Prof. Jensen provided the most clear explanations and examples I have ever seen from a professor, in a class (Formal Languages and Automata Theory) which did not lend itself to simplicity. Her grading policy was not quite accurate (each randomly graded HW question was effectively 2% of your grade), but the midterm and final were very fair.

She definitely cares about her students. She made the class interesting and gave good examples, but do not rely solely on lecture, make sure you read the readings. Only take this class if you are willing to put in a lot of time because its very doable with a little work and time.

She's really awesome. Explains stuff really well. Doesn't want her students to fail. Gives you many chances to earn extra credit points. I actually learned a lot in this class.

At the beginning of the sem, I did very poorly in the class and blamed it on the lectures, but kate j is actually a great lecturer. No attendance, but I never did any out of class reading bc I learned it in lecture. The exams take a lot of time, but she offers a lot of extra credit. The class is hard but if you do the work you will get a good grade

She taught everything as clear. Her quizzes were so quite easy as long as you do homework. Final was quite similar to all quizzes. I would recommend this class if you really wanna know what's the basic math in Computer science and prepare for the upper computer science class.

She is a fine teacher, she does explain things clearly. However, with a 2.5 hours lecture, it is almost impossible for me to understand everything. She has weekly quizzes that are not hard unless you don't do the recommended exercises. Take-home exams are quite difficult. Final is easy. Definitely not an easy A class but possible if you work hard.

Kate Jensen explains abstract concepts extremely clear, excellent lecturer. Lectures are helpful and very intriguing. Kate knows what's up.

My first computer science class and she was able to explain all of the topics in a way that made sense. She makes you work hard but it helps to understand the topics and is manageable if you take time to do things. Labs weren't bad and the projects were tough but enjoyable.

Kate does research in theory, so this class was her specialty. Personally, I found her lectures quite useful. I read the textbook to truly understand the material. I will say that her late policy isn't ideal. It's a 0 for late work... But she drops your lowest hw. She wants you to be successful. She worked with me for an hour during her office hr

Kate's lectures were pretty fantastic. While you can probably skip and just read the in the book, you will be sure to understand the concept after a lecture. Instead of big exams, she opts for weekly quizzes that keep you on track the entire semester. This is a great decision, IMO. Although, the final was a lot harder than she made it out to be

Great teacher, really understood the material in depth and could explain it well. There are quizzes every week, as well as assignments every other week. Honestly, if you show up to class and read the textbook you'll do just fine.

She is a great lecturer. Good understanding, good way of teaching, good design of course. Her homework may be tough compared to other instructors, but overall I think she is great.

Kate is a great lecturer and she seems like a really nice person overall. She does a good job of explaining the concepts and seems like she wants everyone to do well. My only complaint with this class has to do with the grading, which is done by the TAs, not her: the TAs are EXTREMELY picky. Make sure you justify everything on the homework.

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Pretty solid professor with good sense of humor. Not a fan at all of the heavy focus on theory with no implementation/practical aspects, but I hate theory with a passion so may be biased. Great explanations and good at answering questions in class. Solid choice but if you dislike heavy theory/abstract focus maybe stay away for 4041.

Kate was my first professor in the CSCI department. She is so excited about the material it makes you want to be excited about it too! She's quirky and sweet, and forgets what she was going to say sometimes, but it just makes you remember she's a real person. Her tests and homeworks are hard, but it's all with the intention of you learning.

Lectures are usually pretty similar to the textbook, but she lays things out a little more clearly. Start homework early since it takes some time, but they're reasonable. Tests are SO much easier than the homework - she really sets you up for success. Gives random extensions to homework sometimes. Loved being in her class.

I took this as a freshman so I struggled. The quizzes are tough but you get notes and the questions are normally from the lecture. Kate is a great prof, she cares about her students and is always there to help. She made my 2.5 hour night lectures actually go by quickly, she definitely helped me get through that class. Began failing ended with A's!

Lectures were clear and well taught. The cut off for an A (not A-) was 95 which is too high but the cut off for a B (not B-) is an 80 so the system hurts or helps depending on what you're ok with. Prof Jensen is a very approachable and nice person and she clearly knows the topic so I would recommend taking her.

Weekly Quizzes, but you get to drop lowest two quizzes. Lectures were for the most part useful. Discussions for the class were sometimes more useful and they are required.

One of the best professors I've ever had. Her classes aren't going to be easy, however she explains things very well and very approachable for questions. She teaches 4041 with a theoretical approach so there isn't any coding involved, but you'll still be writing pseudocode. This is a difficult course, but you'll learn a lot.

Discrete mathematics was not the most interesting topic but she did a really great job of bringing enthusiasm to her lectures. Reading the book and doing the exercises will make quizzes and tests pretty easy.

Her lectures are clear; I really like her style of teaching. She obviously has a passion for math and that makes her lectures more enjoyable. The class was based on 4 tests and a quiz each week. Kate is a gem, take 2033 or 2011 with her if you can.

Kate is simply amazing. The material is not easy, however she is ALWAYS willing to help, answer questions, be available outside of class, etc. You are gadded on quizzes and tests with a small discussion portion. WORK HARD early on in the class, you will thank yourself later. READ THE TEXTBOOK before class. This textbook is the best I've ever had.

Prof Jensen was clear in lectures and made Linear more interesting than you would think it would be. Tests were straight forward as long as you do the assigned problem it shouldn't be difficult.

Kate is a gem. She is one of those people who are hilarious without even trying. Her tests and quizzes are very fair and you will do well if you do the reading and pay attention in discussion and lecture. Although 90% of our grade was midterms and quizzes, you got a note sheet and could drop the lowest midterm and lowest 2 quizzes.

It's easy to tell that Kate doesn't care to put in much effort outside to lectures to help students. But, her lectures have a clear structure and are easy to follow. Most problems on tests and quizzes follow lecture material pretty closely. Course material is pretty simple and actually super fun. Not the greatest as a person, but great at teaching

Lectures were always fantastic and helped with understanding the material. Prior to the online class switch, everything was easy enough (weekly quizzes). With online learning the switch to weekly homework was considerably more work (50% more for me), but it was still manageable. Exams were fair and having an exam drop was very useful.

Class is graded by weekly quizzes of 2-3 problems and 4 exams where you are allowed one sheet front and back with notes. If you do the assigned problems and show up to discussion the class isn't too bad. When switching to remote learning, the class got harder because the quizzes were turned into weekly homework assignments with 10-12 problems.

Kate is a great professor. her lectures are very helpful you

Kate is clearly passionate about her class and the content she teaches. Not only does she teach the material well, but she offers an intuitive perspective. Absolutely charismatic. She is very engaged while lecturing and may occasionally gloss over something not obvious to the students, but never hold back from asking questions.

Kate's CSCI 2033 was one of the more difficult classes I've taken so far, but the material was well explained and her grading policy (1 of the 4 exams is dropped, along with 60% for a C-) cannot be beat!

Kate cares about teaching the material properly. If you try to scrape by memorizing the material, you will not do well. The homeworks are harder than the exams.

You can tell how intelligent prof Kate is by the way she speaks. She is extremely thorough in lectures which is a blessing if you're leaning discrete math. She works through plenty of examples. Problem sets were due Friday (carve out 4 hours to complete) and moderate difficulty weekly quizzes (no tests but final). So sweet! I looked forward to lec

As people have mentioned, her lectures are good. However, to do well on quizzes you will you may have to read the textbook. There is weekly homework (which is hard) and if you go for help, most TAs give vague hints. Both the class policies and Prof. Jensen are pretty strict. Tip: Do as many as recommended questions as possible.

I loved Professor Jensen's lectures. I think she made Discrete Math really interesting. Besides lectures though, she was very strict outside of class. On our class Piazza page, she gave very vague answers to questions posed and refused to give us information about the final exam. Overall, though, Prof. Jensen is a solid choice for CSCI2011.

Kate is a good professor, but I felt that the quiz questions were not written clearly enough and the majority of learning happens through your homework. The homework problems are sometimes hard and sometimes easy. She gives very nice, detailed explanations in lectures and she is very friendly. Make sure you start your homework early and take notes.

People will always complain about a wonderful, caring, and brilliant professor. Prof Kate grades harshly on homework but is honestly super lenient on exams (midterm). Best option this sem but still a tough class.

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I really like Prof. Jensen. Every interaction I had with her was respectful. Her lectures were clear and easy to follow. I think her rating is heavily dragged down by the course she teaches, CSCI 2011. Its the hardest math class CSCI students have to take early on. In the online format, it was difficult to get help in the class. Not enough TAs.

I really enjoyed this class with Kate. I think some people may be more frustrated with the content than with Kate herself. Her explanations were very thorough and clear, something I valued greatly. Both reading and watching lectures was very necessary which I think was lost on some people. Prerecorded lectures worked just fine.

Kate is a fantastic example of what you want in a Computer Science professor. She cares about students, has great lectures with examples that are very easy to follow, and is very good at creating quizzes that reflect going above and beyond. I did have to work harder than I expected, but nonetheless a great professor in a great class.

Professor Jensen was very down to earth and intelligent. The class itself is pretty confusing but I thought she taught it fairly well. She did not post the lectures or have a good policy to deal with if you got sick and missed assignments. Doing the assignments early to get help is my recommendation there is at lease two a week.

I took my first level 4000 comsci class with this professor and although she definitely aspects you to take her class seriously, and do the assigned readings and problems, after having a mental health episode she went out of her way to accommodate me and made sure I could continue her course, something many professors would not do.

The class follows closely along with the textbook. Lectures were much more digestible than the book and cleared up confusing parts. Midterms and final were 75% of grade and were overall not that bad. All tests are open notes which made them a lot easier. The professor was very approachable and helpful during office hours.

Kate gives amazing lectures, knowledgable, approachable, and very on top of things. The grade is 75% on exams(open notes) and 25% on assignments, grading scale curved so 60% is C-. Homeworks are challenging and midterms are fair-difficult. Course is content heavy, lots of textbook reading and note taking.

Such a good and smart prof, I really enjoyed her class and thought she was great at explaining difficult concepts. You have to go to lecture and read the assigned textbook sections. Going to her office hours and the discussion wont hurt either. Do not expect to get a good grade without putting in any effort. 100% would take another of her classes

I liked her lectures because she would write on the whiteboard and explain things step by step. HOWEVER, no notes were posted so you need a friend. Homework every 2-ish weeks (didn't grade too harshly). 5 ish weeks before the end of the sem, our class went online. TA's weren't very helpful for hw bc even they didn't get an answer key...

Prof Jensen does an amazing job of bringing the course material to life, always going out of her way to clearly break down complex concepts, then illustrate their purpose and relevance. This makes understanding the course content easy for students who put in the effort to. Fair warning, though, students who just blindly memorize do very poorly.

Loved her made me like CS shes a very good professor only problem is there are a lot of projects but thats not her fault.

She teaches at UW Madison now - I took CS220, and she is amazing. Very funny moments in lecture with her, she's super down-to-earth and helpful. I had a special project and she went the extra mile to help me figure out how to start and continue. Her lectures were organised and explanatory. 10/10 she inspires me to minor in data science