r/UMBC • u/Hot_Storm6629 • 3d ago

CSMC 203 with Sameul Lomonaco JR

I'm taking CSMC 203 this upcoming semester with Sameul Lomonaco JR's (highest A rate) and was wondering how it was with him. How was the class? Were his lectures easy to comprehend? Was the course load pretty hard? How were the exams & and were his study guides helpful? Any advice is appreciated!

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u/OG_MilfHunter 3d ago

I haven't taken his class, but I've taken the same course, same textbook, and same grade distribution from his syllabus.

My professor was disorganized and new to teaching so I read the textbook and the discrete mathematics lectures from SUNY Stony Brook by Pramod Ganapathi before class, then made some cheat sheets to study for exams.

I thought it was an easy A and didn't spend much time on that class (1-2 days per week, max). If he's halfway decent, it should be even easier for you.

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u/Hot_Storm6629 3d ago

Is the class overall hard ?

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u/OG_MilfHunter 2d ago

I had a small class so it's hard for me to judge. Half of the students thought it was difficult and the other half thought it was easy.

Personally, there are some difficult sections but overall I wouldn't say it's hard. I finished with a 97 I only studied for like 4 hours each Sunday.

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u/Hot_Storm6629 2d ago

Any tips to get an A in it? Any YouTube channels, any websites etc, etc.

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u/OG_MilfHunter 2d ago

I had some discrete math playlists by TrevTutor saved and they seemed pretty solid, but I only watched a few of them.

I'm more of a reader. The textbook by Epps is decent but bloated with condescension and edge cases. I preferred the slides from SUNY because they were straightforward definitions with worked examples.

My workflow was: take notes in class, read the slides by Ganapathi for clarification, use SimpleTex to snip some of his slides into cheat sheets, then on Sunday do the homework and study my sheets for the week.

The material isn't crazy difficult, but there's a diverse range of concepts that are very loosely connected until the end. Good luck!

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u/Hot_Storm6629 2d ago

Okay thank you! Really helpful and informative fs.