Introduction to computer program development for students with little to no programming experience. Basic programming concepts, variables and expressions, data and control structures, algorithms, debugging, program design, and documentation.

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Engineering

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Yekaterina Kate Kharitonova
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168 reviews
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CMPSC8 . Kharitonova Y A Month Ago

3 midterms & 3 projects. Content is easy to understand, very basic Python. Practice through homework and lab assignments. Like one tricky question on each quiz, but overall easy. Offers extra credit at the end of each quiz. First two projects instructions and criteria straightforward. Last one was confusing. Understanding & often gave extensions.

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CMPSC8 . Kharitonova Y A Month Ago

I knew javascript basics coming into the class, so it wasn't difficult for me. She explains everything well though and cares about answering questions. Tests have some random curveballs and projects are structured wierd. The final project used a stupid broken autograder.

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CMPSC8 . Kharitonova Y A Month Ago

Truly terrible professor, you will hate computer science after this. Her entire course is teaching yourself from an interactive online work book that you have to pay $80 for. Re-took this class with a different professor and got an A+. AVOID PROF K.

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CMPSC8 . Kharitonova Y A Month Ago

Very! Bad! It is very hard to get A, even if you have made a lot of efforts in this course.

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CMPSC8 . Kharitonova Y A Month Ago

Save yourself. She's awful at teaching. Midterm average was 66% ☠️.

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CMPSC8 . Kharitonova Y 2 Months Ago

Great prof! She's super sweet and is great at answering questions and giving clarification. Strongly recommend if you're planning to take CS8.

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