Worst teacher ever!! Very unapproachable, not understanding about anything.

OK. I must say that I love programming. I still love programming even though I think this class was a total waste of time and money. Grading in this course is very unfair. Hopefully FSU will get a better instructor for this course.

horrible teacher!!!!!!!!!!!

worst class and teacher ive had while at fsu

I took this over a 6 week session during summer and it was terrible. REMEMBER: You can test out of this at the FSU testing center. I recommend you try the test before taking it because the first time is free. The class itself was elementary(assignments are formatting font, margins) I got an A- just ignore the teacher's attitude and you'll be good.

This professor is easily the most obnoxious person I have ever met. Not only is she RUDE to her students and UNWILLING to help, but her classes are boring and painful. In 10 minutes of class, 44 students walked out of the lecture. That should honestly say it all. DO NOT TAKE A CLASS FROM THIS TEACHER.

She is the worst teacher I have had at FSU. She never shows up to class, therefore her TA's teach...and they don't help you learn anything. It's useless to even show up for this class. Might as well take it online. Also, when it comes to test review time, they don't help you review at all in their "review sessions" and the tests are hard!

Worst teacher I have ever had. Made a 22,000 word study guide and got a B on the first test. After complaining to her about this she says "well I wouldn't get an a in quantum physics if I studied that much". This is CGS.....

extremely patronizing. going to lecture is almost pointless. and just remember "YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED IT IN 3014"

Easily one of the worst professors at FSU. Lectures are disorganized and useless. Assignments hardly pertain to lectures in class. Rude and degrading. Tests are borderline impossible and dont reflect your knowledge or ability to program. According to TAs and tutors, her view of programming is archaic at best. TAKE GAITROS OR NOT AT ALL FOR COP3014

Don't take her! The programs take forever to do and depending on how picky the TA you can still end up with a bad grade with a working program. Also, her tests are extremely difficult. I would avoid at all costs!

One of the worst professors I have ever had at FSU. I walked away with an A in the class, but that doesn't change the fact that her lectures are awful, she doesn't give a hoot for her students, and is extremely condescending. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.

She is a terrible teacher. She will not help you if you ask her, she will just tell you to go to a ta and ask them and they are not that helpful either. Her lectures are useless and you don't learn much from them. Most of the people that passed this class are people with prior coding and I was not one of them. Stay far away from this teacher!

Tyson is not a really good professor. Attending her lectures does not help you on the project. Her Exams are difficult and ridiculous. Avoid Tyson if you can!!!

Tyson is a horrible teacher. She only lectures off of powerpoint slides. The 6 projects she has you complete or extremely hard and she provides no assistance. Her exams are unbelievable difficult. Not a beginners course for sure. AVOID HER!!!

Ridiculously impossible class. If you've been programming since you were 12, a CS degree at FSU is perfect for you. If not, don't even bother because the CS education here caters completely to people who have years of experience - Ann Tyson herself proves this in her classes. This is evident in her impossible programs and exams. Good luck.

reads line for line from powerpoints and doesn't give any help on the programs.

This woman is absolutely ridiculous. Her poor teaching style and general lack of interest in her students' success is simply appalling. Lecture is a waste of time, do not go! Her voice is so obnoxious and the material being covered rarely pertains to the current programming assignment. Tests are impossible but the programs are not too difficult.

Worst professor Ive ever had at FSU. She has no interest in the students whatsoever. If you get sick or have any issue DONT expect to get a deadline. I was really sick with high fever, couldn't move. Got an excuse and she answered that my excuse was fake, when it was from FSU itself. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR BY ALL MEANS. Grade depends fully on your TA

Wow, what can I say? She is flat out rude, cannot teach, and absolutely horrible with student feedback. Along with her poor communication skills she lacks student compassion and understanding. It makes sense now why the course is so difficult, Tyson is one of the two authors in her required text. The course is awful, and she is awful. AVOID

Horrible teacher. Makes class seem almost impossible and doesn't help with programs. Lectures are pointless and don't help. Her voice is incredibly annoying. Exams are impossible and not like the practice exams. AVOID!

doesn't answer questions at all

Absolutely terrible. Just reads off the powerpoints and doesn't explain the material at all. Don't bother asking her for help, she'll just tell you to ask your TA.

If you can avoid taking the class with her, do so. The textbook used (which she wrote) hardly helps and lectures get dull after the first 30 minutes.

Horrible professor. Had known C++ prior to taking this class and the way it was presented to new students was abhorrent. She lacked the patience to help students and made learning an interesting topic convoluted and difficult. AVOID IF POSSIBLE

Do not take this professor, whatever you do. This year is her first year back after 5 years of retirement, and has only taught our class for a matter of two weeks total. Our TA has taken over the class while she's been gone for unknown reasons, and it has been very, very difficult to understand. Please take another professor by all means.

Insane amount of workload and self reliance for a beginner level programming course. Professor does not teach just has TAs lecture on material that is almost impossible to understand unless you have coded for years before. Has you rely on TAs which are extremely harsh and inconsistent graders, who get frustrated if you dont understand something.

WORST PROFESSOR OF MY LIFE!!! I will never take a class from her again. She taught maybe 2 lectures for the first three months of class and had her TAs babble about the rest. Absolutely NO passion for teaching, probably wants to see everyone fail. This is not a class for someone who has never taken programming, even tho thats what its for...

Was not very helpful with students. She recorded her lectures months before the semester and talked so quiet that you couldnt hear what she was saying. The class average for each assignment was always lower than a 60. She gets her graduate student TAs to try and explain instead of talking with her personally.

Probably the worst teacher/professor Ive ever had. Lectures are long and drawn out. Not helpful to students and no set rubric is given before submitting assignments. On the last three assignments I lost 10 points each time due to poor style? Never take a course taught by this woman!

She has lost her care for teaching I think. Lectures are long and completely monotone, she has no respect for her students or leniency for any situation. I got a professional coder to tutor me and was averaging Bs so take that as you want when it comes to her grading. If you can find another professor I suggest it but if you cant its bearable ig

This class was literally insane for an intro class, if you want to get an A on programs you'll have to pray for a TA that is semi-decent and lenient.

First of all she doesn't do any work besides recording the lectures. The TAs run everything in that class for the most part and if you try asking her a question she will give a one word answer and it will most likely be no and you'll receive no help. Go to your TAs with any questions. Make sure to watch her lectures at 2x speed or youll fall asleep

Ann Tyson is one of the worst professors at FSU. She grades nothing and doesn't teach anything herself and relies on the TA's. The class is split so everyone gets varying grades depending on if you get an easy TA. She didn't do one zoom and is super disrespectful to her students. Overall 0/5.

I got stuck with a very harsh TA, I had a friend in the class who had a different TA and they got barely any points off for the exact same things that I got tons taken off for

If "uncaring" was an option, I'd click it. I have been having panic attacks daily and have unrelentless medical bills coming for hospital visits and therapy. I had to work during an exam time to make rent, and pay bills. Got a zero on the exam. I understand that I'm an outlier, but I wasn't going to end with a C, so I just dropped and pay it back.

Professor Tyson is very rude and not understanding at all. Don't expect to email her without getting a rude response, doesn't matter the topic.

She was rude in all emails and was very condescending. The video lectures are boring with awful quality. The TA's taught more than she did, and even then it was not enough. I would never recommend this class to anyone.

Would not recommend. Teacher didn't assist in virtually any way, TA's lecture, reply to questions and grade all assignments. There are video lectures available that she posted, although not necessarily helpful. Aloof and standoffish when directly having questions asked by students. Harsh grader that gives impression she doesn't necessarily care.

The TA's in this class are the lifeblood of it. Ann Tyson herself is truly not a good professor at all. The TA's do 90% of the work, with Prof Tyson only lecturing. She is not accessible outside of class for help unless your question is specifically not about how to code. On the up side, she does seem to like the idea of coding, sometimes.

If you can avoid taking her class, please take anyone else. She is extremely discouraging and wont even take questions during lecture.

I would avoid taking this class unless you have prior programming experience unless you want to spend a lot of time studying and rereading the textbook. Professor Tyson was quite nice in person, but over emails can be quite harsh and condescending. She is also hard to reach outside of class so most of the assistance will be through TAs.

This class is organized poorly. The content of the lectures doesn't align with the projects that you will be working on and professor Tyson is unavailable outside of class. She makes the class way too hard for an intro level course that doesn't expect you to have any prior experience with c++.

If you have no prior knowledge of programming this class is going to be very difficult for you, Tyson does not go over the basics. Professor Tyson is not understanding for those who are struggling and have less experience. I would not recommend this professor at all and would change my major before considering having her as a professor again.

This was a very difficult class and I have never been happier to end a semester. Tyson was not good at covering the criteria and it is very easy to fall behind. I would not recommend this professor and if you can avoid this class please do.

Professor is unresponsive to emails and is the embodiment of the Karen.

Does a poor job of lecturing. Grading split is atrocious; the midterm and final exam are worth 40% of your final grade, which is quite nonsensical given the nature of programming as being an applied skill. Places way too much importance on topics that have little prominence in the corporate world. I love CS, but absolutely avoid Tyson if possible.

I came into this class with background experience in CS and despite her grandstanding on how the professional CS world works she clearly has little to no experience. Assignments are made difficult by arbitrary requirements that you would otherwise never use. Harsh grading, snarky emails (if you can get in touch) and worthless lectures top it off.

Professor Ann Tyson is hands down the worst professor that I have ever had at FSU. Her projects are very lengthy and she grades way too hard. The lectures will not help you very much to get through the projects. She offers little to no help and you will have to rely on the TAs for any assistance.

It stinks that she is the only one who teaches this course required for CS majors. Her lectures are virtually meaningless. Get used to being friends with your TA, they are much more helpful than her. Do NOT ask for a grade change, as she will use it against you by sending a mass email to everyone in the class about you asking.

I had to switch out from her class after week 2, she is nothing short of confusing and VERY rude. Have fun reaching her outsideof class because she will NOT answer you, on the first day of class she already yelled at 2 kids in the span of 5 minutes.This was my firsttime learning coding and I was so excited just for her to completely ruin everything

Terrible professor that only reads off of PowerPoint slides. She sends rude emails when asked for help, so TAs are your lifeline in this class and often have to pick up Tyson's slack. You will have to teach yourself everything, so this class is unnecessarily difficult for an intro class and made several students in my section drop it.