For the most part, the content is relatively easy and the grading is fair. You will have 3 quizzes and 3 projects. However, the ending of the course is extremely rushed and moderately difficult so be aware.

Overall, I went into this class with little coding experience but the teacher was able to explain the ideas really well. There are three quizzes and three projects in the class. The last project and the last quiz are definitely harder than the rest, but if you study hard and do the labs/homework you should be able to get a strong A.

Everything is good or on average besides the workload.

....tough grader

Prof Kate has been hands-down the most inconsiderate professor I have ever met. If you're in the mood to have a final exam and (incredibly complicated and insanely belated) final project (during dead week and due during finals), take the class! If you also like not knowing your grade for the course, this class will be perfect for you. Godspeed.

Just as previous comments, this course has so many homework. Besides, the final project is very ambiguous. Choose this course will make you final week more difficult since there are both a final quiz and a complicated final project.

The first two quizzes are pretty easy, but the final quiz was a surprise. It was weirdly difficult if you don't have prior experience in Python. The homework is more helpful when it comes to learning the content than the lectures themselves. The group projects will definitely help boost your grade. Sections are mandatory but unhelpful.

When I would ride my bike to this class, I would pray to get ran over by those golf carts in order to not suffer from her lectures. Fr tho for an introductory course, there's way too much work and the content is overcomplicated. Prior python experience is helpful, but the assignments and labs are so repetitive it'll make you not want to do them.

This course, CMPSC 8, is a 4-credit class, but the workload feels more like that of an 8-credit course. The instructor's teaching skill is above average, however, the TA section is almost useless but still check attendence. The three quizzes and projects are not difficult. Overall, there is simply far too much homework.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Terrible. Do not take this class with her if you could help it.

Absolutely terrible professor. Doesn't respond to emails at all. The amount of work is almost impossible and you'll be spending all your time on this class alone so hopefully your other classes are easy. It's also most likely she's using fake accounts with fake positive reviews to boost her score on here so beware.

Nice lady but there's so much homework for an intro class. Material is delivered way too fast and there's way too much work. Grading isn't really fair and not forgiving either. She's also really suspicious of cheating so be careful. Final proj took forever and was pretty pointless because it entailed a bunch of advanced features, you had to fill in

Her lectures do not line up with the quizzes and labs. Expect to spend 5+ hours on labs a week trying to figure it out. The TA hardly spoke English and was unhelpful. She will accuse you of cheating. You will have to learn everything on your own. NOT a beginner class. She drained me of my will to live.

Changed the course outline, having cumulative final instead of final project. Tough grader, will play word tricks and mark you down if you got one part incorrect. Unclear instructions and it's hard to understand what she is asking for. Strongly recommend to befriend your cs friends to understand concepts.

too difficult by far

(meant to rate 5 difficulty) $90 online textbook for coding and quizzes insanely hard. self study class with lots of homework and activites takes so many hours per week. doesnt teach and reads off slides. is so paranoid about cheating.

Does not care about her students. Unreasonable expectations for a beginner class.

Completely disconnected from the students and what we need to succeed. Her lectures are terribly paced and cover very little of what she said is necessary on the exam. Cannot get a good reply out of her outside of class, so I recommend to stay away and take her courses from another professor or from another school