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CS 171

Computer Programming I

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Prof: Mark Boady / Year 2019

Aug 22, 2021

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Zybooks is horrible and made the course more difficult than it needed to be. Awful textbook and didn't help much with the material at all. The course would be much better without it

Grade: B+Workload: 5hrs/weekTextbook Use: Yes
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1Useless

Prof: Mark Boady / Winter 2017

Aug 21, 2021

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Pathetically easy. It's so easy you'll get an A+ and learn nothing. It's so pathetically easy that your grades in every course after this one will suffer because it didn't actually do it's job as a prerequisite. The job of a prerequisite class is to teach you important material that can be built upon in future classes. Well, CS171 doesn't do that. If you know how to program, this class is a boring waste of $70 rehashing material you already know. If you don't know how to program, this class is a boring waste of $70 where you learn how to memorize Python syntax, but not actually how to use anything in a useful way. If you don't know how to program, then every single CS class after this one will be a living hell because of how useless the material in this class is. Don't worry, you'll get an...read more

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If you actually want to learn computer programming, don't do it here. ZyBooks is a waste of money. There's better material on Google to learn how to code for free. If you're a CS major who knows how to code, RIP. Take your easy A and get it over with. If you're a CS major that doesn't know how to code, take free coding classes online at the same time. Take CS171 to get through the prereq. Take online coding classes to actually learn the material so you don't fail your later courses.

Grade: A+Workload: 2hrs/weekTextbook Use: Yes

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