Carey is probably the nicest teacher/professor I know. He befriends his students because he likes to and is always offering up his time to answer any questions and help in any way.

The class honestly is a time commitment, as when Project 3 and 4 come around, they will take many, many hours. We were given a week and two days to finish Project 3 and a week and four days to finish Project 4, and I probably spent 30 to 40 hours on each project. The specs are long! However, completing the projects thoroughly is rewarding, and at the end of the quarter, you'll see how much you've learned and accomplished and you'll feel great :)

Go to lecture/understand the slides Carey uses to teach and you'll do fine on the exams. Also go to lecture because they are very entertaining and full of surprises! You don't want to miss lectures by a professor who doesn't want to get paid to teach!

Here's to computer science! :)

Nachenberg is my favorite professor by far! He's incredibly funny, charismatic, and explains concepts with great analogies that help you grasp the material very thoroughly. If you don't attend one of his lectures, you're really really missing out on the best CS32 experience. His slides are always posted online, but you can purchase his book at a great price (and bring it to exams since it's open note). He also dedicates his time to teach us finance basics, which just goes to show how much he cares about his students. All around amazing human, very inspirational and actively engages with students in lunches and office hours!

Why can't UCLA hire him as full-time faculty???

I just graduated this June, and Carey Nachenberg is by far my favorite professor.

He has been my biggest inspiration for my years at UCLA. His slides and lectures are both incredibly clear and entertaining. He's shown caring for his students more than any other professor.

Nachenberg is an absolute inspiration. He is so smart and so talented, but he's one of the nicest and most down to earth people you'll ever meet. He somehow makes topics like Big O fun and topics like hash tables and templates easy. His slides are super helpful, and you can buy them for such a low price. He also knows when certain topics are boring, and he spices it up with arm wrestling and push up competitions (he went undefeated). I highly recommend his class.

Nachenberg is a great professor. I was enrolled in Smallberg's section but I always went to Nachenberg's; Smallberg is fine, for really self-motivated students, but Nachenberg is more organized and paced and he keeps you awake.
The course gave me so much pressure towards the ending weeks. I literally cried several times. I thought I was getting a C because I only finished half of project 3 and 4, but somehow mysteriously I got an A. Some say that they couldn't finishing grading and some say they were much more generous than they tried to appear in project specification documents. Either way I still feel that every single CS class has been the hardest challenge in my life, so in comparison later CS 32 would seem easier, but be reminded that if you can choose PIC instead, do that.

CS 32 was awesome with Carey. His lectures are interesting and engaging, but do be prepared to put in 20-30 hours of work every week for projects.

Professor Nachenberg is an excellent lecturer. He engages the class with prizes, jokes, and creative analogies. Furthermore, if you achieve an A in his class, he gives you a Symantec Internship referral. If you participate a lot, he may consider bumping your grade. The exams were of Medium-level difficulty (CS31 Final Level). If you study and practice, they are not very hard. The first 75% of the quarter are a breeze, however, watch out for Project 3 and 4. Project 3 is not hard as it is time-consuming. Most people get a 100% on Project 3. Project 4 is extremely difficult. Not only does it take up enormous amounts of time and thought, it affects your other classes as it will be a Project that you will be focusing on a lot. I would guess about 65% of the class did not fully finish Project 4. Use your time wisely and get done with Project 4 quickly so you can study for your finals. Good luck!

Excellent Professor, by far the best I've had in my two quarters here. The material covered itself isn't too bad, but start the projects early, or you'll have a very rough time. Project 3 was actually pretty straightforward, just really time consuming, but Project 4 killed me- during week 10, I pulled two all-nighters just to finish right at the deadline. The homeworks are pretty easy, and the exams are manageable as long as you do the projects and homeworks.

Not much to say, all the other reviews say it. Carey is awesome and funny. Participate in class and get to know him, that was my biggest regret! Slides are so so helpful. Advice: get the course reader and annotate it, project 3 wasn't awful you'll be fine but for some reason project 4 destroyed me so start that one wayyy in advance, tests are totally fine. You'll be fine he's an awesome and funny teacher! Take the mystery prizes!