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Very hard class and the professor didnt make it any easier. I am not a computer programming major, but had to take this class. Professor assumes we are all masters at programming, so she breezes through concepts. She does all the easy examples in class, but gives super hard problems for homework. Hard to see her notes in class cause of small font.
This professor is terrible. Nobody ever knows how to do the homework she gives and its 45% of your grade. Her and the TAs do not explain how to do the homework and do no similar examples in class. She makes it seem like the concepts are easy, but they are actually super hard if you've never taken a computer class before. I would avoid taking her.
She's a decent professor. She responds to emails very quickly and is willing to help you if you seek it. Lecture is fairly boring, she often either gets off topic or goes into a useless amount of detail discussing the theory of ideas and puts everyone to sleep or confuses us more. HW projects are way harder than in class examples. The TA's suck too
Lectures are super long & boring, and I actually enjoy programming. She breezes through the code she writes in class without explaining what she's doing, assumes everyone understands, & gives homework that is way harder than the lessons. She goes off on tangents a lot & goes into too much detail on unimportant things, making lectures more confusing
Lectures are extremely long and makes it super complicated to understand. She differs to much from the actual lecture, which makes the lecture a lot harder to understand. The homeworks SUPER difficult to do, and the midterms are IMPOSSIBLE to do! I would avoid at all cost! I'm currently not passing the class, so think twice if you want to take it!
Sharanya made this class sooooooo much harder than it needed to be. I was extremely interested in programming and excited to learn going into this class but I ended up skipping most of the lectures since they felt like such a massive waste of time. Even when I do go, the examples she gives are much easier than the hw (which is impossible). AVOID.
This class is extremely difficult if you're not a computer science major. I'm currently struggling A LOT with this course. She's a good professor and she cares but her homeworks are extremely difficult. The TA's are nice but if you have no idea what programming is like they're useless. If you're not a computer science major, AVOID HER!!!!
Creates the most hilarious homework assignments ever!
I came into this class with experience in programming and this professor makes it twice as hard as it needs to be. The homework assignments are really difficult compared to the examples she goes over. I found the lectures useless. Would not recommend taking this professor. Just seems like they hired her because she has a degree.
She gives extra credit out like it's nothing, the 3 tests are 115 points but she only grades it out of 100, and the homework assignments also have extra credit parts. Her lectures and the recitations are okay but not great, though. If you practice coding outside of class or have programmed before, you should be fine.
Great teacher. The nature of comp org 2 just makes the class super hard (unless you like assembly, bless you), but Sharanya makes the process so much better. Will ALWAYS reply to emails, and seriously cares about her students. Go to class, its just fun. She makes lots of jokes and tells stories. Dont be afraid to miss a few classes though!
Dont let the COP3014 reviews discourage you, people just get mad cause they come to college and realize Comp Sci isnt for them. One of the best Ive had so far in terms of fairness. Class is super hard, homework is even harder but she grades well, for a C student to be able to get an A in one of the most difficult classes that says something.
Average in terms of conveying information during lectures. Doesn't thoroughly explain much, but her slides are full of info so if you take notes and review slides, you're fine. Jokes around a lot, too much time spent on tangents and stories about grad students. E.C. opportunities. HW reasonable, projects range from easy to insane, exams reasonable.
Solid teacher, and the class itself was a breeze as there was so much extra credit given that I finished with over 105% in the class and had never known what programming even was before taking it. Test were easy and the hw varied, but were mostly on the easy side since everything was show in class and you only needed to slightly modify it.
This teacher should be avoided by all non-programming majors. She is very nice, but the class is kind of like a weed out all the people who weren't meant to be computer majors class. It is very very difficult if you aren't in the major because it requires so much unnecessary dedication for an intro class.
In Comp. org 2 you will be forced to teach yourself. For 80% of the class we were forced to waste time listening her to talk about things not related to the class, and then she will try to make you fail the class with very hard assignments and test not covered in her lectures.
Attendance isn't mandatory, but I highly suggest going. I took COP 3014 with Melina Myers and I had to drop it because I didn't think I could get a C average on the exams and chose to retake it with Sharanya and I understood more of the content taking it with her. Her Spongebob references are silly and it lowkey kept me more engaged.
The expectations required of us were not clear at all. The class was hw/project heavy and lectures don't help at all so pray for a good TA and/or teach yourself it. She failed to come through on her promises of grades being in before tests several times throughout the semester. Wouldn't have done as well if I didn't really want to learn C++. 3/10
she is a nice professor. She did give extra credits throughout the sem. I agree her homework was the hardest thing to conquer. quizzes were easy. lectures were okay, sometimes boring. But her notes are the way to score an A. Exams were hard but her grading was good. one where I thought I would fail, I got an 84. final grading will be easy! believe
She teaches you a lot of code but learning with her is very discouraging. She tends to go on rants promoting elitist culture in the software development industry which strays from actual class material. She does a very good job at making you believe that you have to fit a certain mold to be successful. Aside from that, if you study you b fine.
Sharanya is a spectacular person but as a professor, she shouldn't be teaching. The executable file that was given for the projects always have problems. Lectures are boring and she does not know how to effectively teach the material. She takes months to grade the homework and the test. If you hate Sponge bob memes, you will hate this class.
Sharanya is easily the worst professor I have had in my entire undergrad, and this is really saying something. She is not only lazy in grading (you will never officially know your grade) but in providing her students with correct project executables that arent littered with errors. Little to no teaching is done to prepare you for the subject matter
Ineffective, doesn't care. Anywhere from 1/2 to 1/3 of class is her wasting time on a level you've probably never experienced before. Lots of cringe references and garbage rhetoric no one in the actual programming world agrees with. If Greg the TA taught the actual class instead of her it would have been ten times better. Avoid if you possibly can.
She took eight weeks to grade a test, canceled about six classes, and does not provide feedback on graded assignments. No wonder they gave her low level classes for fall 2019. Do the extra credit And go to recitation and read the book. Easy A, except you wont learn anything from her.
She is a cool person but not good as a professor. She got severely sick near the beginning of the semester which caused her to cancel class a lot, or have a TA (Who admitted to being poor at lecturing) fill in. The exe files were usually incorrect and it made it hard to test your projects. Tests weren't too hard. Wouldn't recommend taking with her.
By far the most caring, outgoing, and brilliant teacher. She is very informative if you have any programming questions talk to her. Explains things in great detail and is very patient with you in case you don't pick up the concept right away. This class is extremely hard and time-consuming but you will be a better programmer and student.
She is a nice person, but not a solid teacher. I thought it was supposed to be an intro class, but she taught it like everyone knew what they were doing. For just starting programming, the lectures don't help at all considering her notes on the power points aren't good. I would recommend office hours highly.
She understands her stuff but as a teacher cannot convey it clearly. She punished our class for finding her homework online and made a new harder homework for us. Consistently fell short and shes a tough grader. She also takes over a month or more to grade anything.
if you do really good on the assignments (45% of grade) but dont average a 70 on the 3 tests YOU DONT PASS. this is not an intro class. i came in with no knowledge of coding and ill admit i learned a lot, but the way the class's set up (spoken lectuire and actual hands on coding oncehow coding should be taught per week) you teach yourself
Sharanya knows her stuff, but is not good at teaching it in lecture. She will help you if you go to her office hours for clarification. You need a 70% average on the tests to pass, and they can be hard. I came in knowing another programming language, but you need to teach yourself a lot in this class. Do your homework as they are 45% of your grade.
Took an absurdly long amount of time to grade materials. Was never in class half the time and did not teach the material well
DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH HER. Do yourself a favor and take the COP3014 and COP3353, yes it is two classes but they will actually teach you the correct material and help you when needed. I took this class and taught it to myself, with no prior knowledge of coding, introductory course my butt. Had to take 3014 and 3353 anyways and I have A's in both.
The class was tough but overall I enjoyed it. She's super helpful and will answer as all your questions thoroughly. Tests are a bit tough, but nothing you shouldn't be prepared for (there's study guides with topics). Lectures are a bit loaded, but it's expected. Basically, do well on homework, start programs early, and ask questions before tests.
Copious extra credit, but also extremely difficult projects and tests -- both her and the TA's give no freebies in the grading. Entertaining during lecture because she's very knowledgeable, but it's hard to learn from her lectures. Much of the exams and projects will not mention specifications said in class. Very helpful, but not good at teaching.
The teacher is good at teaching, but is non-malleable when it comes to assignments. The course I had want difficult due to having taken one before at a different school, but the program she had us use is shotty at best. The program saved several versions of homework causing me to send the wrong one, and when I discovered it I wasnt allowed to fix
Very knowledgeable professor
Go to office hours to get help. Class isn't enough
So i took an accelerated computer science over summer because i thought i would be bored in a pandemic but my god i didnt know i signed up for hell. The homeworks are so hard the TAs literally cant even do them. The test so hard that it takes her 4 months to read the code.
Took over summer 2020 online. I had no previous experience with coding going into this class and learned a lot. Sharanya blamed our class for her medical problems saying "I've been pulling 20 hour days every day including weekends to get grades out as quickly as possible". We ended up taking the final without knowing our test 2 grade. Unacceptable
This class seemed fine at first, but the homework eventually got to a point where it would take me countless hours to get it done, and I'd still get a mediocre grade, which was overwhelming considering there was one every two weeks and you'd only have a few days to work on it. I was incredibly interested in coding but this class killed that for me.
Sharanya is very hard to understand. Her lectures are hard to follow and her accent doesn't help. Her course notes are very hard to read through since her thought process is very jumbled up. All that really matters are the homework assignments which are nearly impossible. TA's are little help and you're only given 15 minutes for office hours.
Just don't even think about cheating.
If you take COP 3014, avoid Sharanya at all costs. Her class is unnecessarily difficult and annoying and requires an absurd amount of time. She speaks to her students as they already know what she is talking about and in her office hours she gets clearly gets aggravated by students who are confused. Not to mention she is awful at grading/her job.
This class does NOT feel like an intro class. It was absurdly difficult and time consuming and Jayaramans attitude did not make it any better. The homework is impossibly unless youre IQ 10000 and the TAs arent helpful. She was also very slow at grading, which made it hard to have a clue of what my grade even was.
Her lectures are more boring than they need to be and her teaching has taken all fun out of programming. She is an awful grader and my class took our final exam without knowing the grades on our final two homeworks and our 2nd exam (there's only 3!. You will never get let into her office hours and when you do she'll yell at you for being confused.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Out of my 7 semesters at FSU, I have not encountered a course or professor who is so immensely inadequate at delivering a course to students. Professor Jayaraman has a fascination with students "cheating" and spends more time antagonizing students than providing support or grading assignments. Listen to all the negative reviews!
She is an okay professor at best but with the various homework assignments she gives us like we are expert programmers having to wait in office hours for hours is horrible and she is a very defensive person if she feels attacked.
Yeah she isn't the nicest and she is clear and to the point. She is helpful through emails and office hours, and she will explain things to you a million times. There is a TON of EXTRA CREDIT. 800/700 HWs, 175/100 quizzes, 350/300 exams. If you can't pass this class with flying colors with all the ec, then nobody can help you :/
She isn't very nice but there is a TON OF EXTRA CREDIT. This class is a lot of work but if you email her and go to office hours and take advantage of the extra credit, you should be more than fine.
Not gonna lie, I picked up the concept of programming really well but, the assignments she gives are hard for no reason. She would make us do these lengthy math problems within our code when this is supposed to be an intro course. The concepts of the assignments was harder to grasp than the programming itself.
She takes forever to grade the assignments, yells at you for asking questions and never actually answers it. Her quizzes are not hard but you only get 20 min and either a 0 for not doing nothing, 50% for attempting and 100% for getting everything right, not in between. Be ready to teach yourself and dont leave assignments for the last min.
This was my first CS class ever (no prog exp before) and I just choose the major because I wanted to get rich. If you want to just get through it (fullfill a req for a non CS major) then pick an easier prof. But if you want to learn alot (it'll be very hard) than take her. I got betw. an A - B- (grades not in yet for final exam). Homework HARD!
Literally the worst professor I've ever had. Won't grade anything until like 2 weeks before the end of the semester so you never know if you're doing anything right. Do not take.
This was one of the hardest INTRO classes I have ever taken. I understand coding isn't the easiest thing to do but do not take this professor unless you like back-to-back projects and quizzes and tests. I couldn't focus on other classes cause she gave so many projects with hard prompts and then would make you feel like an idiot in office hours.
It was alright. It's a hard course. My advices: Find a study buddy. The homeworks are hard, you have to go to office hours to understand them. Do not skip lectures. Code alongside her while she's teaching. Use the exam study guides.
Sharanya is easy to understand but the course material and assignments are quite difficult. Plenty of office hours and you will need it. She definitely has mastery of the information but it will require a lot of work on your part and communication with her to do well in this class. Semester shortened in summer and absolutely wouldn't recommend.
The class was okay but a little boring. As long as you do the sample problems, do the homework, and try on the tests to get at least a 70, you should be good. Office hours are important for passing if you've never coded before! Also start early on the homework!
It was definitely a little difficult to get into the groove of things with almost no prior knowledge in programming. I would strongly recommend going to her office hours whenever you get stuck on a homework problem as she will explain or lead you to a solution. Overall a nice class where you can learn if you try and pay attention.
Be ready to teach yourself. Don't come in expecting to actually be taught to code. Rather you'll be taught esoteric minutiae of com-sci. She will teach you to code a hello phrase and expect you to code a search engine on hw and tests. Quizzes every day in class that have nothing to do with what she taught. The recitations and TAs are useless.
Professor Jayaraman seems intimidating in class, but she's an excellent professor who treats her students fairly. She's tough on her students and assigns a lot of work in order to help her students grow as programmers. Attending her lectures is a MUST. Her online notes don't show students how to apply the information, so you have to watch in class.
She words stuff terribly on tests and quizzes so that you get them wrong. take her. tell me im wrong you won't.
Worst teacher I've ever had in any subject, hands down.
I would avoid this professor at all costs. She gives at least 3 assignments that take in her mind "30-45 minutes, but in reality take around 3 hours each. She WILL NOT grade assignments and give feedback. She is not helpful in office hours and It seems like she makes every effort to make her class as hard to pass as possible.
Protip: DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. The best way to describe Sharanya Jayaraman is that she's an intellectual clown with a stick up her bottom. She cares more about catching cheaters then caring where out careers will go. I could honeslty write a 1000 words about her, but just remember. This class is purposely hard.
Worst professor of all time, and that is not an exaggeration. You take 3 exams all semester, and if you do not average at least a 70 on all 3, you fail the course. The home works take hours and you still do not figure them out, she makes them super super difficult to the point the TA's can't even figure them out to help us. Terrible...
She tries as hard as she can to help her students NOT pass her class. If you're looking to fail out of college, take her class.
Easily the worst professor I've ever had in my life. She does not care about her students at all, and she thinks she's the greatest person on the planet. She barely gives partial credit, and if you do poorly on a test but do well on the homeworks you still fail the class. Do not take her!
Worst professor Ive ever had! This was my first computer science class I had ever taken and I constantly felt so behind and lost during lectures and assignments. I attended office hours with Sharanya and the TAs, where I left more confused than before I met with them. All of the assignments and daily quizzes took up hours of my time every day.
I have NEVER had a worse professor in my life. Homework and tests are ridiculously hard, to the point where her OWN TA's don't know how to help you with homework assignments. She is THE MOST inconsiderate, unhelpful, and unforgiving professor and person I have ever met. Don't make the same mistake I did and take this class. You will fail.
Professor Sharanya is passionate and intensive with Programming 1. Be prepared to word hard and learn a lot. Writing code IMO is only half of the course curriculum. You need to know how to solve problems in writing and then translate that into code. I definitely recommend taking COP 2258 or a problem solving class before this one.
She cares more about potential cheating than providing any feedback; almost no grades were entered before the final exam. She's also rude to people who ask questions during lecture. She'll admonish you for not knowing the content already/not remembering small details. The class isn't hard though- there's just a lot of content to learn.
This class is definitely hard but it's not anywhere close to impossible. The thing I disliked most about this class was the method of grading Prof. Jayaraman used. She wouldn't grade anything until the last day (I mean, literally, the last day before letter grades are due). She gives extra credit. Just do all of it and you'll get a good grade.
She belittled you for asking questions, talked down to you, believed everyone was dumb and didn't grade anything till the last week. She gave tons of work, which is definitely effective at teaching the material, but way too much sometimes. Plenty of extra credit opportunities and is definitely possible to get an A, but you'll have to do work.
She does not give any feedback on your work and is a very harsh grader. She only graded the first 3 assignments we did and then waited until the day before grades were due to grade the rest and many barely passed. No one knew grades until after finals. 3 hw assignments a week and take hours. Quiz in class daily. Bad at giving instructions.
Legitimately rude to students and makes the class unnecessarily difficult. Gives everything on a 2 or 4 question assignment. Most disrespectful and unapproachable teacher ive ever had.
Professor Jayaraman was ok, even though she was not good with grading assignments on time. The lectures were pretty informative, but you learn more from doing the homework and practice exercises than you do in class. One thing that pissed me off was that the tests were on paper, even though it would be much faster and easier to just type it out.
She speeds through lectures, gives a ton of homework, and barely released any grades before the final exam. The class felt incredibly rushed. But it's doable and the homeworks were graded less harshly than I expected. People describe her as rude but I think she's just very straightforward and doesn't bother with niceties.
Professor Sharanya with no doubt was one of the toughest professor I've had in my academic life, she pushed me to me to my limit, but that's what makes her so good! She wants to make sure you develop a good foundation in C++ which is essential for your path in CS. Furthermore she truly cares about her students, and bc of that she pushes you.
Very pretentious and unpleasant. Insane amounts of work, and didnt grade anything until the last day grades could be submitted. Constant quizzes and extremely hard homework. Dont take this class.
Very hard teacher but very open to students coming to office hours. If she has not released grades on something if you email her you will get a response of about where you stand in the class. I liked her mostly cause i had to actually try in her class.
Sharanya is a genius, she has absolute mastery of her subject matter. 3 exams and ~ 5 homework assignments make up 74% of the grade If you do every homework assignment/practice exercise, you will succeed. Beware: do not send another student anything related to the course, this will result in a -1 letter grade immediately. -2nd time taking COP
Be ready to get a useless study guide for your exams, you need to prepare all the stuff you learned in class. Be ready to have three assignments to turn in in the final week. WORST TEACH EVER
Great Professor. I wish I still had access to her office hours.
She does not grade the vast majority of assignments until after finals. She expects us to spend ten to thirty hours per week on this three credit-hour class. I do not know my expected grade, but it is likely on the line between a D and C, and I would've like'd to know where I stand prior to the drop deadline. Good luck. Be scared to ask questions.
she doesn't grade anything until the last day and assigns huge projects last minute. we went 10 weeks without a single assignment and then she gave a huge one. on tests she asks hard programming questions and then says that we should know how to do them. easy a but you won't know what's going on grade wise until after grades are due.
Class was supposed to be about devops but we didn't do anything about devops at all. it was all basically about the Python environment. SHe also gave really weird quizzes that had niche answers that didn't agree with slides (when they were even in the slides). Tests were easy but the coding questions could get hard. Backloaded homework assignments
If you have to take COP 3014, DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Homework is impossible and take 15 hours of banging your head against a keyboard to solve. Teacher is sarcastic and rude to students. Tests are pretty hard but doable if you study. Doesn't grade anything until 3 days after the semester ends. Worst class I've ever taken by FAR!!!
She's not easy professor, but it is possible to get a good grade in her class if you actually do your work. There are 5 major projects, 3 test, and weekly exercises. I used the TA's when ever I had ANY question. They're the reason I passed the class and actually understood the material.
Professor Jayaraman is an outstanding Professor that will go above and beyond to teach you all the basics of programming. That being, expect to attend office hours if you are confused during lectures since she may be overwhelming for new coders. However, if you survive her teaching methods and practice enough, you'll never forget her teachings.
Professor Jayaraman helped me understand the basics of Object Oriented Programming and how they relate to Data Structures. Their lecture was concise, and the class examples were excellent. However, it can get a little overwhelming if you don't have your foundations from 3014. Nevertheless, she is eager to help students during her office hours.
Absolutely loved taking her class. The homework assignments, while challenging at times, are given with ample time to complete. The guidelines for the assignments are very clear and lay out the point value for everything. As long as you show up to lectures and actually put effort into the course, the class should be easy enough
She is so incredibly rude. She goes at an insane pace, which is almost impossible to keep up. The homework is so much harder than in-class examples. The tests are doable but on paper, so its very difficult at times. Avoid her.
If possible, don't take her class. She has very little respect for the students and would rather spend time catching cheaters than actually teaching. This is a computer science class but the exams are on paper which makes no sense. Also takes forever to grade and you won't know your grade because she doesn't do it on Canvas.
Professor Jayaraman is incredibly rude and condescending to students when they ask her questions. The examples provided in class do not prepare you for the difficult programming questions you are asked to solve on the homework. The exams test how good you are at taking tests under a short time constraint, rather than how well you know the material.
her objective is to get you a low grade, then goes on rants about how its "just a number". she laughs at students when they get confused and says she doesnt want to "waste her breathe" on questions. if I hadn't been coding for a while this class would be unnecessarily difficult because of how bad of a teacher she is.
Professor Jayaraman teaches as if you are one of her peers. She always responds to her students with a condescending tone, she spends more time on catching cheaters than she does helping you understand the material, her homework is also extremely difficult. Easily one of the worst professors in the CS department, avoid this class if you can.
She is extremely rude and condescending towards her students when they ask questions, she puts more effort into catching cheaters than helping you learn the material, Her homework is extremely difficult, and she just seems to have a lack of respect towards her students which makes her class really intolerable, avoid this class if you can,
queue the Spongbob adult nostalgia, the professor goes deep into the logic/syntax of C++ and the material is throughly covered. the on-paper tests are graded lightly/fair. For the HW's, start early and go to OH's. The worst part of the class is probably the 1-2 month delay in grades. (still missing like half of the grades, days after the finals).
This class is amazing for anyone who actually cares about computer science. Lectures are thorough and interesting, and homework is challenging but not impossible. She really cares about preparing cs majors for the rest of college. With that said, if you do not have coding experience or you don't care about comp sci, this class will be difficult.
Overall, I really liked her lectures, and I had a lot of fun doing most of the homework problems. I was able to get a high A in every exam without much studying. Granted, this was only because I paid close attention during the lectures and was thorough in the homework. If you don't do both, you will probably have a hard time in this class.
Sharanya is an amazing professor. She prepares you very well if you are taking further computer science courses. If you show interest in the course, then you will go far with it. Plus she is very funny and likes to make Spongebob jokes.
Great professor. Homework can be hard but tests are fair. Also, she is very funny.
There's around 7 coding assignments through the semester, and they started to seem way out of scope of what she taught in class. This was my first experience with programming so I think her teachings were okay enough to follow. There's mandatory recitations that are completely useless. Some of the projects contain a bonus part for extra credit.
- Extremely condescending and rude, even to students who have legitimate questions during lectures - As of finals week, she has only graded and returned 2 assignments that were due at the beginning of semester - Her sense of humor is displaying the same SpongeBob jokes on the screen during lectures Final Rating: AVOID!
You have to get an average of 70% on her midterm and final to pass. The class is fine, she values attendance way too much and the HW's are not easy but doable. The test requirement is absurd. I could theoretically get a 0 on my final tomorrow and pass with a C but I need a D to pass. Hardest tests I have taken. This class should be two classes.
She is the worst. I don't have grades from the beginning of the year and I'm sitting in the room to take my final. There is no feedback from assignments and your are going in blind for every test. The homework are so much more complex then what she teaches in class. Also, the TAs cant help you with the homework because they dint know how to solve
Sharanya is an incredibly knowledgeable professor, and treats you with respect so long as you give her the same respect. She makes her classes difficult for both assignments and exams, however she does not try to fail you as she gives lots of partial credit. If you attend lectures and pay attention, you'll learn the material and pass the class.
It is past finals week, and none of our homework assignment grades have been updated- except two. For a beginners coding class, where feedback is vital, we have received none the entire semester. Hard pass, would never take this professor again. Please avoid at all costs if you want to learn from your mistakes on assignments.
Don't take this professor. She didn't give us grades for any of our assignments and tests until when grades were due. For tests she gives you coding questions that you have to write ON PAPER and they are harder than coding questions I had for job interviews when I interviewed for Google, Meta, Uber, Doordash, etc.
Sharanya is an amazing professor and will teach those WILLING to learn. She will not spoon feed you an A and this is where many of students will automatically fault her. If you really listen to her lectures and give it your best on homeworks and tests you WILL pass and learn. There are opportunities to get help you just have to make use of them.
Sharanya is a nice professor and it's sad seeing so many aggressive reviews. If you got good grades without cheating in 3100, 3330, 4420, and 4610, this class is very easy. Barely went to class and studied an hour for midterm (B+) and final (C+). Aced every hw (1-3 days of work). Got stuck on hw2, went to her OH, left with the solution in my mind.
Sharanya is an awesome professor who is tough but fair. She gives a lot of partial credit and is always available to help. Homework grading may take some time, but you'll usually get midterm results within a week. The class can be challenging, but she tries to make it fun. Attend lectures and put in work, and you'll get a good grade.
Sharanya is an amazing professor. She is a bit tough and homework is challenging, but a lot of help is provided. Attend lectures and participate and you can easily get an A or B. A lot of extra credit on exams so you can always get decent scores.
1) Exams are ROUGH and you need a 70% average grade on both. They are very specific and hard to study for, a lot of random conversations in class will be test questions so pay attention. 2) Actually pretty lenient on group grading, do what YOU said you were gonna do and you'll be fine. I had multiple people drop and she still gave us an A.
lectures are fine all of the PowerPoints are carbon copies of presentations that Bob Myers uses (check his website, it is the same material slide for slide). She canceled more than 2 weeks of class and would say that she would post an assignment for multiple days, and forget each time making this class a stressful time crunch.
Do not take this class. Not one assignment was graded until after the semester, and the tests were hard. Would not poste assignments for days, then give us max a week for the assignment, which typically consisted of 3 different programs, sometimes with stuff that we didnt even cover in class. Copy paste Bob Myers + Spongebob memes.
The worst professor at CS FSU hands down. Terrible attitude in every class. If you ask questions, prepare to be berated. She is smart and knows her stuff but she is not meant to be a professor. Stay away from her classes at all costs.
She can be very blunt and maybe can come off as offensive, but this is just her style of teaching. She is this way because she most likely already explained the idea. She is thorough, direct, and enjoyable. Very good at teaching the actual ideas and concepts.
DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER. The worst prof I have had during my time here at FSU. We had a TA quit the first week of class.Idk what to study because she has not even graded the past 3 projects which we submitted 1 month ago.I had to drop the course because she locks the canvas grade and you cant even see what your grade is. STAY AWAY.
Absolutely abysmal class. Unless you are coming into this class with tons of prior knowledge on coding and the c language, do yourself a favor and choose a different professor for this course.
Has little patience for questions and will be blunt. The homework will be egregious but lots of extra help in office hours is provided. She does provide decent notes though. An average of 70 on the exams is needed to pass, however they are really difficult, so be prepared to study.
The grades for this class was locked so there was no way to figure out your grade especially because she is always behind on grading. She goes very quickly during her lecture and you need an average of a 70 on all 3 exams to pass the class (excluding all assignments). The exams are also really hard so be prepared to study.
If you have any programming experience, you will get an A. If you don't, there's a good chance you'll fail. It takes weeks for each assignment to get graded so you won't have any feedback on how you're doing. If you're not in CS and don't enjoy coding, I would not recommend you take her class.
Do NOT take her. If you have to take this intro to programming class, even if you are looking for an in-person class and every other teacher is an online, do not take her. No questions asked.
Unapproachable and has no patience for questions. Flies through lectures so it is difficult to keep up. Homework is horrendous and will take days to complete. Her exams are reasonable enough and have bonuses but they're on paper which makes it harder. Nothing will be graded until over a month after the due date. Avoid this professor at all costs.
I passed the course with a C+ but she failed me as I didn't meet the test average. She rambles more about how academic dishonesty more of the start of the class, when she answers a question she makes it sound like its obvious and we're being dumb, and she grades the last day of the semester. If you have no choice but her class, look for a better 1
Avoid this class at all costs. Take it as a transient student somewhere else. She's rude/condescending, doesn't care if you understand the content, and responds sarcastically to any questions. Graded maybe 3 assignments before the semester was over. Didn't even know I was failing until after finals. Cares more about catching cheaters than teaching.
Terrible attitude every class. Overly difficult exams. Sad to see a professor like this stain FSU's image.
very challenging class homework was more difficult and advanced for what we were learning but I learned a lot about programming and problem solving. So I would take again but would not recommend tho if looking for an easy class.
WORSE CS professor I have ever seen, she is super disorganized and does not care about other students that don't come every day to her office, and she is just reading from her power points slides and attendance is mandatory otherwise no one would show up to her awful lectures. I regret taking her! she takes forever to respond via email.
People want to hate on her for many different reasons but if you have the slightest knowledge of computer science her class isnt hard at all. Her assignments are very similar to the in class examples shes does and only requires a little changing. Her tests are hard but this class is very important for all comp sci students so she makes you learn it
Probably one of the few professors that actually cares about students learning and not just giving out grades. She has two TAs that are completely new to grading, 150 students in this class only. She cannot physically make the grading faster. If you go to class, pay attention and go to office hours when you need help you will easily do well.
Do not ask her a question or you will be made fun of and will not learn where you were wrong. Doesn't grade anything until the end of the semester. Attendance is mandatory and there are assignments that count for a grade which are not listed on Canvas. Overall a horrible professor and I hope to never have a class with her again
It is currently one day before the final exam. No student has received their grade for Assignments 1, 3, 4A, or 4B. I'd assume we will get feedback by next fall semester. Other than that, most of the other comments summarize her correctly: Condescending, and every question will be answered sarcastically or by asking you to retake Intro to Compsci.
Horrible professor. Taking her for my literally first programming class and it is ridiculously hard. You need a 70 average on all exams to even get the credit, average on the last exam was a 65 :). "Lectures" aren't even lectures, she just codes and expects you to copy it. Only people passing have already coded previously. Take any other professor.
She's brutally honest, people don't like that but they need to hear it sometimes. I've learned the most in this course so far. Do your work, pay attention, and it will pay off. She is tough because she cares.
Highkey hard class but if you lock in you'll be fine. Sharanya is really trying to help us out but with the cs department being so bad and the department head thinking that "teaching is a waste of resources" she really can't do much to make the class tailored for students.Her lectures are mid but her assignments are amazing overall 7/10.
Don't listen to the Sharanya glazers, she is not a good professor by any means. Only 1 assignment has been graded and I am writing this after the final. Very rude and condescending. Tests are hard as well.
Sharanya is an incredibly knowledgeable and thorough instructor. That being said, she will not be warm to you immediately, she must see you regularly at her office hours to make a good impression. Her homeworks are manageable if you don't do them the day before and her exams are very difficult but she grades leniently.
No grade in gradebook except for 2 homework assignments and a midterm after finals, so any review with a grade is fake. You will need a 140 combined on midterm and final, which is impossible if you fail midterm. Final is easily one of the hardest, where you have to fully know SQL, Parallelism, or Encryption after 1 problem or slight mention with it
Unfortunately just not a very good teacher as as a whole 100% recommend taking it with another teacher everyone who does even somewhat good on the exams in class have all had previous coding experience (Or just blatantly cheat on their phone during the exam) Tests are not even made to test your knowledge just to try to trick you. Do not take her.
Sharanya gets a bad rep. She is truly one of the few CS professors at FSU who truly cares about her students and wants them to do well and succeed in the industry. Do your work, dont cheat, ask questions and you will be fine.
Sharanya has been by far the worst professor I have ever had the misfortune of meeting. I've never encountered a professor who encourages class participation only to publicly criticize students when they ask questions. She mentioned several times that she deserves to teach at Stanford so it is clear she doesn't want to be here.
Holy. ****. This class was BRUTAL. Almost everyone I talked to was either struggling for their life, failing it, or failed it last semester and this was their second (or third!) time. Sharanya isn't very personable (in class, anyway), her homework is really taxing, and the tests.. my god. The tests. No programming experience? You. Will. Suffer.
i don't know my grade, im taking a guess. the final is tomorrow and no assignments since february have been graded. im getting by okay because ive been coding over two years. if you're completely new to this, do not take her. and if you do, go to office hours constantly. you will fall behind very quickly if not
the people who are rating her poorly just expect As to be handed to them. if you put in the work, pay attention, and go to office hours you will be FINE. just don't procrastinate or get into your head about her being "awful". she is SO smart and has so much knowledge to give if you keep an open mind. also my first programming course and i liked her
I truly don't understand all of the bad reviews. Its funny to me that people are complaining about the delay in grading after she explained it ad nauseam in class, that her TAs haven't graded any. Her tests were graded very leniently and if you showed up you would've gotten a good grade. I learned more in this class then most other CS classes.
Hardest Professor i've ever encountered. Hw is hard but exams are even harder. Do all your work and don't cheat! Go to office hours as well she's always willing to help; It's something I learned far to late in the semester. Overall, under all the tough exterior she cares about students and wants you to succeed. If you work hard you will be fine.
Not really a hard class. It's crazy how she puts in 4/5 assignments, the final exam, and the semester group project all in the grade book 24 hours before they're due. Its just a box checking class it's not hard at all. To her credit, she is very passionate about the subject and grades very leniently.
Only reason I got an A- in this class is because I've got some background in programming, otherwise I would've been screwed. Hardest part about the homework is trying to decipher the over-complicated math she asked for, not the actual coding. Makes the entire class buy the textbook SHE WROTE. Little extra credit. Just avoid if possible.
Honestly not a bad professor. She just can be really confusing and she will contradict herself at anytime. She does teach class like Kevin Garnett in '08, if you ask a weak question you getting roasted. Ultimate Millennial teacher, overall I would start projects earlier and take more notes. Probably will get a C or fail entirely.
By far the worst professor I have had in my entire college experience. 350 characters wouldn't even begin to do this review justice, so I will have to summarize but trust me, when elaborated upon these are all worse. Brags its harder than it needs to be Wants people to ask questions, but gets mad at 'dumb' questions Takes FOREVER to get grades back
The class was ridiculously hard for 6 weeks but realistically shouldn't be too bad on a regular schedule if people put real effort into understanding the material. One genuine critique is that she could be nicer with "dumb questions" as it would encourage more people asking. Very helpful outside of class and you can see the passion in her work.
The only reason I did well in this class was because I have a background in coding. Sharanya was little help. She was very condescending and didn't seem to care about her students. She would go off on random tangents during lectures. There were a lot of office hours were the TAs and LAs were helpful.
Some homework assignments felt like massive spikes in difficulty from what was taught in the lectures/textbook. With that said, she did an alright job when it came to actually teaching the concepts and walking us through examples, and she's got a sense of humor. Just make sure to go to office hours if you ever get stuck and you'll be fine.
Amazing at teaching (she actually teaches instead of just rambling about the topic). Very accessible and helpful when you approach her. Hard classes though. The assignments are difficult and the tests are actually challenging. But I learn a lot more than with other professors.
Sharanya wanted people to ask questions in class and when they did, she would absolutely roast them. The office hours are extremely helpful, but if you are working with Sharanya one-on-one you will feel stupid. You just have to get past the fact that you will be publicly humiliated if you ask a question to get the info you need.
Thinks shes the second coming of Linus Torvalds. Ego is out of control
She is incredibly condescending, especially to students who ask questions. You have to buy her textbook because the assignments are incorporated in it. There are a million typos which makes you question the validity of her textbook. I haven't taken anyone else but take her with caution.
Professor Jayaraman can be tough, but if you stay on top of the work, engage in class, and use resources like Unstuckstudy for study prep, you'll do well. Challenging but rewarding overall.
Everything is graded harshly. Our first milestone just came back and her notes are undecipherable. (Also, I am fairly certain she rates herself on here, just scroll down it is insanely obvious.) Just avoid if possible.
Extremely rude, poor professionality, tough grading.
Pretty good lecturer, can be condescending at times though. Homeworks can be kind of difficult especially for new programmers, so make sure to start them early and get help from TAs. Exams are okay in difficulty, just make sure to read the textbook and review everything done in class.
I can tell she's qualified to teach the course. But she's so rude and condescending I can't like her. Also, all the assignments take so long to get graded. I know it's not technically her fault but she could help with the problem. Overall, she's pretty bad but she knows what she's talking about and offers extra credit (but holds it against you).
Took this class over the summer as an elective (not a CS student) and the class itself was really difficult, and not really meant to be a 6 week course. But Prof Jayaraman was good at teaching, and I learned a lot from this class that has helped me in more advanced classes. She was a lot better for this class than when I had her for programming I.
The lectures consists of her writing code and you copying. She isn't the best at explaining difficult concepts, especially if you're a beginner coder. Also, you won't know your grade until after the final (I don't know mine currently). Office hours are needed to pass this course. Makes you pay for the textbook that she writes. Just avoid if you can
Run if you can ! Do not take this class , it's extremely hard if you are a beginner coder . In lecture she's always typing very fast and really never answers questions. I advise you were to choose a class don't pick this. Attendance is mandatory so don't bother skipping .
all good reviews are from her if u look closely lol
If you lack coding experience, AVOID HER COURSE. Although it's for non-CS students, it's NOT taught that way. She expects students to learn C++ solely through coding exercises in class, which isn't effective. Her TopHat textbook explains C++ better than she does. Students fail with a D- because of her; take Romero or Myers, they can actually teach.
Prof. Jayaraman's class style is to code a program in front of the class and have the whole class copy it, but she types too quickly to keep up. Her lectures are very boring. Students are afraid participate in class because she has a condescending attitude. However, she grades her heavy workload fairly and has an army of TAs and LAs to help you.
I was very shocked that FSU would allow this women to be an educator. In office hours one time she yelled in my ear which was very disrespectful. No one comes to college expecting to be babied, however, families are paying thousands of dollars to take classes that go to her paycheck. No one wants to pay to be publicly humiliated and set up to fail.
This professor is the worst. She writes code too fast to follow, gets upset if you ask questions or take pictures, and once refused to explain how she fixed her own error. Her harsh exam policy fails students with averages below a C, even if homework is perfect. Exams are unrelated to homework, and most students are failing. Worst teacher ever!
This teacher was extremely condescending and disrespectful to any student who asked a question. Her textbook had so many misspellings it makes you question the validity of the book, shockingly she is the author. Homework tasks are extremely difficult compared to what you learn in lectures. Do not take this class, she doesn't care abt her students.
She is constantly defensive and interactions with her tend to lead to arguments, or her being outright rude. I was scared to ask her questions during lectures, and many classmates felt the same. You WILL regret taking her class, if you do, prepare for the tests to be replete with content from her textbook which she profits from using (and lies ab).
Do not take this class. Although the class claims to be an "introduction" to coding, Sharanya expects students to follow and understand every single thing despite her fast, unexplained lectures and aversion to questions. Additionally, the help sessions did NOT help whatsoever.
All of you simpletons complaining. Lol. lmao, even. She can be condescending yes, but if you put in the effort and don't chatgpt everthing, you will learn well. Go to her office hours, humble yourself. You must become one with the program as it is with you. No reason to not get an A if you are locked and a fundamentally sound thinker. Not hard.
I think people make this out to be more than it actually is. Her class is challenging if you have not coded before (I had not). However if you take the time to read her textbook and work to learn the material versus just memorize it you will do well in the class. Her class will give you an amazing foundation for future cs courses. Don't cheat
Let me begin, hard to understand, rude, disorganized, unclear of standards for homework and class expectations, extremely high ego, condescending, and much more. She is not a good educator and does not teach the subject material well. If you actually like comp sci and are interested in pursuing it do not take her she will ruin the subject for you.
Sharanya is a great professor. Many people don't like her teaching style as it can be quite blunt sometimes. But, she wants you to learn, she wants you to do well. A lot of people who make complaints about her, I believe aren't paying enough attention or spending enough time on her class. TIP: go to her office hours! I got a 99 in the class.
Simply do not take a class with her quite horrible in just about every aspect
BEWARE, I WARNED YOU
Wouldn't reccomend, already took COP 3363 and passed with an A. Due to switching into engineering I had to take this course. Long story short, if this is your only programming course in your career I would not recommend taking it with Sharanya as she complicates things further than necessary for somebody not doing programming past this course.
Spring 2025 IP. I'd up my rating if she lowered exam weight or increased EC on exams. Other professors (Millers) are much nicer about grading. She explains stuff well but the grading scheme is flawed combined with obscure written response questions that'll deduct you -4 on tests
Don't take COP3014 w/ Sharanya if you're not a compsci major or familiar with coding. This was presented as an introductory class,yet she expects you to already know how to code. Very strict, unapproachable, writes notes in cursive, & enjoys failing students after making them buy the textbook that she wrote which is not very good. Terrible class.
Very demotivating class lol. Sometimes unclear HW instructions & then she'll mark you off anyways. Hard exams with really minor questions that don't actually test that you can write the code. Not enough time on tests either. Do not take this class if you care about passing or GPA. This was my first coding experience
Please do not take
I was a straight-A student until this course. She makes this course unnecessarily difficult, particularly with assignments. HWs are way too large of tasks and they're given before the content they have is taught. Grades take FOREVER and lecture slides are unreliable to reference back to. Take this with a different professor you will be grateful.
Lectures are disappointing, slides are horribly made. Teacher gets defensive when students ask questions. Assignments are given with high expectations and most of the time are coupled, making it difficult to complete both assignments without devoting your entire week to it. Can't miss lectures or recitations, slide content is horrible.
This professor is one of the worst I've ever had. She exclaimed how our test average was 20 worse than she's ever had and made it our fault when clearly is her terrible teaching style. Even with the one hundred she gave us for the final I could only get a A-. It would take an absolute prayer to get it without it. I bet no person got an A thisspring
SOMEHOW GOT A her grade scale WACK. youd need an 85 average on tests to get A… our highest score was 87. answers questions well don't misinterpret her bluntness/monotone. rules on HW not always clear. tips: check w/ TAs to be SURE ur doing what she wants on HW. write down random info from txtbook ; likely test questions. also prepare to cry GL
I don't understand how she's still allowed to teach
While I believe that this professor does a good job of covering the topics during the lectures, her tone is always incredibly condescending, especially when students ask questions. Assignments are given "two weeks" ahead of time, but typically contain material that isn't taught until a week from the due date.
I have never in my life taken a class that felt so absolutely impossible. I spent hours upon hour studying and never got higher than a 75 on an exam. There are 3 exams that are 66% of the course grade. There is no curving whatsoever, most people dropped the class. I loved Sharanya as a person, but this class genuinely made my life a living hell.
This is an incredibly hard course that requires near mastery of every programming concept and niche technicality discussed to even crack 80% on the exams. The graders will find little details wrong with your code to mark you off points even if it runs perfectly. In lectures she is condescending and makes you feel stupid for asking questions.
This professor struggles to teach. The textbook has grammar errors, deadlines are only 2–3 days, and the tests are extremely difficult. Study guides barely help, and review sessions add confusion. The class feels unnecessarily hard, and she often reacts negatively to genuine questions. PLS DONT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HER.
She told us on the first day that her class was hard. It's a hard class. The other COP3014 professors are easier. But you learn so much, so I do recommend. Read the red code in her text book. Don't focus too much about typing the code during the lectures, she posts them after each class. Look at the code she posts.
I never looked before crossing the street when walking to this class. That's all imma say
She has a huge ego. She takes great pride in the fact that she learned how to code and has to tell everyone. The first exams class average was around 60%. After that she stood in front of the class and told us she wasn't going to curve it (not a huge deal) and proceeded to tell us that it was our fault and she will get paid either way.
Most of the reviews here are absolute BS. This was definitely a tough class but Sharanya's lectures were good and delve into topics enough without getting too complicated. I got Bs on all three exams without issue. She definitely has a sarcastic tone sometimes but I found her to be funny. Homework grading was tough, though. Don't believe the salt.
The tests aren't hard if you know your stuff. Homework is nitpicked to hell, but besides that, I learned a lot about good practices and problem solving. Sharanya is an incredible professor w/lots of good advice. That being said, the thing she excels most at teaching is how to struggle. This is not an easy class, but it preps you for the rest of CS.
Sharanya is not as scary as people claim, but you need to work very hard. If you want an easy A, choose another professor. She teaches well but is strict and detail-oriented. Grades rely heavily on 3 milestone exams based on lectures. Lots of practice, long coding assignments, short quiz every class, but generous extra credit if you work hard
lowkenuinely might be the worst teacher in the whole school, all subjects
Very hard professor for an introduction course. The averages on all of her exams were around the 65% mark and she doesn't curve anything. There are four homework assignments that take hours, 3 exams worth 66% of your total grade which she grades extremely harshly. Don't take her unless you have prior experience or no other option.
She's not as bad as people say. Yes she's a tough grader, but she gave extra credit/free points on 3/4 hw assignments and all 3 tests. Just read the textbook and pay attention in class and you'll easily pass. My only gripe is that she's super late to grade everything. Probably 80% of the class was ungraded until finals, which is ridiculous
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