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Computer Science

Carol Koon

CISC186 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
12.5%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

if you have any other option; only survive if you can .

Best fit · Self Taught ProNo LecturesTeach YourselfUnresponsiveTough GraderUseless Feedback
  • Students say she provides almost no instruction; you teach yourself Visual Basic from the book.
  • Emails go unanswered or ; help arrives too late or not at all.
  • Tough high-stakes grading with .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Few graded items, harsh zeros, and no teaching make a solid A unrealistic for most students.

Online and support.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

and almost no instructional scaffolding.

Difficulty complaints dominate both formats.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

; the pain is content support, not seat time.

; one review said yes.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Nearly all students warn others away; .

; in-person notes match the same warning.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

16/100

, and each assignment swinging half a letter grade.

Format shift

Online grading pain is detailed; .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

and little instructional help amplify the load.

Format shift

Lots of homework and .

Teaching experience

Awful

14/100

Students call her useless, non-existent, and lazy for offering or real help.

Format shift

Same awful teaching story online and in the few in-person-tagged reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Course and coding tasks rather than taught exams.

Format shift

Online emphasizes assignment zeros; tests are mentioned as tough in one review.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Even tagged in person, students still , and non-existent help.

Main concern

Office hours and .

What students said

“There's so basically you need to teach yourself Visual Basic.”
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“Teacher is virtually non-existent. office hours are once a week, for an hour and a half, the day the .”
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Remote format

Online

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online CISC186 is widely called useless: , and .

Main concern

Zero .

What students said

“She doesn't provide any lecture notes or lessons, and doesn't even have a lesson plan. Your basically paying to teach yourself visual basic.”
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“Multiple students got 0's because their code didn't work on her computer, reached out to say hey it works, and .”
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“SHE IS USELESS! ! .”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is unforgiving with and .

Tough TestsHigh-Stakes AssignmentsUnclear DirectionsHarsh Zeros

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person-tagged comments still focus on missing lectures and .

No LecturesUseless FeedbackSelf-Taught Assignments
“ . will tell you what you did wrong, but not where, why, how.”
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Online

, and tests/homework without instructional support.

Tough GraderFew Graded ItemsNo Lecture SupportUnclear Rubrics
“This class is definitely difficult because there are not a lot of assignments so messing up or skipping one or two will hurt you a lot.”
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“She assigns a TON of work that's like impossible to get a good grade on.”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Your basically paying to teach yourself visual basic. Oh, and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 reviews, highlighting no instruction, unresponsive support, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

14/100

“This instructor is completely useless. I would have done better by just buying the book and trying to learn Visual Basic from it.”

📧 Communication Failure

12/100

“I've sent multiple emails DAYS before the and she never answers.”

⚖️

16/100

“Multiple students got 0's because their code didn't work on her computer, reached out to say hey it works, and .”

🚫 Recommendation

12/100

“ ! The other reviews are exactly right.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • videos, no tutorials explaining the book more in-depth, nothing.
  • Does not care about you or your success.
  • She is useless. No help at all.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . .
  • Non-existent help and .
  • I didn't pass, even with peer help.

Theme 3

📧 About Support

  • .
  • she just answers me in riddles.
  • When COVID-19 caused school closure she demanded the , and then went AWOL

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifteen highly consistent negative reviews over many years with detailed failure modes make the pattern reliable.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 511

Course coverage

CISC18615 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1