CS 2110

Decent computer science course. Labs due almost every week that are challending but not extremely so, plus you have lab partners. Midterms and final are more difficult. Horton is nice and wants you to do well. Lectures will put you to sleep, but slides are available online so clas is optional. HUGE final project that might make you go insane but in far retrospect was pretty cool. Take it.

Pretty good class, I was in the smaller of the two lectures when I took this class and recommend doing the same thing. When you are in a smaller class in this environment, its easier to pick up the material.

Horton is such a nice guy. For easy points, memorize what he has on the slides. For the rest, you need to *actually* understand how to program.

Funny teacher + enjoyable class

Professor Horton is the sweetest, goofiest man you will meet. I am far from good at CS but his lectures went by pretty quickly because they were more concept based rather than just putting up a bunch of slides with random code for 50 minutes. It was difficult to know where your grade stood since we never really received grades for the weekly lab assignments but as long as you or your partner are decent at Java or you go to office hours then you should be fine.

This class was a lot easier than CS110 with Reynolds. Horton is a decent lecturer but TERRIBLE when it comes to grading homework and tests. I never found out my grades for any of the homework assignments. Group project is kind of lame. Overall pretty easy class.

Horton: He's nice enough, but despite trying, really did not engage the class at all. We were quiet when he "told jokes" or asked questions. The material: One review here said they were happy his slides were concepts over coding-intensive, which was true, but I really really hated. He went on about the theories and aspects of Software Engineering without hardly ever putting up any actual code we'd need for EVERY lab or EVERY homework assignment or EVERY test. (Also, the slides for this class have been reused in the CS deparment for the past decade.) He spent more time writing indecipherable diagrams on the chalkboard than actually teaching us how to code, which left me completely unprepared for labs. As always, there is an army of TAs to help you if you show the incentive. We got grades back WEEKS after and didn't get assignments until like 9-10 days before they were due. Haven't started the big group project yet, but not really looking forward to it. All this being said, I have an A in the class, which shows I'm not bitter about the grading, just the annoying set-up of the class itself.

Horton is a great guy. Really loves teaching and completely approachable. The material is tough though, and if you plan on taking 2110 be prepared to spend long nights in thorton stacks working with the TAs on your programs.

Interesting and easy class, you make some cool programs and learn a lot about the basics of Java. Horton teaches everything clearly but you can probably get away with skipping a good amount of classes. Tests are easy and the homeworks don't take too long. The project is interesting too if your interested in writing apps.

Pretty easy class. Horton is good at explaining the material and does a good job of making sure that everyone understands it. HW and tests are straightforward and not too complicated. Only problem is that the grading of homework is ridiculously slow, so you won't get a lot of feedback on your programming for most of the semester.