Lectures:
Reinman adopted a flipped-classroom approach; we watched recorded lectures at home, and Reinman answered questions and solved problems in class. The recorded lectures were dense with information and felt long. With regard to the in-class lecture, it was hard to follow if you didn't have a good grasp of the material from the video from the night before. I personally don't like flipped classrooms, but I didn't find Reinman's approach too bad. I tried to get a high-level idea of the material from the lectures, and I felt I really learned the material when doing the labs and homework.

Labs and Homework:
The answers are all online, but it really does pay off to do them the right way. The labs and homework will prepare you well for exams.

Midterm:
I think the questions on the midterm were fair, and they covered material that we had learned in lectures and through homework/labs. The issue was timing; I felt rushed, and I'm sure others did too given the midterm had the lowest average he had seen in 20+ years.

Final:
The final was fair, but it did have some difficult questions (the difficult questions were accompanied with partial credit though, so if you had any idea about the answer, it would be beneficial to write something down—this is mainly with respect to the attack-lab-esque question). One of the questions was an exact copy from the midterm, but only 60% of students got it correct? I don't know how that's possible, and I honestly think it reflects our (the students') ability much more than it does Reinman's teaching ability.

In all, I learned a lot in this class. It was difficult, and you really did have to put in the effort to learn a concept if you didn't understand it immediately from a lecture. Reinman was a good professor, and I recommend taking CS 33 with him if you will work to master the material and practice applying it.

bad class, nonsensical grading scheme

I love that low key sense of humor, hands down, one of the best pictures of my college life, amazing professor

would take rhinoman over nachenberg in a 1v1 arm wrestling match to the death. 10/10 could not give the man higher praise.

I don't know why his past reviews rate him so highly. Most people who took the class in spring 2022 did not have positive views of Reinman.

To begin, Reinman uses the flipped classroom model. His prelecture videos goes through the material extremely fast, and I personally don't feel like he describes the material in a clear way. The lectures themselves were hard to follow because of how so many people asked questions in the class and how the professor constantly jumps around between different topics when talking about the material. I get that the flipped classroom model is intended so that lectures are designed to go through examples and give a chance of students to ask questions, but I personally feel like it just doesn't work well when you have hundreds of students in the class.

As for the tests, the questions were absolutely hard. The professor likes to blame the poor performance on the tests on students not properly doing homework and labs, but I would argue that the tests are still hard even if you did everything properly. For example, one of the questions on the midterms was way harder than the question given on homework on the similar topic.

Personally, I would take CS 33 with Nowatzki in the fall.

Don't be fooled by the grade distribution either. Way less people get an A or A- than the distribution on Bruinwalk suggests.

His not as good as Carey, but still a very nice tracher

+ Reinman is a great lecturer. If I had to take this course again I would definitely take it with him. I liked the labs. They were very interesting and way easier than cs32 ones (for me) although the concepts are harder.

- The class uses a flipped classroom so it takes a lot of time and you have to watch the lecture videos beforehand. Try to not fall behind in this class, because the content moves quickly. I fell behind during the last weeks and it made the parallel lab hard for me even though we had 3 weeks to do it.

Note: I only took the midterm. It was not easy to be honest but doable especially if you have studied and did the labs on your own then you are good.

He fucked us in Spring 2022. Can't trust his historical curve. We were the unluckiest group of CS takers ever. He's irresponsible and I would request yall to take eggert if you prefer learning because both the professors will now fuck your grade. We likes taking suggestions but never acts on them. His midterm and final approach of assessment sucks as there is barely any scope of getting a partial credit in any problem. CAREFUL NEXT BATCHES!!!

My favorite CS class so far, this class is a really fantastic introduction to computer architecture that struck me as far more interesting than the coding work in CS 31 and CS 32.

The workload is generally pretty light – there are a total of five homework assignments, each of which will take 30 minutes max, and four labs, which will be pretty time-consuming. You do get a lot of time for the labs, which is why I say overall the workload isn't all that great. There is going to be more lecture time, with watching the lecture recordings and then watching the lecture itself, but it really does help you learn – the pre-lecture is kind of like when you read the textbook chapter before going to lecture, except more engaging.

Out of the four labs, the first one (Data Lab) is by far the worst one, since you get basically no guidance for it and was really time-consuming for me. The other three – Bomb Lab, Attack Lab, and Parallel Lab – are all pretty fun applications of the material we learn in the class, with good opportunities for extra credit. In our quarter, you could earn 10 points of extra credit for the Bomb Lab and up to 15 for the Parallel Lab, depending on your speed up, which was quite generous. Don't procrastinate too much on them, since they do take some time and care, but for me, they were relatively enjoyable.

Reinman is a good instructor virtually, and the TAs are valuable resources. Because of the circumstances surrounding the Spring 2020 quarter, the final was made optional so I can't speak on that, but the midterm exam was quite fair and shouldn't be too tough as long as you've done the hoemwork and labs and are careful during the exam. There wasn't a lot of partial credit to be earned on the midterm, which was quite annoying considering that we only had five questions on it during the virtual quarter, but I think he took the feedback to heart and changed it for the final.

Professor Reinman demonstrates a clear mastery of the material. There has been perhaps one or two questions students have asked this quarter that the professor was unable to answer. He speaks clearly, and consistently queries the class as to whether they are following. He welcomes questions during lecture, and assigns involving labs that allow you to demonstrate the concepts you have recently learned. The class is a bit low level for my tastes (hah. get it?), but as far as the professor goes, 10/10 would recommend to a friend.