Reviews of professor Tamara Rice

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Enthusiastic and caring but a tough grader. Often on assignments where I got an A-, the only feedback would be "Great work!" The material itself is tough if you have no coding or design experience. Projects are heavy. She makes it sound like you have a ton of time but underestimates the time needed. Crucial to ask for help when you need it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Rice is a very demoralizing grader who gives unfounded feedback and makes very little effort to teach the material. Most of the coding in this class had to be self-taught and was much more than a no prerequisite class should have been. I think the material is great and could have been super interesting and taught well by someone else.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall, Tamara is great. She knows what she's talking about for the most part and it's clear that she really cares about her students. She's definitely a tough grader. I've spent hours on projects for her class and still don't make A's. She will definitely make you work for a good grade, but is nice and genuine. I would probably recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tamara is great. You will work a lot in this class, though. It felt harder than some of the more advanced coding courses at the J-school. Tamara will help out and give you a lot of resources to succeed, but don't expect an easy A. She also provides a lot of professional examples and brings cool guests to the class. Great intro to coding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Tamara is amazing! Through the stresses of remote learning, she has managed to teach a really engaging class, and she is very caring. Like another review said, she addressed every student individually with such kind words at the end of one of our classes, and it was such a genuine moment. While she is tough on grading, her feedback is very good.