CS 2330

This is an interesting and overall pretty easy course taught by a fantastic professor who knows how to teach this class instinctively by now. The workload is manageable and quite consistent, so you can definitely plan for the same amount of work each week. The material is easy but it builds on itself. If you keep up and make sure you understand each part as you go along, the material will never get hard. Really it all fits together perfectly and the class itself just makes sense.

Your grade consists of labs which are straightforward gimme points, three midterms which aren't hard per say, but she only gives you 50 minutes so there isn't exactly time to check over your work, a final that can replace all of the midterms (which I thought was easy), weekly quizzes which were kind of a pain, and then in class assignments. This does sound like a lot but it is very manageable. I'm a BACs and took this class because I heard so many good things and don't regret it at all. Dugan claims that DLD is the best class in the Eschool and after taking it, I can say that while I disagree, she definitely has a solid case.

It's an interesting course and Dugan does a great job at lecturing and making things enjoyable. Although the quizzes and sometimes hard exams and studios can be intimidating, this course over all is not a hard course at all. It is not difficult to get an A as long as you put in work. There are many chances to recover from bad quizzes and tests. For example, she only keeps the top 10 quiz scores but there are usually like 15-17 quizzes. So do not feel bad if you bombed a quiz. The same goes for the exams: she allows the final to replace the average of the 3 exams if they are higher. So just make sure you stay on top of things, don't fall behind and put in the work you are supposed to put in and you are good for an A.