These variable unit courses provide for the study of topics of current interest in computer science.
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UnitsLetter
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitEngineering
CollegeGood professor that knows what they are talking about. The class structure is reliant on group work. It's fun, but also really dependent on how well your group members are. It would be nice if the professor had some independent work to grade so our final result was not based on other student's efforts.
Pretty low-stakes class. More help with unity development for the project would be good, but the TAs are very helpful. There should either be more incentive to learn the lecture material (ie exams/quizzes) or it should be cut out entirely because I hear the content is pretty similar to 185 anyways. It's not clear how the projects will be graded.
Least favorite class and Professor. Lecture has no CS relevancy. She makes you teach yourself how to do the projects and assignments. Worst part is the grading criteria - super unclear, get marked tens of points with no explanation, making it impossible to guarantee a good grade no matter how hard you work.
Lots of busywork. Lectures and the quarter-long project are just based on common sense. TA grading is all over the place. The final exam had far more questions than it should've had. I gained nothing from this course.
Fairly easy homework, but grading is slightly unclear. In order to do well try to follow the syllabus exactly, other than that its easy. Important to choose teammates who will participate and do work in the class. The final is definitely harder than expected, be prepared to rush through the test, as there are a lot of long writing questions.
This class is so pointless and such a waste of time. It's simply just busy work and unrealistic expectations. Not a hard class but so disorganized and simply boring.