BELDING E M
Took Prof. Belding's course in 2019 Spring. I have to say she is one of the best professors I met before. She has made the lecture material very interesting and well-organized, and she is also a super patient and supportive professor. Besides, she is a very big name in computer networks, but you can always find her in her office hours.
Prof Belding is one of the best lecturers I have had as a senior CS undergrad and it's obvious she cares about teaching the course. Lectures are structured in a way that makes it easy to understand new concepts and I recommend attending lectures as the content is pretty interesting. Tests are fair and follow the lectures and HW very closely.
Belding is a great lecturer and teaches complex material well. The assignments are fair and there are SO many extra credit opportunities offered (ex. attending section, watching videos, lab for grade bump on final). She wants you to succeed. I'm a senior and this was the first CS class that I found really interesting and engaging. Would recommend!
Professor Belding is super nice and very accessible outside of class. Lectures can get a little boring, but I mostly enjoyed them. As long as you go to class and listen, it shouldn't be too difficult, though the last lab definitely took extra time. Gives lots of opportunities to ask questions in/out of class.
not a very good or nice professor. dont know if she is still employed but maybe, based on what she did to me, i should have gotten her fired when i had the chance.
Do the homework, grading is normal, all the tests info are on slides, just study them, don't know why people don't like that, better than having no info on the slides. Provided a cheatsheet but cheatsheets are only good for studying. As long as you show up, which college students dont, easy A.
Homework is the standard amount for a class like this, and the labs are fun rather than tedious. The lectures can sometimes be a drag. However, you could always finish the homework during lecture time. Otherwise, a very standard and enjoyable class.
Prof Belding is highly intelligent and studying under her is a privilege. Brush up on your C programming and start the programming projects early. Exams are fair and mostly conceptual.
Tons of reading while you can't bring any cheatsheet for the exams. No curve at all as an upper-division class. Lectures are super dry. I just can't really feel the passion, the enthusiasm and the willingness of making students succeed in this course. Anyway, good luck.
Get ready to recite the materials on 700+ pages of slides for the final exam without the help of any kind of cheatsheet! No curve even if it's an upper division class! : ) Enjoy folks!