[CSEE W3826] Fundamentals of Computer Organization

This guy is the reason that tenure should not exist. He needs to be retired by the school as he gives questions on exams that were not covered in any readings, homeworks, or classes. He is inappropriate in conversations outside of class, will not help you even if you beg, and grades unfairly on a C minus curve. He forgets what he is talking about in mid sentence often which is probably why he puts things not covered on the exams. If you want to destroy your GPA, learn nothing, and be insulted take this class. Columbia needs to suggest to this guy who is older than my grandfather that he might want to head to Florida and stop torturing students with his dribble.

If you have digital logic background and some comp org knowledge, you most likely will be ok. However, if that is not the case, don't take this class with this professor unless you have tons of time to teach yourself!

The first half of the semester he covers digital logic using his own notes and the small appendix on the book which is not sufficient to understand the depth of the subject. After the midterm, he rushes through the entire book and once he finished, he goes back to cover more digital logic stuff. He doesn't follow the book because he didn't write it.
Prof. Unger is very disorganized in his lectures and students are trying to understand what the hell he is talking about. TA's were just too busy with their stuff and weren't helpful at all.

The subject itself is very interesting and challenging, you can a lot , but you are on your own.When hws or exams, make sure you understand what is he asking, you might know the answer, but don't quite understand what the hell the prof. is asking you.

Old-school and hard-core. Wrote the digital logic textbook. Expect a knowledgeable and sometimes-enthusiastic presentation of the material. He sneaks in a few jokes, aimed mostly at the tech-nerds crowd. He is from the days before grade inflation, so watch out for stingy final marks.

Another hard grader, who is moderately fair; though everyone gawked at the test mean of 45 on the midterm, in the end he gave out as many A's as C's. The material is interesting, but his delivery is like counting sheep. He sure understands this stuff, though, and he is great at explaining things step by step. Oh, and he looks like a Binkley from Bloom County.