If you have to take CIS, take it from Bair

cares whether you get it or not, but tests are hard

This instructor actually seems to care whether her students are learning.

Lectures are actually interesting

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Tests were harder than the lecture would suggest

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She did a good job, and it was very nice to have a female CIS prof.

I thought she was tough, but a good teacher. Willing to help and move at a pace that is comfortable for her students.

Great teacher, explained everything thouroughly - which helped a lot with assembly language and such. And she's VERY willing to help students

Gives out more As and Bs than any other CIS200 instructor. Twenty years in industry and really knows applications. Still excited about computing, too. Available for student appointments outside of office hours.

This course is hard if you miss a lecture but the in-class practice and prof bair's explanations really helps a lot. Sit up front, too. The room is huge and you get very sleepy in the back.

extra credit? this is college. I appreciate when I don't have to compete with whiners who think grading is a negotiation. good teacher, no surprises, do the work and get through. cripes.

CIS 200 is very time consuming, especially the labs. However, if you go to class, you don't have to study much outside of class. The midterm and final were a bit hard, but overall the class was easy.

She was a bit clueless at times esp. with her grading of project assignments. Good attitude though and I did enjoy the class more than most that I have taken here at OSU.

She was a very good teacher. Probably the best in CIS 200 level. Reccomend getting her over any others.

Very thorough in her lecture discussions and very helpful & available when it comes to providing help outside of lecture. She also has a very cute smile.

Easiest class I have taken so far was her CIS 200 class. I agree with the person who said cute smile, and beyond that she teaches the subject matter very clearly and seems to just wrap you into what CIS is all about. I highly recommend!!

She taught the class well and made it easy to understand, although her quizzes seemed to be a week to early for me everytime. She had a pretty nice bod for being well into her forties.

She's a great teacher who knows what she's talking about. She's very good at explaining the material, and I would recomment her over any other CIS instructor.

Bettina is an interesting professor that will keep you awake. I agree with others that there is an issue between what the grader wants and what she expects on the final draft. Exams were fair and came strait from the books and notes.

a very boring class. she did not seem to know much about what she was teaching outside of what was on the slides, and was not helpful at all when looking for advice on the actual project.

Not a bad prof, class is lotta work

This has got to be the easiest class on the planet. Hello? Excel is not rocket science. If you have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time, maybe you should try CSE 101. Bair shows a lot of patience with stupid and repetitive questions from students and she answers email day and night.

Don't have to attend class, you can just read through the cop-ez packet because it contains all of the slides. Tests were semi-hard, but if they didn't try to make them difficult everyone would ace the class. Take this teacher instead of Debby Gross! (Debby Gross is hard)

Very good teacher

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Awesome teacher and class! I learned so much in this class. Bettina is awesome, and really cares that you understand the material.

She is really cool! The course is interesting. I recommend taking her for 616. There is a quarter long project, so take the class with friends, she lets you pick people who you want in your group.

Very helpful and interesting. She really tries hard to communicate the material in a helpful way.

Assembly language classes are not supposed to be interesting, yet this class was one of the few I consistently enjoyed. I got an A- due to low exam grades, but that could have been improved upon if my attendance had been a little better. Her anecdotal references to past programming experiences always kept class fun, and I felt her pace was good.

Very helpful both in and outside of class. She also seems to strive to make the class interesting.

Simple class if you follow instructions and do all the pre-labs. The tests can be hard because using a program and showing your ability to use them on paper is different. Just do all the practice tests and you'll ace this class.

Very charming, down to earth instructor. Very cool. Will answer e-mail day and night. Good instructor who keeps the class entertained. Very willing to help students in office hours and in class. Very straight forward exams. Will not answer homework questions directly, but will give similar examples to the homework. Thanks Bettina.

Not an easy class, must make time for it to learn the new concepts. As far as Bettina is concerned, excellent teacher with a good heart, I admire her work, wish I ran into her for earlier classes, could have made my experience better. Anyway fair minded and then some,the university needs more people like her,and if I may, she is a beautiful woman.

Very cool instructor. Helpful too.

Hard material to grasp in a short time, but she has fun activities and stories and warns/reminds you up front about tough topics. Hope she teaches 560

Bettina was a fair teacher. The course itself was very challenging and she did a good job of explaining things. Attendance was not mandatory for this class, but it is highly recommended as you miss a lot of information if you miss.

Bettina is nice and very personal. She's helpful, will answer all your questions, and is an excellent orator. The class material is pretty simple, unless you absolutely refuse to pay attention in class, or suffer moderate brain damage.

she is very nice instructor and helpful big time in her office hour , i wish if she teach all cse courses.

Easily among the best professors in the CSE department. The lectures were entertaining and well planned out. She is incredibly helpful in her office hours and willing to help the students as much as possible. If you are taking 360, take it with Bettina.

Loved the class although time consuming. She warns everybody of that on day one. However, topics are very applicable to real world

A very challenging class, but Bettina did a great job of keeping it interesting, well organized, and she was always quick to help/respond to questions.

Pretty easy for a CSE class, more like a business class. You have to put in a decent amount of time working on the project but the tests and the homeworks are pretty straight-forward. Much easier then her 360 class.

I just don't understand assembly code at all, but Bettina's enthusiasm really helped. Although I'm still bad with assembly code, taking 360 with Bettina is probably the best option.

Better than pretty much any other CSE instructor you could get.

Bettina is a good teacher who explains things well and has a good sense of humor. Take Bettina if you're going to take CSE 221.

It was an easy class, she explains the material clearly. There is mandatory attendance because of the worksheets in each class but those help you to learn the material, and you only need half of them. I would recommend her for this class

I enjoyed her class. The material, being a lower level course, wasn't difficult and attendance wasn't mandatory so I ended up not going often, but she was very helpful when I did go. Character-wise, Bettina seems to be the motherly type, but is surprising impersonal. Still very helpful though.

Bettina is a teacher with much passion in teaching. CSE 2221 is a fundamental course for CSE students and she can make you love your major at the beginning. The course is a little hard for me but very enjoyable with Bettina. By average 2 homework and 1 projects a week. 2 midterms and one final. Not a easy class but put your heart and you will enjoy

Class average is probably a C+ or a B-. I picked her because she doesn't care about attendance. All the notes and slides are online, and with her, attendance is optional. Her lectures are pretty average, and but she does explain stuff pretty well and stays after class a lot.

Attendance is optional, but as long as you show up you will be fine. One of the good CSE profs.

Good professor. Made a dry subject somewhat entertaining.

Can be a bit condescending at times but is overall a very clear lecturer. You can tell that she's been teaching this course for a long time (and early on she was probably very enthusiastic about it but now just seems tired). The difficulty of grading depends entirely on your graders; mine were super nitpicky about everything. Overall, good class.

She can be a little sarcastic but besides that she is helpful. There is nothing too challenging in this class if you do the work.

One of the better CSE professors, but everything is relative. She has a dry sense of humor and is sarcastic, so that may rub you the wrong way. Additionally, this class focuses basically on straight memorization, and the class requires a huge group project that takes up a ton of time. Be ready.

Bettina Bair is a wonderful person and teacher. Her lectures are very easy to understand because she conveys the material so well. She is very down to earth and easy to talk to. The class itself is not very difficult, though it can be frustrating at times due to the structure of the course. You slowly work on a group project the whole semester.

Must go to class because worksheets are graded (and graded fairly harshly too). Her slides are kind of unorganized and the semester-long group project is kind of vague in its requirements but all that aside Bettina really knows her stuff and teaches it well. She's also pretty funny. Her exams are very fair. Would recommend.

Professor Bair was great for databases! Her humor may be described as sarcastic like other reviewers have mentioned, but if this bothers you, you need to remind yourself people joke in different ways. I thought she was very funny. She was always eager, yet fair, to help any student with a question and very knowledgeable about databases.

The best prof I've had. Has a lot of real world experience and actually cares. She does not do research, her priority is teaching you. Her jokes are hilarious and never offensive as some had said, very friendly. The class is hard but she is probably one of the easiest profs for it. If she is selected for your section congrats, you won the lottery.

Exams were (much) tougher compared to other software 1 professor exams.

One of the best software instructor available at OSU. Her lectures are best quality among other instructors. Her slides cover the material very well and gives lots of hints for homework and projects. Study over slides, do not skip classes, and you will do fine.

Read the book and do the in-class assignments. Don't try to skimp out on anything and you won't even need to go to office hours to understand the material since the feedback on the in-class assignments are so thorough. The material was extremely boring to me but that is up to personal taste mainly.

I really enjoyed having her in class, she is quite sarcastic which i thought was funny and really knows her stuff. She will respond very well to you if you put in the work to do well, but she will be tough on you if you're slacking. Overall she really cares about her students and wants to see you all do well.

Bettina could be a bit snarky and sarcastic/blunt, but she did a great job of teaching and keeping students engaged. The labs are a MUST DO, even though they weren't mandatory they helped a ton with homework, exams, projects. On the projects, make sure you follow ALL of the guidelines and when in doubt, ask the teachers on Piazza for help.

If you get Bettina, you've won the CSE lottery. She really cares about her students and wants you to succeed. She gave us opportunities for extra credit, which she wasn't even scheduled to do. No reading required. Super knowledgeable, and really funny. Exams were fair and easy. If you pay attention in class and do the work, you should be fine.

Professor Bair gives amazing lectures and is willing to help out each one of her students. If there's something wrong with your code, either her or her graders are very good at giving suggestions to your code. Make sure you pay close attention to all of the project criteria otherwise you will be marked down. Overall a great professor.

The class is fairly standardized but she does midterms and finals instead of quizzes which honestly is better. She also offers extra credit on the final which is amazing. Otherwise she is very accessible outside of class and responds to all emails. Lectures can be boring since she moves fairly slowly but otherwise she is great.

Software is a hard class. No matter who teaches it, you're gonna have to work hard for it. Dr. Bair gave great lectures and seemed to genuinely care about her students. She's crazy experienced and kept things lighthearted. But this is not a class you can slack off in. Work hard and you'll get a lot out of it.