Aaron Kyei-asare | PlanetTerp

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Aaron Kyei-asare CMSC131 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2024	He is a really chill and relaxed professor; he makes lectures pretty engaging but my only issue with him is how long it takes to get our grades back. The final is in 2 hours, and he still has not posted over 300 points worth of grades which is kind of frustrating. If you have no CS experience this class will probably be hard for you, but it should be manageable if you study.
Aaron Kyei-asare CMSC131 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2024	Professor Aaron is very chill but I feel that if you are completely new to computer science you will need to rely on self studying. This wasn't a problem for me as I had prior experience, but he frequently cancels class and doesn't spend that much time going in depth on topics. If you ask his TA's or him questions they should be able to answer them fairly well though. The main reason I ranked him so high is because he's very funny. He comes across as more of a friend rather than a professor, and frequently makes lectures enjoyable with his jokes. The reason he's not 5 stars for me is because he grades assignments extremely late, it takes him about a month to grade exams and it takes him the whole semester to grade projects.
Aaron Kyei-asare CMSC131 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/06/2024	Took CMSC131 in the Fall 2024 Freshman Connection program and was really well. I had prior knowledge of computer science so the class was really easy except I never learned what memory maps and how to draw them so that was a little hard to understand at first. I think the best to compare this class would be to an AP Java Computer science class and if you put in the effort and want to learn you could pass the class. For the assignments, we had 5 projects, usually with a 2 week deadline and were really easy if started early and could get help online on Piazza (class could ask questions to the professor). There were also 3 different quizzes during the discussions but the TAs would usually go over what will be on it and will set up for success. There were also 3 midterms (final yet to take) and the second mid-term was super long which I was not expecting and had many questions that were just wrong so it had to have been curved a lot. I think Aaron could've put a little more effort into teaching the class because sometimes it would feel self-paced. There were also a lot of days were class was cancelled for no reason when non freshman connection courses would be 2-3 weeks ahead (project wise).
Aaron Kyei-asare CMSC131 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/04/2024	I really liked prof Aaron! He's really chill, and if you ask questions in class he really tries to explain it in depth. But, because he has been so deep into the CS world, if you're coming into 131 with NO prior coding/java experience, you will need to play catch up for the first half of the semester. But as long as you study, look at the slides, and come to class, you'll be okay! He's a very fair professor.

Aaron Kyei-asare
CMSC131

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/13/2024

He is a really chill and relaxed professor; he makes lectures pretty engaging but my only issue with him is how long it takes to get our grades back. The final is in 2 hours, and he still has not posted over 300 points worth of grades which is kind of frustrating. If you have no CS experience this class will probably be hard for you, but it should be manageable if you study.

Aaron Kyei-asare
CMSC131

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/09/2024

Professor Aaron is very chill but I feel that if you are completely new to computer science you will need to rely on self studying. This wasn't a problem for me as I had prior experience, but he frequently cancels class and doesn't spend that much time going in depth on topics. If you ask his TA's or him questions they should be able to answer them fairly well though. The main reason I ranked him so high is because he's very funny. He comes across as more of a friend rather than a professor, and frequently makes lectures enjoyable with his jokes. The reason he's not 5 stars for me is because he grades assignments extremely late, it takes him about a month to grade exams and it takes him the whole semester to grade projects.

Aaron Kyei-asare
CMSC131

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/06/2024

Took CMSC131 in the Fall 2024 Freshman Connection program and was really well. I had prior knowledge of computer science so the class was really easy except I never learned what memory maps and how to draw them so that was a little hard to understand at first. I think the best to compare this class would be to an AP Java Computer science class and if you put in the effort and want to learn you could pass the class. For the assignments, we had 5 projects, usually with a 2 week deadline and were really easy if started early and could get help online on Piazza (class could ask questions to the professor). There were also 3 different quizzes during the discussions but the TAs would usually go over what will be on it and will set up for success. There were also 3 midterms (final yet to take) and the second mid-term was super long which I was not expecting and had many questions that were just wrong so it had to have been curved a lot. I think Aaron could've put a little more effort into teaching the class because sometimes it would feel self-paced. There were also a lot of days were class was cancelled for no reason when non freshman connection courses would be 2-3 weeks ahead (project wise).

Aaron Kyei-asare
CMSC131

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
11/04/2024

I really liked prof Aaron! He's really chill, and if you ask questions in class he really tries to explain it in depth. But, because he has been so deep into the CS world, if you're coming into 131 with NO prior coding/java experience, you will need to play catch up for the first half of the semester. But as long as you study, look at the slides, and come to class, you'll be okay! He's a very fair professor.