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My completed classes
Info, thoughts, and other fun stuff about classes I'm done with. Yay.
15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems
January 17, 2006 - May 8, 2006
Lecture: TH 9:00 - 10:20
Recitation: M 10:30 - 11:20
Frank Pfenning / Yongjun Jeon
Professor is decent, but I've learned that I cannot stand systems-level programming. The class itself is well-structured, and the assignments themselves are interesting enough. Overall good course.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
15-312 Fundamentals of Programming Languages
January 17, 2006 - May 9, 2006t
Lecture: TH 10:30 - 11:50
Recitation: W 12:30 - 1:20
Robert Harper / Jake Donham / Dan Licata
Type theory, proofs, merging code with logic. Amazing, and amazingly fun, but also amazingly hard. The BEST TAs ever, seriously. Also the best CS class I've taken at CMU, by far. Amazing professor; take it with Bob Harper if at all possbile.
Target grade: B
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
21-301 Combinatorics
January 16, 2006 - May 9, 2006
MWF 11:30 - 12:20
Thomas Bohman
The professor is a little out of it, but he's smart, and knows the stuff. Class is okay, but gets harder as it goes. Not a big fan of it, but meh.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
62141 Black & White Photography I
January 19, 2006 - May 3, 2006
MW 1:30 - 4:20
Emily Rafalak
Yay photography! I really enjoyed this class... it's more an introduction to different photographic styles and darkroom usage than anything though. Take higher photo courses if you want to get really creative.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
80-180 The Nature of Language
January 17, 2006 - May 15, 2006
TH 1:30 - 2:50
Mandy Simons
Interesting material, but I'm not sure how much I like this class. The professor is kinda meh. She knows her stuff, but her teaching style and classroom management leave a lot to be desired.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A-
Final grade: A
18-100 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
January 18, 2006 - May 15, 2006
Lecture: TH 3:00 - 4:20
Recitation: M 12:30 - 1:20
Lab: W 6:30 - 9:20
Thomas Sullivan / Sarosh Talukdar / Jenna Fu / Arti Thumar
Was interesting enough. Robot construction is rather fun. The class itself is pretty well taught. Even though I'm not an engineer (by any means), I did enjoy this class.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
99-305 The Year is 1905: e=mc^2
January 18, 2006 - January 18, 2006
W 6:30-8:30
Gregg Franklin and Indira Nair
The course material is interesting enough, and the professors are extremely knowledgable. However, the course itself wasn't interesting to be, probably due to the way it was structured. Dropped it.
Dropped Course
36-225 Intro to Probability and Statistics
August 29, 2005 - December 19, 2005
MWF 9:30 - 10:20
Oded Meyer
Professor is very fair. Good lecturer. Good class. Highly recommended
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
21-241 Matrix Algebra
August 29, 2005 - December 13, 2005
MWF 11:30 - 12:20
John Tolle
Insane teacher... was kinda unreasonable at the beginning of the semester as far as homework went. Got a little better. Fairly easy class.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A-
Final grade: A
21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions
August 29, 2005 - December 13, 2005
Lecture: MWF 12:30 - 1:20
Recitation: TH 4:30 - 5:20
Jack Shaeffer / Brian Seguin
Great professor. Really knows his stuff, and good at explaining it (along with deriving everything). Very easy class.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A+
Final grade: A+
76-239 Introduction to Film Studies
August 29, 2005 - December 9, 2005
MWF 1:30 - 2:20
M 7:00 - 10:00
Jeff Hinkelman
Fun, but a lot more work than you might expect. Not a class for those looking for unit padding... expect to do actual work.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
15-212 Principles of Programming
August 30, 2005 - December 20, 2005
Lecture: TH 12:00 - 1:20
Recitation: W 2:30 - 3:20
Stephen Brooks / Joseph Liu
Insanely difficult, but amazingly rewarding. The best programming course I have taken thus far at CMU.
Target grade: A
Midsemester grade: B
Final grade: A
33-104 Experimental Physics
August 30, 2005 - December 8, 2005
TH 1:30 - 4:20
Kunal Ghosh / Soma De / Jonathan Stahlman
The professor is great! Very enthusiastic about physics and gets you excited too. Good at explaining experiments and concepts. The *best* course I have taken at CMU, hands down.
Target grade: B
Midsemester grade: A
Final grade: A
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