He needs to get over his huge ass ego

Bro is simply a menace, No action would be taken to discipline this professor don't know how high he is in the food chain.

I hope zapp chokes on his own spit

Micheal Zapp is the person you avoid meeting in a public gathering. You simply wouldn't meet a person like this in your whole life. Simply unprofessional and vindictive person

the first time wants to comment!!, this teacher is an arrogant professor, every time I ask him a question, he responds indirectly, even if it is a sample one-sentence problem, he will say find in your note, I taught this before, he also set recording without the sound!!!, and it is covered every week, no way to review. Anyway, he is not like a tchr

Overall just created a terrible environment where learning is discouraged and made unnecessarily difficult. The worst part is he knows exactly what he's doing and clearly knows all the material very well, but feels no empathy towards students which causes this cycle of students criticizing him for that and him becoming more and more bad-tempered.

Learning would be improved so much if he switched to slides like a normal professor. Half the time in class is spent watching him write down the notes. Also his notes are crazy unorganized. Zapp, if you read these, please, please, take a few days to create some well-structured slides for this course, it would help future students so much.

Doesnt share slides. I did not understand a single word from his un-organized notes. I did not understand a single word taught in class because were writing notes down. All my peer and friends who took this course in the past said this course is not as hard as Zapp made it. Intl students pay 2000$ for this course and this is the level of education-

Don't never ever always, what i mean to say is never ever forever take a class with him

People say he is a good teacher he is not, he is a good public speaker he is the worst teacher. A teacher is supposed to have some sort of human interaction with students and be good at normal basic conversations as a mature person does. Micheal zapp needs to go down

He is the worst instructor I experienced. His notes are so ambiguous that you have to read the textbook or ask others to understand. His classes are not organized well. You may lose lots of points if Zapp doesn't like your answers, even though the answers are correct.

1. No response to long email, need in person 2. Only Lecture Taught, No Online Resource 3. Will deleted recording lecture every 2 days. Won't give any exception.

I honestly thought profs couldn't get any worse in this program, until I reached the final boss Zapp. He is easily the worst prof I've ever had. You will get 0s if he doesnt like your answers on tests, even if they are right. You will get flamed if you ask any question. He provides next to nothing and expects you to complete his BS assignments.

Did everything in his power to make learning the content on my own as difficult as possible. Deletes his lectures every other day because his income is worth more than student's learning. His test questions don't test you on your understanding of the material but more so on your ability to read his mind and say the exact keywords he's thinking of.

He would love to make your life hard! No notes provided, no examples, hard assignments

Guy turned an easy course into a hard one with his sheer stubbornness. I have never taken a course before where I confidently knew the material yet worried I wouldn't pass. He grades unbelievably hard, refuses to adjust marks and even if you have a good debate with him he will refuse to admit he did anything wrong and threaten to reduce your GPA.

Very harsh grader. The test questions seem very easy when first looking at them until he marks them. He expects you to essentially read his mind otherwise you get no marks or very few. For reference the first term test the 2/3 of the class failed which caused him to have to scale the test grade. Notes and examples are not posted online.

You can tell he is not there to help you but to make your life impossible! No recording or notes available, very few examples in class

He is there to make your life impossible! Not helpful, no notes provided and very few examples provided for his assignments

Says he wants you to 'understand' the content to pass the exams but deducts marks if you don't write what he teaches word-for-word. Further deducts marks to 'tech you a lesson for next time'. Grades as he pleases on exams - don't expect much. Had to take him since there's a shortage of profs here for each course -you gotta get your degree right

Very condescending towards any type of question. Emailing about anything is essentially useless as you'll just get some snarky reply. Disorganized lectures with seemingly no structure. Almost the entire class failed the midterm. Will never take a class with him again.

Don't go near this m_e_n_a_c_e.

You cant convince me this man isnt r_a_c_i_s_t, if youre not w_h_i_t_e you wont get anything much less a smile out of him

Never met the guy, but sounds like an evil man

Good teacher. Too hard for me .

Avoid this professor at all costs - his classes are a nightmare! Textbook is useless, no helpful notes or examples. But unstuck study AI proved a lifesaver for prepping.

Avoid this prof at any cost! He is so full of himself and doesn't care much about the student.

If you are doing any course if you see Michael Zapp just don't take it trust. I have good grades so far but i am doing this one course with him just started but i dont think ill see light at the end of the tunnel actually there is no light even at the end. Tough guy doesn't like to help students i think he was God's choosen to make students fail.

Worst instructor in CS department I've had so far. No textbook, no lecture slide, just unorganized notes provided during class lecture.

JUST WAITING FOR HIS RETIREMENT