Jessica L'Roe
GEOG
This was the first programming course I took at Midd, and I thhought it was super useful. Being a J term class it is pretty fast paced but professors and TAs were super accessible. Useful if you are in any STEM class that deals with large datasets and/or data visualization.
Generally easy grading with fun, interesting projects. A good amount of reading, but much of the reading is easily digestible and clear—not overly dense, complex, academic pieces. There is a major presentation project that counts as about 30% of your course grade.
I enjoyed this course, and it did not have a heavy workload! There are constant weekly readings but they aren't difficult and the lectures further clarify or build on top of what was read. There are also very few assignments which make up the bulk of your grade but you are given a lengthy amount of time to work on them. I would take this course again for a chill class.