CS 3140

This class is actually the worst ever. Not only do you get penalised for the work of your other groupmates but the grading is harsh and absolutely zero leniency is given. The exams suck and its basically just memorising a bunch of syntax but prof Rich is a sweet guy. Lowkey only take this class if its necessary for you to because most people just use AI on the whole thing anyways

It was a good class, it's the kind of class where if you do certain things you can pretty much guarantee an A. Those things are: (1) have the programming projects mostly finished at least 24 hrs before they are due and (2) make sure you can answer quiz questions without cheating. I didn't go to lecture and finished with an A, but kept an eye on readings/slides as they were released so I still did well on the exams. I will say the trickiest part of the exams is sometimes you were required to memorize the syntax of particular libraries. So when new frameworks and stuff is introduced to you in the readings, it will help to build stuff with it, or when you split up work in group projects, try your hand at all the frameworks involved in the project just so you can get a feel for the syntax bc it will show up on tests

Professor Nguyen was my favorite CS teacher so far. He is very personable doing his best to know students names in a huge class. He's fairly lenient on deadlines pushing them back if theres every a slight issue. The exams aren't too difficult and he gives the opportunity for a make up at the end of the year. If you have the opportunity to take this class with him, id highly reccomend.

Prof. Nguyen is great! He explains concepts clearly and effectively, and knows how to make lectures engaging through interactive activities. Overall, this course wasn't too bad. The main focus is the homework assignments, which could be somewhat time-consuming. For some of them, I had to go to office hours, so make sure to start them early and plan your time well. The exams were also pretty straightforward but he made the later ones more coding-heavy-- as long as you study the code examples, though, you should be fine. You also had the ability to retake an exam, and pretty much everyone I know did extremely well on the retake. This class teaches a lot of interesting and useful concepts so you will get a lot out of it!

the prof is super nice, but the lectures aren't really necessary. you can go anyway though for extra credit by answering questions in class. the exams are also fairly simple, with the opportunity to retake one of them at the end of the semester. the assignments are entirely teamwork (with the option to work alone, but it's a lot more work because you have to do it all yourself), which isn't that bad because every assignment can pretty clearly be divided into three parts (three is the max amount of teammates you can have). the TAs are also pretty helpful if you get stuck (you can go to office hours by yourself or you can bring your team). overall, pretty light for a cs class, doesn't take that much maintenance to get an A.