Yes the lectures are well organized, yes the professor is helpful, and yes the lectures are online so you can chill, but all of this doesn't help offsetting the absurdly difficult midterm & final as you HAVE to MEMORIZE EVERY SINGLE WORD on lecture. I am highly against such a pointless and discouraging way of assessing student's success.

I absolutely despise how the class was structured, from the separation of coding days / conceptual days to the exams that prioritize memorization over understanding of material. Professor herself was decent and seemed knowledgeable on the topics.

Class material is honestly super easy. The homework is exactly like the examples she does in class. The online lecture teaches you the material and the in person lecture just goes over problems and code. The exams are ridiculously hard basically expecting you to memorize every little thing in order for you to do well.

Prof Swenson is a very thorough and detailed in her explanations of the course material, and if you show up to all the in-person lectures, the homework will be really easy. Tests are a bit harder, make sure you're finishing those lecture videos all the way through. Some MC questions are tricky. And be prepared to write the code onto paper.

Great professor who has classes structured to be efficient and self-taught with many chances for support and help. Overall, I would take it again.

The class is entirely online except for the midterm and final, which are worth 30 and 40% of grade respectively. If you have questions, go to office hours; she is super helpful and really wants to make sure you get the hw correct and understand material. Tests are tough, but if you review lectures a ton, you will do well.