Professor Otten Reviews
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Prof: Otten / Fall 2021
Apr 2, 2023
Overall, the course was manageable. You just have to make sure you allocate enough time to complete each assignment. One thing I like to follow is to look at the assignments when they are posted and think about how much time it might take you. The course-load, in my opinion, was moderate. It can be boring at times but I think office hours can help if you ever feel like an assignment doesn't make sense, but make sure you just get them done on time, it will help a lot. This is one of those busy-work courses but it's very easy to get an A if you stay on top of things.
There were maybe 2 essays, 2 discussion boards, 10 quizzes, and a few misc. course-related assignments. The content was kinda useful, it wasn't something you will definitely need in your CS career but its mainly based on ethics. I found some assignments and content interesting and others not much. You will need the textbook for quizzes but its not bad. I took this course 2 years ago so things may have changed, but usually the general idea of the course stays the same. Not sure about the course-load and content, but its a decent course to be 100 level and starting out with CS, I reccomend getting it out of the way asap:)
The professor was good, the lectures can get a bit boring but he's funny and clearly cares about his students and always is lenient about grades and due dates
Nothing too crazy so it was a nice starter CS course, have fun and hope this advice was helpful!