Christopher Andrews

As someone who had no experience with coding, this class was difficult. Professor Andrews was a very enthusiastic professor and helpful during office hours (although they were often very crowded). However, I think that the homework was often far more difficult than what lecture prepared me for. A system was implemented halfway through the semester that allowed students to do extra homework for extra credit. While I appreciated this opportunity, it quickly made the workload overwhelming and extremely time consuming. I think that if the homework side of this class was restructured, I would have gotten more out of it.

As someone who had no experience with coding, this class was difficult. Professor Andrews was a very enthusiastic professor and helpful during office hours (although they were often very crowded). However, I think that the homework was often far more difficult than what lecture prepared me for. A system was implemented halfway throug …Read more

The grading is really fair and it’s not hard to get a fine grade bc of the unique point based hw system- one additional Redo or hw above the grade level you want gets you 4 points - need around 50 to get a B I think. Still really hard and needed to grind to even feel like I understood the basics

The material covered in the first six weeks provides a solid introduction, but after that point, it feels like the instructors designed the course for the handful of students with a strong computer science background. Meanwhile, the majority of the class(more than half)ended up passfailing. The professor is not accommodating and discourages the use of external resources like AI to support learning, which can be frustrating for students seeking additional help. Office hours are consistently overcrowded, and when you finally do get a chance to ask a question, the typical response is something along the lines of "think hard and try again." The course needs to be rethought: drop the audio and photo processing sections, make the content more accessible, and provide better learning resources, perhaps recorded videos or tutorials would help.

The material covered in the first six weeks provides a solid introduction, but after that point, it feels like the instructors designed the course for the handful of students with a strong computer science background. Meanwhile, the majority of the class(more than half)ended up passfailing. The professor is not accommodating and di …Read more