I initially enrolled in this class because I wanted to switch into Pre Cog Sci and I already had an interest in programming. I had a tough time learning PIC in the beginning, which destroyed my grade on the midterm and most likely my GPA, too :/ As the other reviews mention, he is a poor lecturer. Not only that, but we probably had him for only half of the quarter because he had someone else sub for him. He has a very thick accent when he speaks English and does so extremely quickly. He mostly reads off of the slides and gets his homework assignments from Chegg according to other students in the class.
My discussion section was just as terrible. My TA would do examples on his computer very quickly, and often without explaining steps. His way of presenting was also so weird. He would be explain things and stop midway, then go on to explain something else. It was so bad that I just started going to the other TAs discussion sections, who was very helpful, concerned about students' understanding, organized, and would write everything on the chalkboard.
Your grade is based off of 7 hw assignments (lowest score dropped), midterm (can also be dropped), and the final.

Do not take him. First midterm average was 37%. More than half of the class dropped.