CS 1555

One of the worst classes I've taken at Pitt. Dr. Kosta is a fine professor but a lot of the material he and Panos teaches is terribly outdated. The homeworks are annoying and aren't similar to the tests at all. The project they assigned was very poorly-written and was more tedious than challenging. The slides provided are similarly terrible and look like they were made 15 years ago. If you don't have SQL experience, maybe take this course, but don't have too high expectations.

This class was so boring. You learn SQL which is useful, but you are better off going to an online tutorial. Until they change up this curriculum for this class, avoid it and take Data Science instead.

This class begins with very easy content. The concepts and SQL statements are easy to grasp and write, but they can require a bit of logical thinking from time to time. The end of the course gets challenging and the projects and homework’s can become tedious. Over all, it was a fun course, but requires some effort at the end. Attendance and participation are mandatory.