Phil Chodrow

7.6/10

Effective

8.6/10

Fun

8.7/10

Helpful

78%

Enjoy

85%

Again

CSCI045124 days ago

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.

Fast-PacedLots of HomeworkFair Grading

8hrs / week Some difficulty Average value Would not take again

CSCI0451last month

Great course. Phil is super nice and very helpful. He really teaches you and makes sure you understand your basics adn fundamentals really well. He also makes you do a lot of project based learning which is super helpful!

Chill and RelaxedProject-HeavyFair Grading

6hrs / week Average difficulty Very high value Would take again

CSCI0451last month

I felt that the beginning of this course was really slow and that we are really accelerating through the cool stuff that this course has to offer towards the end of the semester. I wasn't a fan of the responsible computing part of this course, but I feel that this course was the only C.S course that really did a good job with it so far. I am really enjoying the later part of this course and highly suggest it to anyone interested in deep learning or machine learning.

Slow-PacedProject-HeavyFair Grading

7hrs / week Average difficulty Above average value Would take again