Myers, Len  

Over the hill...avoid him if you need to learn anything in the class.

How is this guy a Doctor let alone the head of the CPE department. He is terrible at even presenting the material for a stupid fucking uselss intro to CPE class. We just did stupid activites and assignments and had some lecturers come in (of which only the guy from Cisco was any good). He just stands up and babbles on like a kindergartener telling pointless stories about himself while everyone just talks and doesn't pay attention. He can't even use something as fucking simple as a web browser, HE DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GOOGLE SEARCH AND THE ADDRESS BAR!!!! Ideally, what one should do is just have a group of friends that just alternate signing each other in for roll.

If you, like me, are a computer engineer, you really don

So you're stuck in CPE 100. Bring a laptop, headphones, a book to read, homework to do, ANYTHING. This class will bore you out of your skull, and give you nothing (except maybe a cool cisco mechanical pencil). After watching Myers I know why the field of Artificial Intelligence has not moved very far. He types his website into google...presses search. "Hm, odd, that didn't work." Types again...search... nope... repeats this AGAIN, then finally clicks the link google provides. You can't avoid him, and it looks like I'll be stuck with Mr. Senility again this quarter. Oh well, we had a couple good wireless warcraft 3 games, and a couple of the guest speakers weren't that bad. oh yeah...don't bother buying the book... most likely your "mentor" person will just not care..and you can turn anything into myers for the final and get....CREDIT

CPE 100 was pretty borring. I don't think Dr. Myers could have done anything. Buts he is a very nice guy, and tried his best to entertain the class.

Len Myers is a helpful teacher. He can be longwinded at times and definitely talk one's ear off, but at least he's helpful. The CPE 100 class is very boring. Hey, it's an intro class. There were times where the class was interesting. Those times occured when we had guest speakers that were Cal Poly students come in and tell us about there profession at present. Overall the class isn't all that bad, just boring sometimes.

Myers seems like an okay professor, but I doubt that taking this class gives a fair picture of his capabilities as a teacher. The class is easier as a mentor, but its still CPE-100. The lectures by guest speakers were interesting. Overall this class adds little to the cirriculum, but it has its high points.

In this class.. you show up for one hour per week and pretty much watch presentations from real-world engineers. Some of the presentations were really interesting, and some days were simply a waste of time. Bring something to do in the case of the latter. There was a small assignment about once a week for this class which was pretty pointless, but whatever. This class is required for all CPE majors and there isn't really anything you can do about it.

I recommend not taking this class taught by Myers at all costs, despite the fact it is required to graduate with a B.S. in Computer Engineering

He seems like a good guy. The class was as boring as anything, but I doubt that was his fault. I can't imagine trying to explain what it means to be an engineer to 90+ people who are probably already quite experienced with the subject. He get credit for trying, but there is a limit to how intersting that class could be.

First of all, let me begin by saying that MYERS IS A PROFESSOR, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A TEACHER. Why? Because this guy doesn't know how to teach. Although his class can be easy, especially for those with some knowledge in the field, don't expect to learn anything. His lecture notes are so confusing that he confuses himself. Oh and by the way he is GROWING SENILE. He espects that you already have knowledge of writing code, so he will go off rambling on some topic of which you don't understand, and then some where along the way the Greenbay Packers will come up some where in his lecture. I had to learn everything from the book. The programs are very frustrating especially if your new to computer science. He will only give credit programs that compile perfectly. My advise is to make friends with some one, preferable a hotty, who already knows how to code. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT OFFICE HOURS, as he is as helpful as talking to a wall. If you want to drown in csc 101, I invite you to take this class. - Mr T

Dr. Myers is one of those professors that isn't "all there" anymore. He seems like a nice enough guy, but he's horrible at teaching a CPE 101 class. He tends to ramble on and on about anything - if you ever need help, expect to spend a LONG time talking to him, or at least listening to him talk. I asked him a basic yes or no question about a program he assigned once and then had to spend 20 minutes listening to him talk at random. His assignments are very unclear; i think he does it because he wants them to be a challenge, but instead they're just plain confusing. The labs are pointless and not very well organized; i skipped most all of them once i realized this. His tests aren't too hard, but he throws in trick questions (even though he denies it) so remember to read every problem closely (it can be something as small as a semicolon in the wrong place). If you get the chance to take the class from someone else, do it. If you're stuck with this guy, then good luck, read your book, or find someone who already knows this stuff.

At first, it seems easy, then DAAANNNNGGGG, it gets hard. This guy jus loses me at times and a bunch of other people in my class. I guess if you pratice a lot on your own then it won't be as hard. When you ask this guy a question, it takes him like hella long to answer it. And after 20 minutes have passed you kinda forget what you asked him. He's a nice guy, and sometimes generous with the grading. Like once actually. His midterm really isn't that hard. Get the basics down really good. The Java book has a whole lotta material, honestly, u don't need to know everything in there to get an A or B in the class. His final is harder though cuz it's written by all the csc teachers together. He is some what helpful in office hours. The language he uses to explain the language of Java is pretty confusing too. He's not a really horrible teacher, but if you can get someone with better comments about him get him instead.

Dr. Myers has a hard time getting his point across to the class. He can't really explain things well, and when he tries he goes off on anything that has even a vague tie to what he is talking about before he answers the qeustion. His lectures weren't planned and were pretty much made up as he went along. He would come to class and just start talking about a seemingly random topic. His labs are not helpful support for lecture either. The projects were mainly code editing. You don't get much experience writing code from scratch in his class. His quizzes are pretty fair I guess, because when everyone failed, he gave us another chance. my advice if you are stuck with Myers for CPE101, get to know the smart kids if you want anything explained to you.

Well, lets see here where do I begin. In the beggining of the term I was greatly struggling in this class. That was probably because I never programmed before. But all you have to do is read the book. If you do and you show up for class and ask questions, you will catch on quick. Eventually it becomes easy and bearable to listen to him ramble on about nothing. He is senile, but a great guy. Ask him a question during office hours and he is a great help...if you have 20 min to spare. Otherwise don't even bother. All in all, Len loves teaching and it shows, he has been here a while and even remembers programming back the early 1960's {just an example of how old he is). Good luck.

If you're taking this professor, be ready to work on your own. His lectures are very helpful, but at times it seemed that we were not learning as much as other classes might have. The only reason I was able to do well in this class was by reading the book. If you read the book, you can understand his lectures and work independently in the lab. Any prior programming experience, no matter how insignificant (I was very good with creating programs on my TI-83 calculator), will definitely prepare you to take this class. Don't be afraid to goto Professor Myers during office hours or during lab if you have any questions. His answers might take a while, but he does offer good help. His assignments and homework aren't that bad. It usually took me about 1-2 hours to do short program assignments. Labs and programs were not that difficult. Reading the book obviously helps here. Still, it seemed our class lacked some information necessary to do well on the common final.

Len Myers can be very confusing and hard to listen to at times, but he means well. I took him for CPE 100, a very boring but required class, and took him this quarter for CPE 101. The class itself is a very difficult and confusing class. I don't think I have heard much good about any teacher that teaches this class. Myers tried hard to keep people's attention in class but it usually didn't work. I tried very hard to pay attention and found myself lost in class. Others slept. I had to spend many hours in Myers' office in order to partially understand the concepts. One thing that is outstanding about Myers is that he is willing to meet with students just about any time if they are having trouble. He met with me at times even when he didn't have office hours. He is a very generous and kind man, but his teaching is hard to understand at times. Possibly the class is very tough, it might not be just teaching style. I found out this quarter that Computer Engineering isn't for everyone. Do something that interests you and that you enjoy. Slaving over programs isn't for everyone. Myers was an alright teacher, hard to understand and listen to sometimes, but very nice and approachable most of the time.

Proffesor myers is a very respectful and honest figure at CalPoly. The only problem is that he must really need to work on his teaching and or people skills because presenting the material to the class is as hard as trying to figure out a rubix cube when ur a retard. anyway, although proffesor myers seems to " try" his best to teach, honestly to a person who has never programmed in their life, he can's present the information accurately. Far to many times in this class i was too lost. I read the book and had to do most assignments without be able to understand his lectures. When u go to him, he seems to go off on random tangents so it is very hard to understand what exactly he's explaining to you. Also, he seems to go off topic at times and its very annoying. Honestly you can get an A in his class, but you really really have to be on top of your work, specially if you never programmed in your life. I was up till at 3 at night trying to program for the assignments so good luck in that hell. YOur best bet with this class is just going to free csc tutoring and/ or going straight up to proffesor myers and just explain to him that you have no fucking clue how to program. The only reason y i got such a shitty grade is because i didnt utlize all my possible resources to the fullest as well as honestly tell myers how confused i was. in any case good luck with him, but if u have a choice to chose a proffesor avoid myers and least case scenario chose o'gorman OR MAMMEN!. the pros of myers -lets use notes and paper work for written tests and finals ( but dont realli help) cons - to many to write.

At the beggining of the quarter my friends were all annoyed with the amount of homework and all, but when you stick it out you realize how much you've learned. Myers is a great teacher, and if you take his class and don't think so, just wait until you get another teacher. You'll realize how great of a teacher he is.

Dr. Myers is a very brilliant man, don't get me wrong; but he is not very good at relaying his knowledge to the class. His lectures are very confusing and combined with a poor text book, his class is a challenge to even the best of students. Not that the material is especially difficult, only that it is delivered in a confusing way. If you are stuck in the class, I would recomend visiting his office hours because in a one on one situation, he is a little better at teaching. I was able to get an "A" in the class, but no thanks to Dr. Myers. Just make fiends with students in other classes and hope for the best.

alright, first of all, im not giving this teacher a crappy evaluation because he failed me. it is mainly my fault that i failed, i admit that. this guy is a nice old man that always smiles but is often confusing and skips around a lot. i think if you keep up on your reading and do a lot of work outside of class, then you'll do alright. he doesnt assign too much homework though but there are 5 programs due. when the quarter started, i was excited to learn all this programming stuff since ive never had a real programming class before, and the class and material was fairly easy to understand at that time. but not too long after that, the class got so much more complicated and boring and dr. myers sucked at teaching. he knows his stuff, but his presentation of the material sucks the big one. he's so damn confusing. i think old guys are always confusing. they shouldnt allow anybody to teach after a certain age. i think dr. myers was confusing partly because he taught all 103 courses previously and just started teaching 101 this quarter. i missed the last couple weeks of class because after a while of this crap, it's not worth my time. the midterm was pretty damn hard w/ the amount of time we had. that was pretty stupid of dr. myers. i thought he was a dumbass for making a 4-5 page midterm for a 50 minute class. wtf is that? many people i know from the 101 course have failed that class. dr. myers is probably a good teacher for higher courses but not for 101. for a class of students that know nothing about programming, dr myers is pretty suckdick teacher. he's a cool guy i guess.. but a dumbass 101 teacher. keep him in 103. 101 is not for myers.

ATTENTION BEGINNERS!!! Stay away from this guy. I still really like the engineering field but this guy almost ruined computers for me. Myers is nice but he reminds me of a senile old man. He has no lesson plan and talks about random crap all the time. He moves way too fast and doesn't help people who are struggling. He even made a racist joke during class but I don't think he even noticed he had said anything. He is a joke. His Midterm and quizes were actually pretty easy but thats beacuse I crammed from the book and not from the teacher. Not a good 101 teacher because he told us he was going to make us do a program that used stuff usually taught at the end of 102. Like that helps us beginners. Shit! This guy just needs to quit and retire and I am surprised he got such a high rating.

He knows his stuff and provides plenty of time for programs and labs to be completed. He also prepares well for his exams and the common final. If you dont have atleast a little prior programming knowledge the class is incredibly difficult.

Myers knows a lot and explains things pretty well in class. But learning the code is a little harder. He often writes half the programs you need to write for you and you finish it. This makes the class quite easy...but you dont learn very much. Being the first csc class, thats not a good thing. you should be strengthening the foundation of your skills in this class. You can get by and do well in this class with not knowing too much. He gives one midterm and theres the common final. Theres also a couple of 10 or 15 point quizzes. The midterm is open note, open book, but the quizzes are not. When I took the class, the final was also open book and note, but it isnt always. You do need to understand the material or you wont finish the midterm. Some questions will be hard to answer just by flipping through the book. He often goes off on tangents; he likes to talk.

This was Dr. Myers' first quarter teaching CPE 102, so as would be expected, he wasn't completely prepared for the course. We had 6 programming assignments, 8 quizzes, and 1 midterm. The quizzes seemed haphazard. We had 2 the first four weeks, then weekly, and on dead-week, we had two quizzes. The programs were pretty easy. The first consisted of editing his code, and all of the rest he pretty much described in detail in lecture. Labs gave preparation for programs, and you don't really have to go to lab. Myers spent a lot more time than he should have on GUIs, and when it came time for the final, a lot of us didn't understand polymorphism and inheritance as well as we should have. Myers had a tendency to get off-topic, as well as give you way more help on a program than you need. All in all, Myers was a pretty good teacher, and gave a pretty easy class. The midterm was a bit tricky, and he did a sufficient job preparing us for the common final. Not a bad teacher to take for 102 at all.

MYERS is one of the WORST professors I have ever had. talk about random, this guy couldn't stay on topic, he would go off on these huge TANGENTS, and I would look around the class and half the class was sleeping and the other half would stare at Myers with a blank look on their faces. Also after two weeks the whole class realized that is was completely POINTLESS to go to lab, and so most of the class just left. Oh yeah, dont even think about going to office hours, they are worse than lectures as far as going off on tangents. Do yourself a favor and take someone else.

I took Myers for two quarters(not by choice). He can be an okay teacher if you already know a lot about the subject and are looking for a teacher to challenge you. He is smart, and comes up with challenging programs and test questions, but he skips the part about teaching. He doesn't know how to teach, and when he tries he usually ends up talking about something totally off the subject. All the assignments are very unclear, so you will spend a lot of time just trying to figure out what to do. If you try to go to him for help in class or out of class, he will talk on and on about something other than what your question is. Sometimes you can get an answer, but not before getting a 15-20 minute lecture. I would avoid this teacher if you are new to this, and need a teacher who can teach. If you already know your java, and like a challenge, he is actually a good teacher to take, because he doesnt collect labs/homework, and you only have to show up to class 1-2 times a week for the 5 programs, 5 quizes, 1 midterm, and final.

If you took CPE 100, forget everything you know about Dr. Myers. He is a really cool professor who does his best to teach you what he knows. His labs are not really assignments, they are just projects for you to work on. His tests are more difficult (don't mess up the midterm, it makes life more difficult later on.) He has a really handy way to check your grades online through your polylog account, so that you can check to see how your grades are doing. He is a great teacher to have, and is really helpful if you go into office hours. I would definitely recommend Myers, especially if you can get him for 101/102.

Ok, Dr. Myers...listening to him lecture is like listening to father time teaching Computer Science. He knows what he's talking about, though it is frustrating at times that such a knowledgeable guy moves so slowly and unsteadily around a computer. Myers knows his stuff, but let's put it this way: I got the best sleep of my life in his class. I had his class at a reasonable hour, but he is an elderly man and he sounds like grandpa reading a bedtime story. Aside from that, the class was good. Final and midterms are open note AND open book, programs are easy, and labs are optional. The one knock I really have against Myers is that he is obsessed with GUI, which apparently is not that important as far as the rest of the CSC curriculum goes at Cal Poly. The one thing that says it all about Myers is that it is more intersting to listen to him tell his life story than to listen to him lecture about Computer Science. If you care, this class is easy to get an A in.

Professor Myers is definitely one of a kind teacher--although it's sad that's he's retiring soon. However, I do not recommend him for a class becuase his lectures are entirely boring and he makes some of us pissed at his projects when he just changes them at the last minute. He's an alright teacher but if you can get another teacher that'll be good. Oh, he may be teaching 103--get PHILLIPS or HITCHNER if you can!

Myers is one of the best teachers on campus. He knows what he is doing and if you need help, he will try to fit you into his busy schedule. The 102 class is not too impossible, but he is really fair at grading. His tests are open note, open book, open programs, but that does not mean that everyone gets A's. Put forward an effort, and you should be fine. The only hard part of his class is the lecture. In the words of a fellow classmate "It is like grandpa telling a bedtime story." Overall, take the class with myers. He is one of the best. I am retaking him for 103 and hoping for the best.

He teaches you what you need to know and he's the most qualified professor in the intro to programming courses. He even writes the common final which helps a bit. You have to do the programs and be pretty thorough and study the night before for quizzes if you want to get an A. A good professor overall and recommended.

Ahh, Dr. Myers, a great man. Little wierd, very different, but a very qualified man to say the least. This guy has done a lot, but as far as teaching goes, he's not the best. But he's not hard either. Just go to the Lectures and pay attention as best you can and you'll come out of there with a good grade easily. Labs are mostly a waste of time, just make sure you understand everything. He's not very good at recognizing where students are having difficulties so make sure you use Office Hour's or just understand it. Otherwise its an easy class, enjoy!

Dr. Myers is great. A "tad" long-winded at times, but his first concern is the students and it shows. Easy to talk with at office hours, too! You can tell he really enjoys his job, and teaching. Class isn't easy, but isn't too difficult either. Five or six fairly easy programs, one HUGE project, five straight-forward quizzes. Be warned though, his final and midterm are hard...much harder than his quizzes. I thought his midterm was too long for the time given, and his final took all of the 3 hours. Definately study hard for them! Don't get behind in this class. At times it doesn't seem like you do that much, but you really learn a lot by the end. Of all the CSC teachers I had, I enjoyed Myers the most. However, coffee is very helpful at times... ;)

Len, Len, Len...what can i say...if you're good at learning on your own then this class isn't too bad. Compared to other cpe103 teachers like phillips i heard myers gives less work so that's a plus. I hate the book we use though, it's crap. I don't understand how CalPoly can be ranked so high for computer science. I mean there isn't like one good teacher for csc. Does anyone feel me? I mean how the hell did this school get their name? When I go on polyratings I see mainly bad reviews on these csc teachers. You know this whole "learn by doing" motto, I think it's some coverup for the horrible teachers here... cuz really we sure don't learn by teachers teaching, it's pretty much up to us to learn on our own. That's fat crap...fat crap I tell you. Homework is pretty hard..midterm, kinda hard... final is so freakin hard. Anyways..he's helpful when you ask him questions but goes off on a tangent 100% of the time. Try to take someone else if you can...oh wait..everyone else sucks too. good luck.

Well what can I say about Myers which hasn't been said already. He is really nice and is willing to help you out. However, be prepared for a really long answer if you have a really small question. In general there is a very light workload for the course. Most of the programs that you will be writing are very easy and generally will not take you too much time to finish. However the programs are not worth much, and much of the points will come from the one midterm and one final exam that you will take. Myers seems to place more emphasis on the algorithm analysis rather than actual coding in this course. During lectures Myers will sometimes make a mistake, so you need to double check what he says in class with what is presented in the text. This class is not too hard if you keep pace with the work and lecture.

He knows his stuff and is a very fair guy. If you do your work to his specifications you will get an easy A on all the programs. Exam/Final were quite difficult but he must take good account of it. Highly recommended for 100 level courses of csc/cpe.

Professor Myers for this class explained the material quite well. It's just so hard to get points and if you mess up on something, its hard to recover. Otherwise it was pretty easy. I didn't study very much. There was no real programming involved and most of the lab was just modifying Weiss' code.

Although the csc 101 comment could be relevant for a new CSC major who isn't used to doing SQUAT... Myers is not an A+ teacher by any means. He's a very nice guy, but if you really want to learn something, take somebody who'll kick your ass a little bit harder. PEACE

Dr. Myers is knows what he is talking about, but he tends to be very forgetfull and clumsy with the concepts. He is big on teamwork. All of the projects involved editing old code, not one involved writing code from scratch. He has trouble returning assignments on time, and did not return the third out of 6 projects by the last day. He has limited office hours, and whoever gets there first tends to stay there for the entire hour, because Myers just talks and talks and talks and talks and... But for those of you who like a lot of miscelanious comp sci information, this is the guy for you. He assings most of the projects on Fridays, ruining some weekends, but he always gives plenty of time to complete them. He grades on lad attendence, and gives many hints on the projects during labs. He compares two different styles of codeing: the book's and a man's called Weiss who uses tamplated instead of compilable code. This is more of a learn by example class than learn by doing.

I completely agree with the above review. Myers' assignmnets were always extremely vague, and I rarely knew exactly what was expected until just a few days before the project was due. He assigns homework before a concept is thoroughly understood by a majority of the students. I found myself frustrated quite often in this class, but was able to understand better by talking to other students. If you're the overly independent type, you might have trouble with the group projects. Myers is extremely nice and entertaining, and I'm sure there are worse professors, but he's not that great at teaching the subject.

Dr Myers is a good teacher, although all the above comments apply well to him. He is an easy grader, I managed to get 90% on a midterm that I thought I failed. However beware of this guy called Wiess, all Myer's assignments are based on a book that Weiss wrote. Weiss loves templates and Microsoft C++ HATES templates, all my assignments took longer because MS C++ couldn't deal with the code. The final is 150 points and 40-50 points are based on a single programming problem. Since the final was open-book he expects us to have the program with us, I didn't so I got screwed (I went from a 95% average to a B+). The course is fairly easy by CSC 103 standards.

Dr. Myers is a great guy. He tends to be long-winded during his office hours, but he is also very patient and easy to approach. His grading system is very fair, although he tends to either assign a lot of work, or nothing at all. There was only one program that was done with a partner, so I disagree with the person who said that this is not a class for individuals. Most of the time, you can sign an attendance sheet and leave the lab a half hour early. Dr. Myers is very organized and his lectures are easy to understand. By the end of the quarter, he will know your name. ... Don't be late to class, though. ;)

First off, this was one of the most entertaining CSC classes I took. Maybe it was the Animals he brought with him... People complain that he stresses to much modification of old code rather than generating new code. This is an unfortunate two headed snake (two edged sword?). He gets people using to working with big beastly things, which is preparing people for the "real world". However, sometimes you may not get the topics down well. Hopefully, people come out with a sense of the theory which they are (hopefully) smart enough to apply them properly. Computer Science is not always about hacking out your own code.

Dr. Myers is a pretty good professor for what could be a hard subject. If your looking for someone who will explain the basics of 103, he is the man. Most of his homework/quizzes/exams are straight forward and relatively simple. All of his programs involve manipulating old code. I would reccommend him if you are looking to learn the stuff with out much of a background. But for those who are looking for a challenge, I would say go with someone else.

Dr. Myers is probably the CSC teacher so far that I've had that I've learned the most from. He knows what he's talking about (even though he mixes csc theorums up sometimes). But, he is not an easy A. I barely pulled off a B and I studied long and hard for every assignment. However, now that the class is complete, I feel very prepared to continue in my major and I feel he has taught me everything very well. His lectures are rather boring, but his weekly homework assignments and projects make up for it; you learn the material better from those. Overall, if you're willing to learn through hard work, Myers is a good teacher.

Hmmm, I disagree with the comments above. Myers definatley knows his stuff, but he can't teach it. Whenever he tries, he just ends up confusing himself and us. One lecture he tried the entire class to turn a AVL tree into a black-red tree and couldn't figure out how to, then assinged a similar problem on the final. The class load started off light then started to build up. For example, during one week of hell we had a project due on Monday with a homeowrk assignment due the same day, a program due and a midterm on Wednesday, and in-lab midterm on Friday. WTF! After that week I was sure I was going to fail the class. The first midterm in the class was impossible and everyone I knew got an F. Ironically though, the in-lab midterm was a piece of cake. Myers does not know how to make finals. Although they are open book and open note, he intentionally makes it as hard as hell and extremely long. He told us that he took out a couple problems in order to shorten the length of the final, but still half the class was trying to complete it four hours later at 11PM at night. I felt like I have learned nothing after taking this class and became a worse programmer since hardly anything we did had to do with programming. If there's another proffesor teaching CSC 103, take the other professor. But if that other professor is Philips (I heard he sucked too) then you sir are screwed.

Real adorable. Just make sure you take lots of caffine with you to class. Especially in the last few weeks.

he is very helpful.. but it takes him a while to answer a simple question.. if you go to his office hour to ask him a 5 minute question.. expect to be there for at least 20 minutes but it's probably best to set aside an hour for him to talk. i must say though that he is always very excited to give his leatures.. he seems to enjoy csc very much and he wants to help you.

What can I say about Len Myers. His midterm was too long for the time given, final was too short. He assigned easy programming assignments and gave 6 quizzes. This teacher doesn't know how to teach the student the material they need for a proper datastructures course. I learned the material on my own from Weiss' great book and did fine in this class. Myers doesn't understand how to grade certain assignments, and routinely I caught mistakes of his in class. I missed a problem on the midterm and brought it to his attention (the heap) - he graded the entire class wrong because of what he showed in lecture. Nonetheless he didn't correct it gave me 6 points and went on with that. He loves to talk - so much so you need extra time if you plan to discuss an issue with him, but overall he's a decent teacher. I just think that he needs to tone down his midterm and make the programming assignments quite a bit harder. With that being said - I'm done with 103 - yes PEACE

He seemed like a nice old man. He tries to be funny sometimes. But the thing with myers is that he takes almost an hour to explain a 5 minute question! He tends to lecture overtime and his assignment explainations were not that clear. Although the midterm was not that hard, and his quizes were really easy too. The one thing I did not like was that during the lab exam, something went wrong with the machine, and no fair chance was given to those whos machine screwed up. Id say if u want a decent grade, like to study on own, and dont mind being bored in class, go for him. Oh .. and he curves! :O)

Attention, all of you who are a bit hesitant to take Myers after the CPE 100 mudbite: get over it. It sucked, but Myers is a great teacher, especially at 103, with its combination of the concrete and more abstract applications of Computer Science. Myers is a walk in the park compared to the others, and he is a nice guy who will take the time to help you (if you don't mind being talked at for a while). The major difference between this class and 100 is that here, he knows what he's doing. He doesn't always give the clearest explanations about how things work, but he will readily clarify whatever concepts on which people are still fuzzy. The grade is made up of ~6 programs, none of which take more than 2-3 hours, ~8 homeworks, none of which take more than 1-2 hours, The Project, which is a ton of work, but which he does grade pretty generously, is worth 40 points, with extra credit possible. The midterm is very difficult, the average grade was about a D, so study hard and, more importantly, read the question carefully! That's most important. It's worth 90 points. The lab exam is ridiculously easy and is worth 30 points. Finally, the Final is also pretty easy if you know the stuff, it's worth 100 points. There is some wiggle room in terms of grading, he does a curve and bumps people up sometimes, so hard work is rewarded. This class is not as hard as team-taught CPE 101 was, but it is more challenging than 102 and 141, and it uses concepts from both, so if you don't know the stuff, you aren't going to have much fun. That's it, take Myers, learn the stuff, and move on.

My advice: take Myers for any class with a lot of abstract concepts or really complicated, technical material. Myers is an excellent theory guy: he probably "gets" abstract computing concepts better than anyone else I've seen at the school, and although his communication of them is often a little dry and long-winded, I always found that I understood them. Also, throw in short, easy programming projects and plenty of past examples he is only too willing to provide, and you have a pretty smooth 103 experience. So, for 103 or a class like A.I. (in which he's an expert) or 349, I would unreservedly recommend him. For a class like 101 or 102, though, I would not. There's a trade-off to be made here: although he's great at theory, his head is too far in the clouds to see the nuts-and-bolts details, and he will (honest to God) do things like forget how to use the UNIX grep or mkdir commands. As impressive as he is for theory, he simply cannot teach completely application-based subjects like GUIs or Inheritance with ease. If you're just a programming schlub (like me), stick with Mammen for 102. If you're a programming genius, go ahead and take Myers, because the work will be much easier and lower in volume. So, you make the call.

Well he is retiring so its not like anyone else will ever need this. Nice guy.

What else is there to say? Fine person, nothing interesting. Class was meh... Blah, blah, blah... Fine person.

first of all, hes a cool teacher...gives hard tests, but he grades very fairly(considering what you would get on his midterm). the midterm was really objective and i didnt have that much trouble, because his outline follows everyone of the main things in the class. but where you might get lost is in the class discussions. most all class discussions dealt with real sensitive issues to people and their moral values and ethics, which was fine with me. but dont get too caught up in him pissin people off, its funny, but he does it because they are spouting off some fallacy and it actually gets you to think about your own values. great teacher, a must take if you can.

Dr. Myers is a great senior project advisor. He understands software in the real world, and he is always ready and willing to help you.

Dr. Myers is a great Senior Project Adviser. He cares for his students and recognize their difficulties. Take him if you need a senior project advisor.

I took both CSC 491 and 492 in summer with Dr.Myers. He was very helpful, and he understood my difficulties. He was a great advisor, and he could veer me to the right direction when I was not on the right track. He was always approachable - in person or through e-mail. I would highly recommend Dr.Myers as a senior project advisor.