Im gonna be honest with all of you, Professor K is not bad. She is a great Professor, its just us as students that we don't put as much time as we're supposed to. YES, I won't lie the final requires a little too much for an introductory course, but aside from that, if you do what you're supposed to and dedicate time, you will succeed in her class.
Would recommend taking online/community college. She does not teach entire class is taken via an online textbook. She also does not allow emails to herself.
If you have to take this class for a major requirement, do NOT take it with prof K. and do an online course instead. This class demands too much for an introductory course. Pop quizzes and extremely difficult labs each week are very stressful. Dont recommend.
Yekaterina is an amazing woman and wonderful teacher. She stays on my mind long after class and is a positive influence on my life. I aspire to be more like her
Some people will notice all the fake reviews WE keep having this problem. WILL professor k address any of the problems that have been going on in class? Either way the incentive for bonus credits for when we WIN pop quizzes is a good bonus!
My life often feels vacant and I find difficulty in simple tasks like eating and cleaning. If I had it my way I would spend the whole day laying in bed in a dark room. Prof K is a spark of light in the dark and gives me hope that as long as there’s people like her this is a life worth living. A lot of pop quizzes though
If I could choose between going to our local Disney California Adventure for free or go to CMPSCW8 for a full tuition cost I would choose going to CMPSCW8 without a doubt. I hate amusement parks but still this class is the most fun I have had in a long time. Plus you learn which is a nice bonus
Don’t be tricked by all the bad fake reviews saying all the good reviews are fake. Prof K is a helpful, caring, compassionate, and skilled professor that goes the extra mile to help all of her students learn all that they need to.
Not the worst teacher I had. Would recommend.
This is my third time taking Dr.k's class now. One of the best teachers I've ever had. Always there when I need help and very informative with the answers she's given. The GitHub to all of her test questions including the answers was a real help the second time taking the class. If anyone needs help just ask Luke.
Really wish you had to verify that you are in a class to review the professor. There’s no way that all these people leaving the bad reviews ever had a class with Prof K because she is the most helpful and professional teacher I’ve ever had.
gud
It’s so funny reading some of these reviews. So obvious that none of these kids have ever taken a college level course before and think that a real professor will hold your hand like a high school teacher. If you think it’s to hard, it’s not because of Prof K, it’s because you might not have any talent.
If you're struggling in the class you should just drop out. Dr.K practically gives you an A for showing up. I'm not sure what all of these negative reviews are about.
Uses Zybooks for everything which is way easier than her project and quizzes. Time limit for quizzes is very low. Stay away if you have never coded. Class gets very hard and zybooks/lectures do not prepare. Lectures are mandatory and not planned out. No actual teaching goes on. Wait til a diff professor is teaching.
Keep posting fake reviews, so funny. Terrible professor, should not be allowed to teach. She is rude and acts nice but i do not think she likes teaching. Points off for asking questions during final but does not answer them anyway. Labs/quizzes and project not like anything else. Lectures are just slides, does not actually teach.
An amazing professor with engaging lessons. The major downside is a lot of the other people in the class tend to be lazy crybabies that expect to be given perfect grades without ever trying. I feel bad for Prof K for having to deal with kids like this
An amazing teacher all around. Super helpful whenever you have a question and available basically 24/7. She really sets the bar. I’m thinking of retaking her class for fun next semester just because of how good of an experience it was.
The lecture is not useful, and the assignments are in a mess. The professor is not responsive and I would just go to TA's office hours to ask questions. Don't waste your time on the class. Looking at the slides yourself and working on the labs early is what I suggest!
Not sure what everyone else's problems are. Her class is a walk in the park. It's all basic knowledge. I think everyone else might be lacking something (common sense) but I digress. Homework takes about 5 minutes and the 0 help policy really forces you to learn.
Too much work!! Homework costs over 6 hours a week. Popquiz each week, never have enough time to finish. Final project is horribly heavy. She gives less than a week but I spend more than 30 hours. She published 'autograder' only 4 hours before the ddl and that's why I think she never cares about us and is constantly playing around us and our time.
Not that bad. She got rid of your lowest scored quiz, the hardest quiz, AND allowed for 2 retakes in a total of 6 quizzes. She also extended deadlines to help people. However, the final was extremely difficult for beginners and she gave a lot of homework every week. But, if you do all the work on time, you get an A.
Prof K does really care about her students. This class is largely self-taught through an online textbook. From weeks 1-7, the workload is very manageable, but beginning in week 8, it was shockingly heavy -- literally felt like going 0 - 100. Labs in week 8 are essentially a copy of the final project, so get ready to basically do two projects.
Very easy class but you will still learn a lot