Jackie Kuehn

COMSCI140 · CS101 · CS140 · CS110 · COMSCI101 · CS104 · COMSCI131 · COMSC131 · COMSC140 · COMSC130 · CS140CS · 49 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 32/100
RMP rating: 2.4/5
Take again: 20%
Difficulty: 2.3

The decision

; only consider if you already know the material and just need an easy grade.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-teach requiredDisorganized lecturesNice but ineffectiveTA dependentEasy A low learning

Students yet a weak CS instructor who rushes or confuses lectures.
Many say you must self-teach via textbook, TAs, Discord, or labs to pass.
Grades can be easy with , but majors who want real programming skill frequently advise avoiding her.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Many report As and A+s with , and while learning little.

Easy grades appear in both online and in-person reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

70/100

Course content is introductory and often easy if , though C++ or .

Online C++ felt harder; in-person Python or CS101 often described as easy.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

as optional while others grade in-class work or require presence.

Online and and non-mandatory reports.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Despite kindness and some older fans, most students warn majors will not learn programming from her lectures.

and in-person recent reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

80/100

, flexible late work, and high grade outcomes are common even when learning outcomes are weak.

Format shift

and in-person sections.

Workload

Light

72/100

Labs and Zylabs can be annoying, but overall load is often described as light for the grade received.

Format shift

Online tests can be long question counts; but manageable.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Dominant theme is disorganized lectures, basic computer struggles, wrong slides, and dependence on TAs.

Format shift

Poor teaching complaints dominate both online and in-person evidence.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Mix of , and participation or shapes grades.

Format shift

Online midterms and finals can be test-heavy; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

46 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person consensus is she is sweet but , and leaves learning to labs, TAs, and self-study.

Main concern

, and little transferable programming skill.

What students said

“If this is your major pick a different teacher. and easy but you have to kinda learn on your own.”
CS104

“Much of her lecture material is just wrong... You'll learn more online and from the .”
CS140

“Jackie Kuehn is the ! ... Her lectures are super unorganized and .”
CS101

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviewers echo that and accommodating but teaching is weak, with heavy reliance on textbook, TAs, or painful lectures.

Main concern

Slow or error-prone online delivery and little real instruction.

What students said

“I didn't pay attention to any lectures, I just read the textbook and got an A+. She isn't all that great at teaching but she makes up for it.”
CS140

“ . I promise you will learn more somewhere else”
CS104

“she just makes too many mistakes while explaining the material, while trying to figure out how to use Zoom”
CS140

Exam style

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sets; difficulty is moderate while lecture support is weak.

Multiple choice testsLab projectsExtra creditLong online finals

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are often multiple choice and workable if you use the book and .

Multiple choice examsLab verificationExtra credit

“ .”
CS104

“There are only 2 tests that are worth about 50% of your grade, but they are pretty easy.”
CS140

Online

Online students report long midterms and finals and learning mainly from textbook or TAs rather than lectures.

Heavy test question countsTextbook self-studyTA support

“the tests are really heavy with 75 questions on the midterm and 100 on the final.”
CS140

“I just read the textbook and got an A+.”
CS140

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“She is not very knowledgeable... In the end, the course is easy, but useless.”
Voice snapshots generated from 49 reviews highlighting kindness versus weak CS instruction. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“She's a great person but horrible teacher... Get ready to teach yourself.”

🅰️ Easy Grades

82/100

“I'd say 90% of the class just copypasta'd w/out learning a single thing and still got an A+.”

⚠️ Recommendation

28/100

“ . I promise you will learn more somewhere else”

🧑‍💻 Self-Teaching Needed

75/100

“You will have to pay for Zylabs... I didn't learn anything really about programming but i got a A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She speed runs through all the .
Half the lecture is taken up with students correcting her powerpoint slides.
she's kooky funny

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

This class is a 4 unit class so it's a great GPA booster without that much effort.
Joke of a class, incredibly easy.
If you don't know C++ at all it will be a hard class.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

and
She is so nice and caring, and she is so accommodating
she's a little bit kooky but so funny and helpful

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

49 reviews over many years with a grades make the pattern highly credible.

Inside 49 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510

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1 out of 518

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

30 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 14 · A 10 · A- 2

B range

B- 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1

Jackie Kuehn

x x x x x; only consider if you already know the material and just need an easy grade.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

EasyA

Beginner

Varies

Avoid

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

🅰️ Easy Grades

⚠️ Recommendation

🧑‍💻 Self-Teaching Needed

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Character

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

; only consider if you already know the material and just need an easy grade.