Joshua Panar

Washed up prof that is stuck in his old ways of teaching. I fell asleep in more than half of his lectures. They were so dry and boring. If you have 0 experience programming you're going to have a bad time with this prof. You are better off self teaching this whole course from the internet.

Grading scheme was stupid, but overall a good guy. "It ain't rocket science folks"

Dr. Panar is an absolute beauty. His lectures are quick and concise. He could use some updated notes but regardless they are good enough for the course. He is also a funny guy. "Teach this to your family cat" and "It ain't rocket science folks" are his catchphrases. If u study 3 hours a week max u will get an easy A+

Very condescending. Not helpful at all when you email him. I was told to learn how to read when I was confused about the wording on an assignment because "engineers are required to do so". Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Its not rocket science.

stay away if possible, he sends 50 emails instead of using D2L and wonders why there's so much confusion. He thinks teaching the course by pointing at a screen with his notes from 2002 is good enough. Doesn't know how to use an iclicker but could probably code one. "teach this to the family cat" "Its not rocket science folks" "thx" "cheers"

I just want to say if you don't know programming Don't go to his class. He always acts as he cares about the student but he does not. Terrible lectures, terrible teaching. I went to all of his class due to icliker but I wish I didn't cause he just wastes my time. he respects to a student but when it comes to teaching is awful.

Dr. Panar is very condescending. If you don't understand, he will tell you "It's not rocket science" or he will not help you if you missed class, even if for a good reason. He also teaches only by example problems, not by actual concepts. If you have no background in computer programming, you should switch to another prof.

I took CPS118 thinking that it would be a bird course. IT IS NOT. It was my lowest mark this semester. You really need to memorize matlab commands for the practical tests and the final exam. Getting a good mark is doable, but you'll need to put in the work which is annoying for a course like this.

All I've learned about this class is that its not rocket science.

Teacher is nice and very knowledgeable of the subject, but when it comes to teaching techniques he's lacking. Also he goes really slow on simple topics, then when the tough ones come near the end he goes quick. I understand that this a intro course to programming, but if you believe you know basics, best to just go over power points by yourself.