Reviews of professor Patricia Duce

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By far the best class Ive taken in 3 Semesters.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The start of the semester went relatively well; however, as time goes on Trish will grade harder while teaching less. She spent half of the last week overing info that noy only wasn't in the final exam, but was inaccessible to those that didn't have a Leetcode premium subscription. If you have questions, be prepared to be told to read the textbook.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She teaches lectures by reading the textbook, barely explains any of the concepts and is unable to explain her own examples of code, as well as she's super unhelpful if you email her asking for assistance. Lots of homework with little to no support. Be prepared to teach yourself intro CS. UM seriously needs new intro CS profs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She only reads screenshots of the book off the board, fails to explain anything properly, and was grading harder and harder as the semester went on. I've literally never seen her code in person and she seems to have trouble even explaining her code herself. Literally everyone I have talked to hates her class. Good luck if you decide to take it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class is very unorganized. There was one class per week and two optional labs for homework questions, and there was no way to check attendance. At the class she presented a powerpoint that vaguely had to do with the homework. We basically taught ourselves through her homework website. It was an awful experience and now i have to retake it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The course focused on control structure theory. Homework was based on 6+ prog. languages from 6+ website tutorials. I might've learned more had there been an algorithm textbook about one language. Writing whole programs during class wasn't effective, so I took notes. Trish taught me to code, but in too many ways. Should I code in Java or Python or?