Denise Woit

Do you remember the quizzes given in highschool English class, that tested on memory of niche and superficial details of a novel? The exams are that, but instead of a 200 page novel it was hundreds of pages of intricate OS concepts with application questions too. One of the exam questions was to remember the # of cores/threads of the Lab PCs lol

She is nice and is helpful when you ask questions. She also gave easy exams.

Hard course

Her recorded lectures are a great starting point. You can review her slides or use the textbook for a deeper understanding. Don't give up if your midterms don't go well- the final exam can turn things around! Definitely check the exam outline to see where most of the questions will come from- she literally tells you where to focus on the most.

Really underrated professor, she has this great rule that if your final exam mark is greater than the average of your other marks, your final exam will be the final mark ! Explains really well. Great professor !

THE ACTUAL GOAT!!! rounded my grade up so I have an A- :) has recorded lectures for if you missed class. textbook was pretty bad in my opinion, but if you look at her "slides" first, it'll be easier to understand the textbook

She's from waterloo so she hates high class average and uses confusing exam questions to bring it down.

READ THE TEXTBOOK. In my opinion the lectures were dry, with most of the content appearing on the test coming from the textbook. Denise is a nice person, but personally her lectures didn't help when preparing for assessments.

READ THE TEXTBOOK AND GO TO OFFICE HOURS/LECTURES.

Online lectures where she regurgitates a slideshow made by the textbook author. Mandatory attendance for labs worth 7% where TA's don't know enough about the class to help you. 2 midterms & final all MC w/ multiple answers covering 2-300 pages of textbook material each worth your entire grade. Might as well send the textbook author my tuition