is obsessed with frat guys only gives them good grades. I wonder where she was last night.

I was aware of previous ratings but decided to take the class anyways and the bad ratings now make sense. Generally, everything was okayish (confusing project instructions) until finals. She gave a final during Week 9 and assigned a bigger project on the same week (syllabus said it was supposed to be released earlier), making finals week stressful.

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.

Her lectures mainly focused on helping students understand the concept rather than learn how to actually do the coding because the homework covers that. She's a sweet professor and wants to help her students. Tests are by hand but the labs might be a little challenging.

9 labs that took forever and never what she taught. 1 midterm and final that were alright altho final was way easier. Can be a bit confusing when lecturing. She seems like a nice person but i just had a hard time learning from her.

Very fair class. There is a good amount of homework and labs, but are really doable if you start early and go to office hours. Lectures are very helpful, she explains everything very clearly and thoroughly. Easy if you're willing to put in the work

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.

Prof K is by far the best CS professor I've had. Teaches very clearly during lectures, uses I-clicker. Materials are structured to help students visualize codes (using graphs) to make it easier to understand the way the codes run step by step. Form a study group, make sure to do the assigned readings, and practice self-explaining concepts.

Professor Kharitonova's CMPSC9 class can be challenging, but manageable if you stay on top of the labs and use resources like the textbook and office hours. I found unstuck ai to be a helpful study tool alongside the class materials. Overall, it's a rewarding course if you're willing to put in the effort.

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.