Always open to questions and teaches lectures with a cheery mood. Makes jokes along the way to keep students interested.

Very good lecturer! A very discussion-oriented lecturer. He's also very understanding when it comes to grading.

He actually cares about helping his students. If you don't understand something and express that, then he will go out of his way to help you understand it. He encourages students to go to his office hours if they need help. Will give coding examples in class for further explanation. He is clear in his explanations. We didn't use the textbook.

Dixon is the man. He teaches what you need yo kno and goes over coding examples during lecture for further practice. Weekly homework are a little challenging but him and the TA's are very helpful if you go to their office hours (there are many). The midterm should be fairly easy if you pay attentio in class and practice with the HW's.

Professor Dixon a pretty good lecturer, always answers questions even if that means explaining it different ways. He keeps the mood of lectures pretty light, with a joke here and there. Very helpful outside of class, definitely go to office hours if you are having trouble with anything. Especially with projects, he'll help clear up any concerns.

He teaches you Everything you need to Know. He is very patient with his students, Always ready and willing to help. I can't think of any reason why I won't want him as my professor ever. Professor Dixon is Greatttttttt

Dixon is a good lecturer and provides a lot of examples in class. Be warned though, 202 is much harder than 201. His slides included less coding examples compared to 201 and projects include materials that you aren't taught in class. He's prepping you for 341, so expect projects to be harder. Project grading by TAs vary due to subjectivity

I had him for 201, which is a pretty easy class in general if you know even the bare basics of programming. I would recommend that if you program already you take the class anyway because it is an easy A. Class aside, Dixon is a really good professor. His lectures are engaging and the grading system is extremely clear.

I didn't know an ethics course could be this good. He gives engaging lectures with humor but doesn't try too hard to be funny. He does demand a lot as there are 4 sizeable papers due throughout the course and in-class participation is worth a significant amount of your grade, however, as this is standard across ethics courses, take it with Dixon.

I received a C in CMSC 202, though I was 4 points off getting a B in this course. I reviewed any wrongful grading from any of his TAs, and I requested if he could give me 4 of those points back. However, he said that I have to retake this course this Fall. This shows that he actually cares about you since CMSC 341 is a continuation of C++ language.

Amazing lectures feel like great conversation w/ a guy who truly loves this stuff. Easy labs, avg exams. Easy projects but for 1-2 hard parts each. Earlier you get to those parts the earlier you can ask for help. He's accessible, chill, & WILL help you short of doing it himself. Made me feel like I can succeed & I need more of that right about now.

Professor Dixon is funny and makes the lectures entertaining and relatable. The class is difficult if you are not experienced with programming, but he does a great job of teaching what you need to know.

Professor Dixon was a great professor. His lectures were good, and he would always show live-coding examples to demonstrate the use of what he's teaching. The projects were fair and really help reinforce the important topics from class. His lectures were very interesting. Exams are fair, some information isn't on study guide, but they aren't bad.

Projects/labs are difficult & requires a lot of work but its do-able. prof Dixon is funny and tries to make lecture interesting. Pay attention in class because it will help when doing projects and labs. The TA's who write the exams are ridiculous and they are harder than they should be. But the prof overall is good at explaining concepts & is funny

Professor Dixon was solid. His class was hard but he tried to explain things. The projects were kinda hard but do-able. Again, office hours were more helpful but not a bad professor overall. His lectures were funny and not dull.

Difficult class, but Dixon is fair and is knowledgeable. Tests/Final are weighted heavily so be sure to study hard for them. Go to office hours for the projects.

Im talking about Dr. Dixon outside of his courses. He knows the computer science undergraduate program like the back of his hand. If you have a sub-par advisor, go to Dixon. If you have a bad professor go learn from Dixon. If you dont know which movie to see this weekend, go to Dixon (Honestly, i dont know if im joking on that last one). He is bae.

Prof. Dixon is a really great choice for 202, he gives engaging lectures that provide a foundation for learning key concepts to computer science and helps visualize them with live-coding examples, giving you all you need to know. Very open to questions and gives thorough explanations to help you understand the content better.

It's a writing-intensive course so def get help from the writing center. there's mandatory peer review but if you're not a strong writer you'll need help. 4 papers, the last one should be 15 pages. the discussions are really interesting and you get points to participate. one midterm and it was based on discussion topics so pay attention!

Professor Dixon is a nice person! You can always talk to him, and he does care about helping his students. This class is super tough. Incredibly difficult material and this class assume you know C++ quite well! This is by no means a beginner's class. You need to be experienced at C++ do even get a B, and a lot of outside help will be needed.

Excellent Professor. Class is very organized. Fun projects that reinforce important concepts. If you put in the time to understand the concepts, this class is an easy A.

Prof. Dixon's lectures were always helpful, most of the time, necessary for you to know what to do on the projects. The class is HW and Project heavy but he tends to really help you out. I went to him outside of class and I honestly though he was helpful, but he was just too intimidating. I preferred going to the TA's for help in that class.

This is a very fair professor. He makes sure that plenty of help is available for every student. The lectures are understandable and helpful. He provides PowerPoint slides for every topic. Exams are difficult but doable. Projects are easy if you put the time in. This course requires a LOT of work. Overall, would highly recommend.

I loved this class because of how easy he made it to understand and get help. Uploaded lectures to youtube and used discord for students to ask questions and get help quickly. TAKE HIM

Jeremy's lectures are extremely well managed and presented giving you an easy reference to any topic you learn in class. Projects take considerable time but extensions are given 2-3 times per semester. Make sure you study for the exams as you will need more than what you code for the projects. Also go to the online office hours they help a ton.

he didn't have any live classes during COVID, which came across as lazy to me but i guess that could be a positive to you if you don't want to interact with your instructor. grades took forever

Dixon is the best choice for 202. He's the course chair and gives great help on projects (and the TAs) if he's available. He teaches in a way that is really easy to understand fairly difficult concepts. And with the move to online, he's been super accommodating. He's great but the class is not easy, start projects early and take good notes!

This class was taken during COVID. The class was completely asynchronous but the recorded lectures were excellent. This class is a lot of work but it's spaced out well. Dr. Dixon really wants students to learn how to code in this class and cares about the students' learning.

Tight, well-structured class. Watch lectures on own time, labs in class (2.5 hours to do 6 problems with groupmates) on material. Projects are relatively interesting, 1+2 are basically problem sets, 3 is group game dev w/ db + web framework. Exams are basically solo labs and brutal, but doable. If you have time + money to take, more than worth it.

Professor Dixon goes out of his way to help students succeed. His lectures are well organized and he explains things very well.

TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! He is very knowledgeable on C++ and is very dedicated to helping his students. If you are struggling to understand he will help you! Responds to emails quickly. I learned a lot in this course.

Dr. Dixon is a good professor. It's fairly simple to get a good grade as the class is out of 1000 points with the breakdown being 50/50 test and project. As long as you start the projects with adequate time, he is willing to help you through the project. The tests are slightly finicky, you have to know how to code and not have an IDE tell you how.

Professor Dixon is by far one of the best cs profs i've had. When teaching, Dixon would make difficult topics so much easier to understand. His projects were hard but doable and fair b/c he'd teach the right material to prepare us for the projects. TAKE HIM!! Although 202 is generally a hard class, Dixon makes it easier! Hope I have him again.

Since CMSC 202 is a gateway class, it means to be hard. Prof Dixon really cares about his students, he also tries his best to help. He would love to answer questions during the lecture, and he explains the concepts well. Start the projects ASAP. Dont wait until last days to start it bc OH is always full on the last two days.

Professor dixon did hands on coding while in class that had to to donwith upcoming projects and hws and would send students the code for reference in you own assignments. Great experience

For people reading these reviews, they are slightly valid. He's generally very good but the couple of times I have gone to office hours and he helped me he was slightly condescending. I usually get help from the TAs because of that. He is good at explaining, he tends to get frustrated if you don't understand it right away in his office hours :/

I had Dr. Dixon for CMSC202 and thought he was really great. He's a really smart, funny guy and clearly cares about the success of his students. 202 has a negative reputation because I think it's when a lot of students realize the computer science major isn't what they expected, but Dr. Dixon is as accommodating as he can be for a course like that.

Dr. Dixon gives really good lectures and slide shows to study. The projects are pretty well designed and do a lot of the teaching themselves. I never really needed any help so I can't comment on how office hours are. Parts of the exams didn't really test understanding but aside from that the class was great.

I took his scripting languages course to pick up credits over the summer. We did group exercises and projects in perl, python, awk, javascript, and other languages. More than any course, 433 with Dr. Dixon emphasized practical skills that are directly applicable in the workplace. He gives insightful, direct and meaningful feedback on work.

I took Dr. Dixon's ethics course and it was really fun. We had a lot of stimulating group discussions about ethical topics in computing. The course ended with a final paper (1500 words) on a topic of our choosing. He allowed a degree of flexibility on topic choice and I was able to write about something that really interested me. Excellent course.

Attendance not taken.Lecture helpful/organized,explains concept->codes it out.Labs short+easy.Projs long,dont procrastinate(offers extension+EC).Exams hard,use practice guide+PPTs(gives points back if TA grades wrong).TAs/prof accessible via discord office hrs.Try to ignore bad/bias reviews.Pretty sure ill get an A.Take him if u can,i recommend.

Prof Dixon is a man, Helpful and his projects aren't too bad, Lots of people don't like him but don't want to actually put an effort into learning stuff. Cares about students, though he can be passive-aggressive that's just him being him and is a super dope guy, his youtube videos are good all you need to study for exams.

Dixon is the best 202 professor. His lectures are engaging and he has passion for what he teaches. The things that are wrong with this course are that the projects are not very well structured and are often not easily understood and that he is quite rude in his personal office hours. Study for exams with worksheet + powerpoints, and OH for projs

Cool dude, hard class but not his fault, will be hard no matter who you take but his lecture videos helped a ton and actually knows the curriculum and topics in and out. a vet in c++ and makes all the projects and exams so he can help you off the rip with those, also curves a good amount end of the year

Fantastic lecturer, which in a fully coordinated course, is the only thing that really matters. Projects are challenging but not excessively hard. You can take him with confidence for any courses he is teaching.

One of the best professors I've ever attended a class for. Well experienced in the coding industry, professional and concise in his explanations, and regularly helps out many who have questions at the end of lectures. Even designs the projects himself for us to make. Genuinely would recommend Dixon when going into 202.

Professor's lectures were mostly easy to clearly understand, except in some of the more esoteric content, which just became confusing. Professor was extremely helpful, understanding, and friendly in office hours when asked for help. Assignments are extremely crushing, however.

Prof had good lectures to understand the material, but it can go a bit fast in the coding section of them, so the projects and labs is likely where you will learn the most. The projects were created by him, and were interesting to make! Project rubric could be vague or conflicting w/ test case sometimes, but is fixed after first few days of proj.

Office hours were held in discord during Calc3 time, which many people could not make. Besides that the class is dependent on you understanding what you did on the projects, even then you will get a C on the exam unless you somehow are a goat in C++. The exams are very rough and you will need to start the projects early. A true test of independece.

very hard class if you don't have experience in C++. Exams are a nightmare though, but if you do well on the projects, you can pass with a B at least. Professor is good, very helpful and understanding in OH. Most of the T/A's I went to for help weren't helpful, so recommend computing success center and Dixon's OH if you need help on projects.

Dixon is great. The class itself was never too bad and he was a very good lecturer. The projects are hard at first (or at least were when I took the class) bc you have to implement dozens of test cases later on. Obv every cs major has to take this class, i wouldn't worry too much if you get dixon

This is the "weed-out" class of CMSC, so expect it to be difficult. Dixon is effective and fair. BB course is very organized, has video lectures, slides, and live coding for each topic. He explains concepts well. Just don't procrastinate projects, and start studying for exams a week in advance.

Absolute GOAT. He made CMSC202 super fun. He makes all the project, and every project was so intuitive. He teaches so well and answers every question so fluently. I have just finished my 2nd semester and I can confidently say that he is the best professor I have encountered at UMBC so far.

He's THE BEST professor to go with for 202. His in-person lectures were fast-paced and difficult to keep up with, but I found going over his prerecorded lectures and code videos helped reinforce topics. Exams were brutal (class average was next to failing), so start proj early and do well. Take advantage of extra credit and office hours.

Fast lectures, if you go to office hours often then you will be fine. You need a B for CMSC majors, and I recommend to not underestimate the exam difficulty, study for the exam a week ahead and get ahead on the projects because they aren't easy either. Stay in office hours constantly and ask any question during lectures, he will answer.

I failed my first time. 202 is brutal by design. Class is in C++. Dixon is a good lecturer, great at answering questions. Very wise with C++. I do believe he cares about his students in a tough love sort of way. 5 projects back to back, 2 weeks per. 2 midterms on paper. If you can legitimately pass this class, you're meant for this stuff. If not...

Lectures were great, some were fast paced, but much better than average. Live coding examples very insightful. Online content was invaluable. He's very caring/empathetic but understandably has to assert his boundaries. Projects were cool (criteria too vague) and exams fair, but answers really should go on same page as questions. Overall: 9.2/10