CS 1110

Tychonievich is a fairly good lecturer, he genuinely attempts to make lectures more fun which I think most people appreciate. The course is very well run and very structured. That being said, about midway through the semester the class goes from laughably easy to very difficult and time consuming. Just be ready for this.

Professor Tychonievich is a quirky guy and a good lecturer.

Individual homework assignments are easy, but partner ones are more difficult. Exams are not bad, but you should still study for them (particularly the second one).

Don't make the mistake of blowing off the class because it is easy at the beginning; the course quickly goes from really easy to pretty hard about halfway through.

Overall, fun class.

Professor Tychonievich( Tie-con-a-vich), AKA Bro T, AKA Dr. Luther, is very enthusiastic, fun, and interactive. The class is hard for some people, very easy for others, regardless of whether they've taken the course or not. The homeworks are dependent on your partner and how often you go to office hours, so do that diligently and you'll be fine.

Great class. Sheriff is a better lecturer so take it with him if you can. Overall, really loved this class

Great class

Tychon is the man. He's a great, fun lecturer and good at what he does. Definitely take this class if you're interested in computer science, or if you're required to for the e-school. Not too difficult, and fun to learn.

Wasn't a huge fan of this class.

The CS dept. at UVa is pretty good. Though everyone Loves Sherriff, don't let that stop you from taking the class with Tychonievich. I had no choice as Sherriff wasn't teaching it when I wanted to take the class but Tychonievich is still pretty good. His lectures go slowly and he takes time on things people don't understand. There are many TA's to get help from if you need it as well. Sometimes he can appear a little frustrated and insincere if someone asks a question he had gone over many times but he will not let it show much. At the end of the semester I was at the edge of an A and he gave it to me through a requested regrade I had asked for of the test which he wasn't supposed to do for the class but did anyway, which was nice of him.

I took this course as a pre-comm student even though it wasn't a prereq, because I was considering CS as a backup major/just wanted to learn about CS. I thought Luther made this course a lot more interesting and fun than I initially thought it would be. I personally liked Luther more than what I saw from Sheriff when he guest-lectured one time. Luther seems to really care about students and is always willing to answer questions, during lecture or after. He posts his lectures and notes on his website, making it easily accessible if you need a refresher or if you skipped class/zoned out like I did. The whole course was super organized, which I really liked. The course is basically made up of almost-weekly homework, two tests, one final, some online quizzes, and a lab grade. If you pay attention and try, you will be able to master the concepts and get a good grade. There are office hours available almost every day where you can go to the super knowledgeable TAs to get help. I only went to office hours at the end of the semester, but I found using piazza to get a quick answer to a question was super useful. The homework start out pretty easy, although they are a bit time-consuming, and really get you to learn CS through doing it. However, beware there is a jump in difficulty right before the first partner homework. Overall, I recommend this course to anyone who's interested! It can be pretty easy if you actually try and you will definitely learn a lot!

do not take this class if you are not an e schooler or have prior knowledge. I thought i would be able to do okay but i am drowning. they explain concepts in class, and are very nice teachers, but not enough to make the homework's make sense. I spend so much time on the homework and i still can't do well. Same goes for the test. I thought i understood the material but there is no real guidance for the assignments. the labs are better but those give a little more guidance. homework is basically, here figure this out. the book doesn't help me.