CS 2102

Overall this class won't be much of a struggle.
My biggest complaint is the grading scale. It's either the highest average unit (or module, there were 4 of them) score, or the lowest average unit score +10, whichever was lower (plus like 6% for some easy participation that ultimately did very little for my grade). They gave this scale to encourage people to pay attention for every unit, but I feel that a simple average would do the same thing.
Another small complaint is how Orrico addressed course material when she was sick. I'm not mad at her for missing lectures, nor am I blaming her for being sick, it's not her fault, and she had no control over her sickness. However, our class as a whole did pretty poorly on the quizzes for those weeks, and so I do blame her for failing to provide sufficient material to ensure our success for when she couldn't teach.
In terms of course material, it was pretty easy. There were review sections online that were past quiz questions. I studied those for about an hour before the quiz and got A's on a lot of them because the wording and styles of the questions were very similar.

Overall, this class is necessary for the CS major/minor, so I can't say you can skip it, but if you could, don't, it's pretty easy. Orrico was excellent, she was very kind, sweet, funny, and understanding, albeit a little unresponsive with emails. The material's pretty dry but whatever, and there's no homework, so it's doable if you're taking a heavier course load that semester.