Shrutarshi Basu

I took this course to get a basic foundation of Python for other courses at Middlebury, but safe to say that I learned way more from the internet and the TAs than I did from the Basu and came away with basically no coding knowledge that I could confidently apply to future classwork. His grading standards were never clear (he didn't grade several lab or homework assignments at all), constantly canceled class (lectures, office hours, lab), and didn't provide the TAs with answer keys which made learning quite difficult. The lab periods themselves were a huge waste of time because he often wouldn't provide much help during the period -- they were always just a work period with zero guidance. Try to take this class with literally any other professor and you'll definitely have a better experience than me.

I took this course to get a basic foundation of Python for other courses at Middlebury, but safe to say that I learned way more from the internet and the TAs than I did from the Basu and came away with basically no coding knowledge that I could confidently apply to future classwork. His grading standards were never clear (he didn't g …Read more

The lectures were not very interesting and I felt like I had to spend a lot of additional time at TA hours to get a grasp on the material. It was way too difficult for a beginner level class in my opinion.

Was a super easy class to get an A but learned about super random languages. Did not have a syllabus and did not even have a homework assignment until the 5th week. Do not think I really learned anything.