Phil Chodrow

Great course with a great professor. I took this during my first semester and as someone who had very little experience with anything coding, this was the perfect introductory course. Phil was an especially great professor.

This class was very difficult. The expectations for the projects are very clear which was great. Phil also tells you exactly what you need to get an A in the class. It is difficult and you will have to put in a lot of effort.

I can see how this course would be helpful/interesting to some students, but I found it to be a lot of work for not a lot of benefit. I don't think I will retain much from this course. Prof. Phil is excited about the material, but he tried too hard to accomodate everyone's needs in his grading scheme. By the end of the semester he had made too many changes, and it became convoluted and difficult to understand. Assignments were mostly blog posts (combinations of code and writing) that took a lot of time to complete. You could choose which of the blog posts to complete as there was a points threshold on them. We also had warmups due before every class that took 1-2 hours each.

I can see how this course would be helpful/interesting to some students, but I found it to be a lot of work for not a lot of benefit. I don't think I will retain much from this course. Prof. Phil is excited about the material, but he tried too hard to accomodate everyone's needs in his grading scheme. By the end of the semester he ha …Read more