Very useful class, but challenging

Not a bad class. The lectures were generally 90 mins (no break) and you needed to get notes from someone if you missed class. The exams were a mix of problems that were new (but not graded too harshly) and problems that we went over in class (usually without any changes).

Lecture attendance is mandatory, the professor does not record or have any slides/notes that are posted. The professor's teaching style is sort of him just talking through the algorithms without too much other structure which was sometimes hard to follow.

Prof Majid is a great teacher. I learned a lot from this class; this class teaches you how to crush leetcode problems
However prof majid DOES NOT UPLOAD LECTURE NOTES, so if you miss lectures, you will have no idea what he covered that day (very sadge)

Sarrafzedeh's lectures were clear and he always made sure students understood the material during lecture. However, I wish that some his lecture material was available to students afterwards, as he does not follow Powerpoints or upload lecture recordings.

Class attendance isn't required, but the exams practically make it mandatory.

Majid is a very disorganized lecturer. I learned everything myself from the textbook, which suffices to get a good grade.

Worst part of the class was the questionable grading on the exams, and Majid rarely assigns +'s and -'s. Majid is overall a pretty good lecturer and takes his time to walk you through concepts thoroughly, but doesn't use slides and writes very minimal notes, none of which are posted.

Extremely arrogant, bad at explaining, refuses to record material, wouldn't recommend

Although Professor Majid seems to care about his student and shows a lot of flexibility regarding deadlines throughout the quarter, his lectures do not have slides and recordings, and his notes in class are pretty ineligible. I ended up spending a lot of the time reading the textbook. Overall a tough class IMO.