CS 1112

A very solid class. Prof. Cohoon is nice guy, very approachable, and is enthusiastic about the material. His lectures can get somewhat boring, but for the most part he presents the material an interesting way. There is a ton of help available from the TAs (all former students), but Luther is by far the best. As for the class, very simple. Homework rarely took more than an hour, although you do have an assignment due practically every class. Tests were simple and exactly what you could expect. This class really made me consider switching to Computer Science if the Comm School did not work out.

This was one of my favorite classes. Professor Cohoon is really nice and presents the information in a way that is easy to understand. Be sure to read the chapters because they will help you. Luther is really funny.

This is definitely one of those classes where you either get it or you dont in my opinion. However, the professor and TAs make every effort they can to help you understand it. The weekly homeworks can be annoying at times but they are great for preparing for the tests. The TAs also hold a million office hours every week so if you go to them for help with homework you are basically guaranteed a 100 homework average - take advantage of these TA office hours. Tests definitely reflect homework problems and you are allowed to have 2 pages of notes so I recommend just copying and pasting the programs onto them. Overall a good class - recommended to people with no programming experience

Professor Cohoon is very enthusiastic about this class. However I found his lectures to be quite boring and very monotonous. He wants you to read the book, but I didn't find it helpful. Whenever I did read the assigned reading I showed up to class more confused than I would have been if I hadn't read. He gets pretty upset if you don't turn in homework assignments or miss class. The class isn't all that hard though and there are about 10 TA's who all have office hours that are very helpful if you can't figure out the homework. It is pretty easy to do well in this class if you are willing to put in the required effort and time. You have a homework assignment about once every 2 days and they each take around 2 hours. If you are willing to put in the work for this class its fairly easy to get a good grade but if you are looking for a relaxed intro CS class I would avoid this one.

either you get it or you don't. prof. cohoon almost teaches this class as if you should have prior programming experience. avoid if you can.

This course was incredible! As a Cog Sci Major with no programming experience, this course scared me at first, but Professor Cohoon and Luther are amazing at explaining the concepts. All of the other TA's in the class were extremely helpful as well. A Must-take, even if it's not a major requirement

Cohoon was an awesome professor who knew how to engage a large class and have fun at the same time. A few projects were slightly difficult, but in general it was very easy (I had zero programming experience). He and his TAs are always available to help, and there's no reason why everyone can't get an A... I believe it's the modal grade. Take it!

I learned a lot in his class. I hope he would use eclipse instead of DrJava. But I learned alot.

Cohoon was a great professor for an intro level class. Homeworks were simple enough to basically get done in class with some assistance from the TA's and the tests were not bad if you go over previous homework's and past tests, which he provides.

One of the best classes I've taken at UVA. This is an introductory programming course that teaches you how to use Dr. Java. From not considering computer science at all, I'm seriously considering double majoring (or at least minoring) in computer science. 1112 is for people with absolutely no programming experience coming in, so if you do secretly have programming experience I would imagine that the class will seem VERY slow and dull at the beginning. Cohoon is an awesome guy with a great sense of humor and is one of the best teachers I've had at UVA so far. He does have a very layman approach to teaching where he will show you how to write a bit of code and then it is up to the students to ask clarifying questions (for that reason, some might say that he's not the best teacher but I found it perfectly fine). It's a lot of fun and I looked forward to every class. There's going to be maybe two or three classes that have the boring powerpoint slide lecture feel, but other than that you are actively coding and learning each class. The TA's are great and helpful (Cohoon uses them a lot and they're the main force behind all the office hours and reviews). The tests are fair. I would pretty much get everything and then get stuck on one bit of code (that seemed to be the general response to the tests). Then when he goes over the tests you realize that you totally could have gotten that and then slap yourself on the forehead. Getting an A is definitely feasible if you pay attention and do your work.