Overall I was disappointed with this class. It's clear Majid means well and cares about student's learning, but in my opinion he goes about it poorly.
Firstly, I found the lectures to often be confusing. He teaches by introducing problems, and intentionally going down dead ends in order to illustrate how to go through the problem solving process. Sometimes this works well, but a lot of the time it's just confusing, especially for someone who already has a basic understanding of the concepts from internships / personal projects. There were many times I was confused in class, but after I'd just do a google search and find a really concise and clear answer. Personally I think it'd help a lot if he just gave the simple overview first as a primer, and then went into the problems.
Secondly, there are a lot of organizational annoyances in this class. Firstly, you have to submit your homework as a physical copy immediately before class starts, and it won't be accepted after the start time. Your only other option is to hunt down your TA and give it to them before that time. This makes it really easy to accidentally miss a submission if you oversleep or something happens. He could easily fix this just by using Gradescope or having a homework drop-box, so I'm not really sure why he does this. Secondly, he refuses to post his lectures online, and tells his TAs to not post their slides. He says this is because forcing students to come to class makes them learn better, but I find it counterproductive to intentionally keep learning materials from your students. Lastly, often the grading of homeworks and tests in this class is subjective and poorly done. In his defense, most of the errors would be corrected after requesting regrades. But there were still times I lost points even though I couldn't be given a clear answer why I lost them.
So in summary, Majid wasn't an awful teacher, but in my opinion he wasn't a particularly good one either. I'd probably still take it with him again because I'm not sure how the other professors compare, but I wouldn't specifically try to take this class with him either.

If you can take 180 with him, take it with him.
- Never be late on HW submissions
- Prepare 1-2 days in advance for tests
- Get the class notes even if you don't attend

I actually liked and enjoyed his teaching method but some others found him slow. He does elaborate on each topic so whatever he covers he teaches well.

Strongly recommended

Majid is the best instructor for a CS class since Smallberg and Nachenberg.

Majid gives very clear and concise lectures. He stresses on ways of thinking instead of individual algorithms, which is very helpful for CS majors. For me, when I see leetcode questions, I will try to think systematically before writing down any code. For example, what type of question is this? How do I approach it using blablabla method?

Majid is very funny during his lectures. He encourages students to answer questions and often jokes about "Are you willing to bet your grade on that?" When he talks about important concepts, he will say something like, "If you tell your boss that you don't understand this, you get fired." It's an 8 am class, but I can hardly fall asleep because the lecture is so funny and engaging.

Majid doesn't write often on the board, so you have to write down what he says quickly. The textbook is very dry and a little bit hard to understand, but he gives us very clear lectures so we don't usually need to read the textbook to understand materials.

Homework is very long and hard, but they really help you practice that way of thinking. Thinking through those questions will not only help you with your exams, but also with your interviews. Do not look at "solutions" before you really think hard about those problems!

I really his style of teaching. Professor Sarrafzadeh talks about major ideas in class and you need to fill in the details on your self. He really makes sure you understand not only the specific algorithms but also the ideas behind them.
His exams are really straightforward, even simple sometimes. But the grading is indeed harsh, so make sure to know all the details as well.

Highly recommend him for 180. And this is one of the CS classes that will actually matter when you go to interviews or go into the real world. It's pretty useful and very interesting.

He gives a lot of helpful examples during lecture and explains them pretty well. However, he doesn't write on the board as often as he should, so pay attention and listen carefully. You MUST go to lecture because he will often give away at least one answer or hint to the exam.

There are weekly homework assignments from the book. They are usually very difficult and very time consuming (although not as time consuming as typical coding project since you are only assigned a few problems). The graders during my quarter were also very tough, at least in the beginning, but the professor seemed to imply that this is not usually the case. Do not copy answers from the "unofficial" PDF solutions manual that some students have. You will get caught. And the answers aren't always right or clearly written anyway. It will do you a great amount of good to try to do the answers yourself or with a group. Having friends in this class is probably crucial because it helps to brainstorm ideas while answering homework or explaining concepts and algorithms when studying. I think this is a big reason why I did well in the class.

Exams are not too difficult as long as you review all of the major topics covered in class. Make sure you know how the major algorithms work and their time complexities. A good way to do this is take notes while reading the book. The book is very crucial in this class and is actually very helpful. He also draws many of his questions from previous exams, so if you can get your hands on those, you'll be good. Thankfully, the graders are pretty lenient on exams (i.e. you don't have to prove everything super thoroughly etc.)

The biggest problem with this class for me was the TA, Sanjam. However, it is likely that you won't have him as your TA since it was his first time TA-ing the class and pretty much everyone disliked him. He was extremely unhelpful and inefficient in passing back homework. I could go on a completely different rant about him, but I won't because this is an evaluation for Sarrafzadeh. Just be careful if you get Sanjam as your TA. Don't even bother going to discussion.

All in all, I felt like this class was very useful and interesting. Sarrafzadeh is also a fair examiner and a rather engaging lecturer (although I can't say I didn't fall asleep in class). As someone else said, he's very nice about questions and doesn't mind re-explaining concepts. Take him for CS 180!

Sarrafzadeh is, without a doubt, one of the best CS professors I have ever had. For CS 180, he always keeps his lectures short (one and a half hours max) and he makes a lot of jokes during class. His explanations are clear and concise, and he has always seemed very willing to go over a concept more than once if students are still confused. Be sure to attend class because exams are based primarily off lecture material (also, in both my midterm and final, he used one of the problems/applications from class as an exam question, so pay attention!). It helps that his lectures are very engaging and genuinely interesting. That said, you will have to rely on yourself to do well in this class - do all the homeworks by yourself and be sure you understand exactly how each algorithm works. It may be a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end. The TA's for the class are usually extremely helpful as well, so it doesn't hurt to attend discussion. The only bad thing I can think of is that he's usually busy during his scheduled office hours.