He started including quizzes along with his difficult labs. The quizzes weren't too difficult but the grading is pretty harsh. He doesn't post lecture material anywhere, so you can't miss it.

Very difficult class, but overall I learned a lot. Graded on weekly labs and 3 quizzes, the labs were difficult (were either pretty easy or insanely difficult). OH were helpful to go to. The quizzes aren't too bad, but they're on paper and not forgiving of minor mistakes. you can't do bad on the quizzes.

The class was genuinely hard, harder than other profs from what I have seen. He is an actually good prof though and cares about making sure that his students learn the concept, lectures are genuinely effective. Just make sure you are doing the labs right.

It is impossible to know what going to be on the test, so you have to search everything he taught you outside. And in that process, you will learn a lot of new things and be better. (prof's intent) no study guide. Labs is hard, but its fun. Use paper to take note. He did big curve (really good). Be prepared to run a function on paper.

do you people expect him to just tell you how to do the labs in lecture? is that your definition of a “good lecturer”? if you actually pay attention and understand what he's trying to teach, and then make a genuine effort to apply the concepts and do the labs yourself, you'll learn a ton. unbelievable how people do not even try to use their brains

RUN. This class is like taking 3 classes at once. What we learn in lecture (1) has nothing to do with the labs (2) and nothing to do with the exams (3). Exams show that he does not know how to test computer science knowledge. Most people GPTd this class. Exam avgs are around ~45%, and he does not even moderately believe that is his fault.

BURK! Man I miss this guy. Crappy lecturer; great for non-intro classes. Lectures not mandatory, interesting and advanced weekly projects, no exams. You WILL get stuck & have to wait in a long line of people looking for help, but it's worth it — I got 3x better at coding!! RN I'm in CS32 Nabeel (textbook word hunt only) bored out of my skull.

I had him for both CS 16 and CS 24. CS 16 had midterm and final and I believe they were both poorly written and were difficult. On the other hand CS 24 had no tests and the grade is just nine lab assignments. The labs are difficult but I highly appreciate how there are no tests. He is very passionate about material but the assignments are hard.

Burk is very passionate and caring. It was his first time teaching the course, and while the structure was not the best, he made a lot of compromises to help out. A lot of people are mad cuz they're bad. Only group projects, no tests. Start early, and ask him questions. Spent >20 hours a week for the first project but I learned a lot.

Not like a traditional class, no exams just all labs. The labs will be difficult so you will have to earn your grade but the guy is always accessible and for help and OH will save your grades

Difficult labs, be ready to go to office hour and using gpt

100% of your grade is on how good you are in coding. If you miss the lectures, the README along with each lab gets you up to speed - if you learn fast. Lectures are interesting! If you get stuck, Kevin, the TAs, and Piazza definitely help. Don't forget about valgrind if you're stuck with segfaults! Definitely one of the professors of all time.