Reviews of professor Gillian Smith

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I've worked with Professor Smith on several occasions now and each one has been a delightful experience. Whenever I had a problem both academically or externally, she was there to assist and advise me, going the extra steps to set up ISP's to help me pursue my dreams. Her teaching methods are slightly unconventional, but certainly in a good way.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Smith's class was ungraded, so we told her what grade we believed we earned at the end. That immediately reduced any stress about programming! Her follow-along lectures were worth attending, and the term-long group project was the best learning opportunity. The lab and reading assignments were not nearly as useful in my opinion.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Phenomenal professor! She took a completely ungraded approach to programming which I really enjoyed! This approach not only made it easy and accessible to learn how to program, but encouraged learning from my mistakes in my learning. Also no exams or quizzes! Instead we had to reflect on our ability to program! I wish I could take her again for CS!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Smith and her ungraded course made me learned so much more compared to normal graded classes. She is the go-to professor if you want to learn a lot of knowledge while also not getting stressed in the term.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was a waste of my time. The lectures were completely unstructured and all we learned to do was draw and animate things. I can see the appeal for un-grading for those who are less driven to learn, or get anxiety from grades, but I really felt like the whole class was more about the reflections than actually learning code in useful ways.