Prof. Calliss is a very good prof, very chilled out. But if you are looking for better teach look elsewhere. She doesnt explain very enthusiactically. Maybe thats different 1 on 1. Expects you to have studied at home.

Great teacher. Class is fairly easy to follow, and is very merciful when handing out grades. Don't talk in class, she hates it.

All she does is sit and read the slides, which you can do at home, but none the less, makes a pretty easy class. Though if you took 460, it's a lot of repeated material.

I thought she was a pretty good teacher. Assembly language is pretty straightforward, go to class, read the book, and most importantly - do the assignments and you'll learn the material.

She is a great teacher, always willing to help if you make the effort! I would definitely reccomend her to anyone.

Good teacher I just had some problems with her programs. They take for ever to complete and are worth very little points, but if you do not complete them you will be hurting really bad in the end.

Very easy teacher. Tests were always just over sample programs and other questions. The only annoying part was the number of tests but the lowest one is dropped which is helpful. If you think the programs are hard you should not be a computer science major or anything dealing with technology for that matter.

I ended up with a B almost entirely because of my general laziness when it came to projects. Calliss' lectures are very clear and easy to understand, the tests come directly from sample problems in lecture and the book. The material isn't all that easy, but I would recommend Calliss because she made everything as simple as it could be.

Loved the class, she made it worthwhile. The writing assignments are bs but the class tries to teach you how to right and she gives you a pretty clear guide on how to do well. As long as your project is on task and accomplishing what it set out to, its easy to get a good grade.

The writing assignments are annoying. Working in groups is fun. There are group status reports and presentations to do for the project you're assigned to.

She wasn't too bad for such a hard class. Each lecture had a worksheet to help you understand the lecture as well as an IMPORTANT part of your NOTE. She was helpful outside class ONLY if you are keeping up with the basic materials, otherwise she wouldn't descend to your level. Tests were hard but went along with lectures. Expect a tough class!

Fair teacher for the class. The first 2/3 of the semester was OK, but when it came to hardware most students seemed to have trouble. She never gave good formulas for Qs your tested on. Tests are long & barely enough to finish, much less check your work. I agree w/ last commenter in that she will not come down to your level if your not keeping up.

I had heard bad reviews of her before I took the class this summer of 2009. IMO she was helpful and I am glad I took the class. She did teach the material well and she had open office hours almost every morning prior to the class. She would even see some of my friends after class as well.

If you are having trouble with the material, you might consider dropping out of engineering/CS. This course is not difficult, and her programming assignments are easy(1-3 hours) compared to other 230 professors.

Summer 2010 - Class was easy if you went to class, took notes and did the hw. She would always let you know when she was available and always responded to any emails. She told you when the quizes would be and even offered bonus points. Its a hard class so just stay on top of it and you'll do alright

She is the best programming teacher I have had yet. She actually teaches the concept instead of just going over examples. She expects you to learn and the tests are quite difficult. They aren't overly difficult but are what you would expect from a legitimate college course. I would highly recommend taking her class, but be prepared to work.

CSE 110 was an easy A for me. She tells you the concepts you will be tested on, posts her lectures on BB, and gives you usually over a week for each assignment. Go to office hours as soon as you start having trouble and you'll get back on track. She does expect you to catch on fast, but compared to other college courses it's very reasonable.

Calliss is a bit of a stickler. She can be intimidating, but it usually only because she's had to explain the same concept 100 different times. Her tests and assignments are straightforward, but you shouldn't blow them off. Easy A and guaranteed B if you put the effort in.

She does a decent job explaining the topics, but asking questions is 50/50. Half the time she seems to really try and answer with enthusiasm, but the rest of the time students' questions are met with "I can't believe you don't know this" attitude. Assignments are fair, but pay close attention to details on exams. Trick questions appear at times.

Professor Calliss is quite a challenging instructor. However when you leave, you will most certainly know the material. Especially if you leave with an A or B. I have taken her for 3 different classes and have no regrets. 4th class with her coming up next semester.

It's Calliss. I liked her. But I know a lot of people don't. It's going to be a personal preference thing but I think Dr. Calliss is awesome!

Good teacher with challenging assignments but they really helped learn the material better. Pretty fair grader as well. Not sure why other students didn't really like her, I guess she cold come off a little stern but she was always very helpful and nice one on one.

She is very helpful, tests are fair, assignments were representative of the lectures. She tries to make the classes fun and is very approachable. If you have trouble with this class then programming probably isn't for you. If you show up every day, pay attention, take notes and start on your assignments early there is no reason you wont get an A

I was very pleased with the way Dr. Calliss taught the class. The individual assignments we completely reasonable (almost easy) and I gained valuable insight from them. The group project could be more challenging, depending on your circumstances. However, I felt she was a generous grader through the entire class.

Calliss is a great professor. She might not have the most approachable personality but she genuinely cares and is an amazing teacher. I liked her alot. Lectures were interesting and always had in-class examples to solve together. No real surprises on the tests and the projects were not extremely difficult. I took the class over the summer.

She is an amazing professor if you give her a chance. She doesn't seem approachable at first, but if you show her that you care about the topic, she will help. I never took CSE110 but it was an easy class without it. Pay attention to the lectures and you won't need the book. Start the assignments early, you never know what problems you'll face.

She can be a little over the head sometimes in her lectures. But if you pay attention and not drowned her out then it is possible to catch on. Start the programs the day you get them and it'll help to keep up in what she's lecturing about. She was always helpful with questions if you have them.

We only had 2 classes the entire semester (Day 1 instructions and the Final Exam on the last day of class). The rest of the semester the class consisted of reading 1 chapter of the textbook then taking a relatively easy Blackboard test on that chapter. Sometimes she would just have us watch a Ted Talk and take a quiz based on that. Easy A.

Basically a hybrid class only 1st and last day actually in class. The rest was reading chapters from the textbook and taking quizzes. Because of that textbook is a must. I would take that class again just because it was 20 minutes worth of reading with a quiz. Not much interaction with the teacher but would definitely take the class with her again.

In class, her lectures are very dry and a bit boring. All the notes are online. But she does give occasional extra credit so come to class because you never know when you'll have a chance to get it! If you take the time to see her during office hours and go through practice problems from class, especially as a beginner, you will understand Java.

I really enjoyed her classes. It is a tough subject, at least for me, and I had to work hard to catch up. But it was really nice to see that she was there for me, trying to help whenever possible. Her tests are easy and she gives extra credits for in-classe exercises. She knows a lot about the subject. I recommend her.

Good professor, kind of stand-offish. Just keep up with the class and do all the homework, labs, and projects. 4 tests and a final. Extra credit exercises in class. I just studied her lectures online and didn't go to class but then again I have programming experience. Pretty simple class if you put the work in.

She is a very good reader, and will demonstrate that by reading all her boring PowerPoints in class. Very few things on the test aren't on her PowerPoints, but she brings it up during lecture. So make sure you are paying attention in class, or read the book. She gives in-class exercises (good practice for the test) and we can do them in groups.

Lectures can be a little dry (not her fault, just the content). Not too much of a focus on actually programming, more like the process of programming. In class assignments are rather easy, along with the group project at the end. 5 homework assignments, all fairly easy. Tests are annoying because she asks oddly specific questions.

Dr. Callis is an experienced profressor, and the class is very straight forward with the exception of a few programming assignments at the end of the semester that had vague and sometimes contradicting requirements. The material covered in this class might be boring for some people (including myself), but this is not the professor's fault.

Dr. Calliss knows her stuff but can come off as abrasive. She is way better than your other options, so take her if you can. She doesn't help with grading unless you absolutely can't get the TAs to fix it. Assignments and in-class exers are easy, although convoluted. The tests were tough, because she includes minute detail in the multiple choice.

DO NOT SKIP CLASS lectures are not uploaded and there is not much reference online, therefore, it is really helpful to read the material in the book and attend her office hours. Learning MIPS assembly is really easy but the hard part of the course would be the hardware part its really easy to get behind. Overall good professor and interesting class

The MIPS assembly language programming section of the class was pretty straight forward and simple, however the computer architecture (single-cycle processor, memory hierarchy, etc.) part could have been presented/conveyed a little better. Professor Calliss was lenient with providing extra credit and dropping lowest test score. Overall not too bad.

Class is pretty easy and straight forward. The first assignment in the class threw some people off, but everything else after that is nice and simple. Three tests and a final, any of one of those can be dropped. Unfortunately there are some in-class assignments.

weekly quiz on text book chapter. maybe an hour a week worth of work.

There's 10 question quizzes or 1-2 page essays due every week, but they're super easy because she gives you two chances to take the quizzes (the questions aren't all the same though). As long as you take notes for the textbook each week, you'll most likely do well on the quizzes. She even sometimes puts in an extra question for the quizzes for EC.

This class is pretty straightforward. 10 question quiz every week about the chapter, open book and open notes. You can also take the quiz twice if you don't get the grade you want the first time. This class demands maybe an hour of your time in the typical week, not hard at all

Calliss is straightforward with requirements and expectations. The assignments teach you to code with design elements in mind, and the quizzes and recitations reinforce the material on the exams. The lectures are mainly PowerPoints, so it's important to pay attention to everything else in the course.

While the lectures are not really good (usually textbook slides), Calliss does know about OS related topics. Lectures where algorithms were demonstrated helped, and when short answer questions were added to exams, I was able to do better than just memorizing concepts.

The class is an easy A if you don't blow it off. I put it off to the side and focused a lot on other classes which was a mistake. Easy A if you put in some effort I had to put a lot more in at the end to make up for putting it off. Easy concepts and actual things that came up during software engineering interviews I have had.

Pr. Calliss is a really patient and nice person. Yes she reads from her slides but aren't most of the professors doing same stuff?! Programming isn't easy to teach it's like to learn another language, need to understand and memorize rules. To be honest she makes this class way easier than my CSE110 professor did. Tests are easy and HW as well.

For one homework assignment my word document ended up being very large because of all the scanned graphs I included. I started uploading before the deadline but it was still uploading past the deadline and ended up being late :/ I contacted her and she extended the deadline for the entire class lol If you ask her for help she will help

Syllabus tells you everything about grading. Schedule and percentage breakdown clear and consistent. Go to class; she deviates from other professors, tutors, etc. Well structured course, I am EE and I learned a lot. Very cheeky and sarcastic; some people find this rude but I find it hilarious, never offensive. Very approachable outside of class.

She gets a bad rep, so I was leery of taking this class with her, but I don't know if she changed the way she teaches recently or not. I found her class to be very interesting, and she gives you absolutely everything you need to pass and get an A. Do your work, ask for help, take GOOD notes, and it will be a breeze. 2 note sheets allowed on exam

I truly don't understand the bad reviews on here. I have had Dr. Calliss for both CSE230 and CSE360. Especially 230 has some difficult material and brand new concepts, and she goes over everything very clearly and concisely. I feel that I learned a lot from her class! IMO 360 is a joke class anyways, has nothing to do with how she teaches it.