Reinman is THE BEST PROFESSOR so far. He really sympathized with the students during this difficult time, and that has really been helpful for all of us.
His lectures are engaging, but somewhat unnecessary since all the information are presented in the prerecorded videos. He uses slides from CMU, and basically every lab (except Parallel I think?) was a CSAPP lab... so, ya know, just the standard stuff.
Really glad that he cancelled the final. That was helpful for me personally since I aced pretty much everything else lol

Professor Reinman is the BEST. Not only does he give great lectures, his kindness is also unparalleled. Although some may find the videos he asked us to watch before lectures annoying, those videos are pretty helpful and interesting to me. The actual lectures are pretty much just Q&A sessions for those videos along with some interactive examples. The workload of this class is reasonable and the labs are straightforward. Due to the unique circumstances of this quarter, Reinman gave out grades generously. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class.

This is a great class and a great professor. The labs are pretty fun and the material is fairly interesting. He is very willing to adjust the weight of the midterm and final grade to help you out, which is great, and his lectures are clear and straightforward. It's a little fast paced in the first 4 weeks, but then slows down to a very tolerable pace to do well. Enjoy the labs and don't use the guides online and on Github, as solving the labs helps a ton with the problems on the midterm and final exam!

CS 33 with Reinman was as good a class as you could hope for. Although the material is pretty dense and it's a bit of work watching all the lectures, if you actually do the work and pay attention to what he says in class, you should have no problem completing all the assignments and scoring well on the exams. His lectures weren't the best, because they somewhat rehashed what the prerecorded videos said, but they were still worth attending because he often went over problems similar to those that may show up on the exam. The class is straightforward and his expectations were clear from the beginning. Can't really expect much else. Would definitely recommend.

The final was much harder than the midterm, but the majority of it didn't feel like a surprise. Reinman is very fair and clearly cares about his students learning the material.

Grading: about 50% of the class ends up getting an A or A-. If you can be above the median for both the midterm and the final, while getting full credit on labs, then you'll be chillin.

Tests: Labs and lectures give a good idea of the content that will be on the tests. Knowing what you should do on a test is not the hard part of the class; doing it correctly is the hard part because there are a lot of places that small mistakes can be made and lose you a lot of points.

Labs: Very important in terms of preparing you for the class and helping you understand the material. This class uses the CS:APP labs, which are geared towards giving students a hands-on experience with the content of CS 33. The labs are really fun, too.

Professor: Actually a really funny dude and cares about his students (hence the massive curve). Expectations about what you need to know are very clear. Sometimes his explanations to questions may be confusing because he assumes certain underlying concepts are understood (which is reasonable). So if you get confused, ask again, or consult the textbook.

One of the best cs professors here! Generous curve & engaging lectures.

Professor Reinman used the flipped classroom approach, where you would watch prerecorded videos before the lectures and then he briefly went over the videos and answered questions during class. I did not like this approach, however I could see where it would be beneficial to others. I don't usually ask questions during class, so most of the time I was bored during lecture and would zone out. If you do have specific questions, he will take the time to answer them and make sure you understand it. There were four labs. The first three we had two weeks to do and the last one we had three weeks. These labs are very doable, and much easier than the CS32 projects. Most of the labs could be completed in a couple days if you understand the concepts. At time the concepts were a little confusing, but nothing that a little practice couldn't resolve. Sometimes the labs were a little hard to get started because there are no example inputs provided, but the LA workshops helped with this. I think the hardest part of this class was the midterm ( Note: I did not take the final because I had the option to opt out because of COVID-19 and the protests). The questions were quite difficult. You have to be really good at going through machine code to do well. Also, out exam only had 5 questions, and it was either credit/no credit for each questions, making the standard deviation large. The final was ten questions and credit/no credit for each question as well. Reinman showed he truly cared about his students and provided us the option of opting in or opting out of the final. The curve was also quite generous even with the class average being around an 80. I would take this class again with him, but would probably not attend lectures. Also, if he think this class will be anything like CS32 or CS31, it's not. You can say goodbye to Visual Studios or XCode for now and focus on the lnxsrv and VIM. This class is all about assembly language and its components

The best and biggest man in the cs department

Professor Reinman clearly knows his stuff. However, in several lectures, there were concepts that could have been explained much better and instead, my friends and I had to spend some time deciphering what exactly he meant. However, overall his lectures are quite good. I stopped attending lectures midway through the quarter because 8ams, but they were Bruincasted so I made sure that I was caught up every week.

Labs and the material took a while to get used to and were somewhat time consuming, but not nearly as much as CS 32. It is quite easy to get through the labs by ripping off other people's solutions, but don't do this. Male sure you know how to do the labs properly because the midterm and final are completely based on them (maybe a little theory but pretty straightforward stuff). Complete all the TA worksheets to make sure you understand Assembly Language well and don't be scared if you don't get everything. Some of the questions on the worksheets are not covered in class and will not be tested.

One thing I did not like was that he touched on some advanced concepts but did not go into detail to make sure that we understood the content. It wasn't tested, but I felt that some of my knowledge was half-baked.

I really enjoyed this class and the material. I initially took this class for my Specialization in Computing but then decided to major in CS instead. Professor Reinman really cares about learning and is generous with grades. If you screw up your midterm but do well on the final, he will increase the weight of your final to benefit you. I will definitely try to take more classes with him.