Reviews of professor Austin Bart

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Bart made this class a very good introduction for people who don't really know anything about computer science. Very friendly and passionate about the content. Lectures are more focused on the collaborative/community aspects of CS rather than course content. Had condescending comments here or there but approachable overall. Super reachable too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Only problem I really had with him was sometimes I felt like there was too much work to do in one week. But even then, I would always get the work done well and on time. He is fairly accessible outside of class and very helpful when you need it. Exams are super easy if you do all the work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is definitely condescending at times but only if you are asking dumb questions. He is the best computer science professor I have had. There is one homework a week and it is pretty easy. I am surprised with how structured this class was considering this was the first year they taught TypeScript. The final project was DIFFICULT.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Bart is a solid professor who really does care about his students. CISC108 is a lot of work, some of it is easy but all very time-consuming. Highly recommend utilizing office hours

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Online textbook for 108 is set up very well so if you stay on top of the assignments, you'll do well. It's easy to get a good grade if you get the assignments done early and give yourself time to ask any questions. Bart can come across rather condescending and passive aggressive when you ask him a question, as if he feels you should already know.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took Honors 108 - Easy class but could have learned everything online. Lectures and labs are useless but attendance to them is mandatory. Bart himself is arrogant and has a huge ego. Acts hostile to students who ask questions and expects us to know everything already. Also makes you use his awful python libraries he designed himself for some reason

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Lectures and discussions were almost completely useless, most of the class it taught through the online textbook. I found the exams to be quite easy and Bart did seem to be very helpful when asked questions. The online textbook was a bit of helpful and homework was also very easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Bart was a great professor! His lectures were easy to follow and there was plenty of practice for the concepts we learned on BlockPy (which he created). I already had programming experience before this class so it wasn't hard for me, but even if you are coming in with no experience, you'll do fine if you do the work and practice the concepts.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The best way I can describe him is the kid in high school that got bullied and now takes his anger out on students. Very condescending and passive aggressive almost all the time. 108 is an entry level course, but he treats it like a postgraduate course. Not bad at teaching, but his attitude is terrible.