Reviews of professor Therese Smith

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class taught me more about how to google than systems. She was not helpful in learning how to code in C or C++, the TA often had to fix the mistakes she made in her starter code. The good news is you can submit homework up until grades are due in bannerweb, and she'll give you infinite attempts to resubmit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great lectures, lots of energy, lots of good advice etc. Overall good professor. Would sign up again!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Likely the most disorganized teacher I've ever had. For the amount of work she assigns, you'd think we'd be learning something useful. Lectures consist of her reading the homework problems and explaining nothing; often refuses to actually code. Then again, all of her starter code has had issues, so who knows if she really can code.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Confusing syllabus, programming assignments are poorly chosen. Lecture is full of confusing and downright terrible analogies. But a very kind and caring teacher who puts immense number of hours on Zoom helping her students. Of course she wouldn't have to if she could teach a little clearer, but she truly does care.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Assignments were just creating board games in C/C++, much more of a self-learning class with her just regurgitating the documents put into Canvas, but she's gone so yeah