Amy Briggs

The class information is all valuable and clearly relevant for future courses in computer science. It begins with a couple weeks learning Java, and then delves into various data structures. The labs and homeworks were very doable and generally interesting. However, the lectures themselves were not terribly engaging. Professor Briggs is quite kind and encourages questions and engagement, but generally, I felt that it was hard to stay focused in class. That being said, I learned valuable information without having to do outside work or readings

The class information is all valuable and clearly relevant for future courses in computer science. It begins with a couple weeks learning Java, and then delves into various data structures. The labs and homeworks were very doable and generally interesting. However, the lectures themselves were not terribly engaging. Professor Bri …Read more

The content is very hard, especially for students who don't have much prior experience in coding in Java. The class is very fast and I couldn't finish most of the hw without help from the TA. I mainly went to CS help hour.

The first two weeks of this class was the worst part. Once you get used to java, it gets a little bit easier. Professor Briggs is very nice and enthusiastic, but it can be a bit difficult to focus the whole lecture.