Ryan C. Melvin
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- School: Diablo Valley College
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- Department: Computer Science
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Location:
321 Golf Club Rd
Pleasant Hill, CA - 94523 - Dates at Diablo Valley College: May 2017 - May 2020
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Awesome
Okay to good teacher. She knows something about object programming. She does not care about students. He wants you to be successful. The lectures are all from real life. Many like his long boring lectures.
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Awesome
Computer Science has become indispensable in today's academic environment. Melvin did a great job at showing us how to take advantage of the techniques and methods that we can apply to leverage the computer science tools that are available.
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Awesome
He is a good teacher. The only reason why some of my classmates don't like his class it's because they don't want to put effort on it. Instead they want an instant A grade without realizing what will happen in the future. I'm so excited for the next semester since I'm very prepared because of his class.
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Good
Prof. Melvin is the best choice for COMSC-165. If you have the chance to take him, grab it. I really enjoyed the environment and his class. His lectures can be long but I've actually been through worse.
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Would take again: No
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Awful
Prof. Melvin is the worst CS teacher I've ever taken! You can see that he cares for his students and he tries his hardest, but he graded assignments a week after the final, so I didn't know my grade until then, which was inconvenient for me. Exams are worth 200 points, which is a lot more than hw tasks and can take a long time to finish. Wouldn't recommend this prof at all and his grading is really unfair!!
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Would take again: No
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Awful
Wouldn't recommend this prof at all. I feel like his overall rate is manipulated.
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Poor
Prof. Ryan is a very late grader. He gives tasks that are due after the semester's end. Tasks ends on Friday and assigns you a task to complete on Sunday. To get a good grade on tests, you'll need to study quizzes. This class has a lot of assignments to deal with. He's good at assisting you, but because your workload is high, you'll just have to look for answers.
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Would take again: No
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Awful
I switched majors because of this professor. Although DVC's computer science department isn't the best, you're in the wrong college if you're a computer science major. Because the classes at DVC won't actually help you, make sure you prepare outside of class.
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Awful
His grading system is very unfair. There are three examinations and a final exam to complete. Each of these assessments is worth 200 points, with weekly homework assignments worth 10 points each. Many of these homework assignments require far more effort than the tests, which are merely multiple choice questions. On the day of the exam, he also posted the exam on canvas. Wouldn't recommend at all.
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Awesome
In Professor Melvin's class, you will just read the book. The quizzes were hard but you'll get a score higher out of two. The laboratories were easy as well.
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Good
Professor Melvin is nice. He's willing to help his students. His lectures were clear and concise. However, his voice makes people sleepy. Also, his quizzes were very hard. On the other hand, the exam is easy, since the questions are 80% the same as in previous tests. I suggest that you read the textbook since it is vital.
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Professor Melvin is a good teacher. He will prepare you well with the Cplus.
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Awesome
Professor Melvin is good. However, he grades late.
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Awesome
Professor Melvin's Zoom lectures were optional. He'll just upload course videos. If you really want an independent class, take his.
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Awesome
Professor Melvin did try his best in class. The exams are difficult, but they are exactly what the quizzes are.
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Awesome
Professor Melvin is good at explaining really abstract topics. I suggest you go to his office for help.
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Awesome
Professor Melvin is a smart one, just clumsy. Reading textbooks is the key to passing.
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Awesome
Professor Melvin's class is not easy, but it's also not difficult. I suggest you take him if you have a solid Computer Science class before.
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Would take again: Yes
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Awesome
Professor Melvin's exams are worth a lot. But those were just repeated quizzes, so you need to study them.
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online
Awesome
Professor Melvin is knowledgeable and I admire him for that. On the other hand, he grades slowly.
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Would take again: Yes
For Credit: Yes
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Awesome
Professor Melvin is knowledgeable. The assignments are fairly simple. The exams are pretty much all of his quizzes. For two attempts takes the highest score combined. So, if you study those, you'll do well on the exams.
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Would take again: Yes
For Credit: Yes
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Awesome
Once you overcome Professor Melvin's awkwardness, you'll learn a lot. He's a good coder you can tell. You have to put in the work in this class to get the grade that you want.
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Would take again: Yes
For Credit: Yes
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Awesome
Professor Melvin is one of the best professors I've taken for coding. If you study everything, you'll get a good grade. It's not as bad as other comments suggest.
Biography
Diablo Valley College - Computer Science
Resume
2011
M.S.
Computer Science
California State University
Fresno
2007
B.S.
Computer Science
California State University
Fresno
2005
A.A.
Liberal Arts
West Hills College Lemoore
HTML
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Office
Java
JavaScript
PHP
C++
CSS
Python
C
CloudStack cloud computing environment
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Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science
Fresno
California Area
State Center Community College District
Pleasant Hill
CA
I have taught the following courses at Diablo Valley College:\n\nCOMSC 110 - Introduction to Programming (C++)\nCOMSC 165 - Advanced Programming with C and C++\nCOMSC 200 - Object Oriented Programming (C++)\nCOMSC 260 - Assembly Language Programming/Computer Organization
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Diablo Valley College
Teaching Associate (TA)
Computer Science Department
Fresno
California Area
Fresno State
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Fresno
California Area
Fresno State
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