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Workman, Julie

Cumulative GPA: 3.55/4.00 with 29 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.55
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.69

Computer Science Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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CPE 102 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 12:51 pm, May 20, 2013 Report Evaluation		Julie's lectures are very scattered. She shows code on the board, on the laptop, on the board. Back and forth. There's no organization to it. Her lectures are very hard to follow sometimes because of this. She's pretty much always late to lab (20+ minutes most of the time), which takes away a lot of time to answer questions. Because of this, her office hours are always over crowded and she never has time to get to everyone. So if you have questions, you need to be the first in line for her office. She is, however, very good at understanding where students have trouble and if you get the chance to get her help, it's very useful. She's also slow at getting back work. Almost a month after taking a lab quiz, I still don't have the grade sheet of where I missed points, and therefore I can't see where I went wrong and therefore, I can't go talk to her about it.

CSC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:47 pm, Apr 4, 2013 Report Evaluation		Simply put: Julie is one of the best professors in the CSC department. Some say she can be boring at times because of her mostly monotonic voice, but I had no problem with it. Things are a little slow at first but they will pick up. Her best skill is that she can work with all skill levels. Don't be afraid to ask a question, even if it's dumb. She will be more than willing to answer it. I hope to have Julie again some time!

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:57 pm, Mar 29, 2013 Report Evaluation		Julie's class was my least favorite class this quarter, but I ended up with a better grade than any of my other classes. You start out coding in binary instructions, then spend forever on assembly, and end with C. Julie knows her stuff and is always happy to help (provided it doesn't run over time in lecture or lab cause she seems to always have somewhere to be) if you don't quite understand something. Her lecture is very boring and she doesn't really teach all that much, just reads off powerpoint slides most of the time, but she knows this and warns people ahead of time "sorry this is gonna be a boring day"). She'll ask people to bring in cookies if they're caught with a phone, and she will too if hers goes off which it does every week or so, and she got my class pizza cause she took weeks to grade the midterms. All that being said, she is the absolute worst lab teacher! I don't see why everyone likes her so much. She consistently showed up to lab 20-30 minutes late every day! She has a list on the board of people needing to demo labs and who have questions and she always does demos first, so if you get stuck and have a question and there's a long demo list you're pretty screwed and may not get credit for an assignment, but if she was in lab on time then she would have days to help people who get stuck...and trust me you will get stuck! She leaves early too and sometimes just disregards what's going on. One day Hatalsky brought Julie's dog to her in lab and she was playing with it, there was a huge demo list and a big question list on the board and she said "i'll be back guys, im gonna go walk my dog" so she got back and tried to demo everyone in the last 10 minutes and some people (including myself) didn't get their labs in and got docked points. All in all, she's an ok lecturer, but she was terrible in lab. She's a bit sexist in favor of girls, and can come off rude sometimes when helping but if she ever actually manages to make it to you to help then she can point out the problem pretty quickly and it's usually a quick fix, just tricky labs. I couldn't stand her or the class one bit during the quarter, but looking back it only was ok once you got to C stuff. Midterms were ok, final was a breeze!

CPE 123 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:03 pm, Jan 9, 2013 Report Evaluation		Good teacher, a little monotone, which she admits too. Makes it hard to stay awake sometimes. Otherwise, learned a lot

CSC 123 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 7:29 pm, Dec 15, 2012 Report Evaluation		Professor Workman is amazing! C is absolutely the lowest grade someone could get in her class, because I got 50% on the midterm and final! Her grading structure is 10% midterm, 15% final, 20% lab group projects, 30% homework projects, 20% group final project, and 5% participation. She is a really nice professor, always happy to answer questions or further explain a topic. I made two major mistakes in the class, and I wish to help future students avoid them. Mistake #1: Sleep deprivation leading to lack of focus in class. I spaced out during many crucial lectures. Try to sleep enough, or drink coffee. Engage your mind by following along and programming/taking notes Mistake #2: Always letting a partner do the work. Workman has all the labs as partner activities, and I was always with smarter people who already had coding experience. Most of the reason I fell behind and didn't learn enough was because I was just watching. Learn by doing, not by seeing! So take Workman, pay attention, and you'll do great! Nearly everyone gets an A or B, and she's a great person.

CPE 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:27 am, May 23, 2012 Report Evaluation		I absolutely loved Julie Workman. Now that I'm in 102 with a-not-as-great professor, I've come to really appreciate her awesomeness. She conveys the material in such a great way. There were 3 lab quizzes, that were pretty stressful, but they're made pretty fairly, with checkpoints that are pretty reachable as long as you take notes in lecture. They also were never made for super recent material. Mostly on things we'd already been working on for a few weeks. The grading script is kind of annoying though, because it checks to be sure that very specific details and characters are exactly the same as hers, but it really does help you learn how to pay attention to details. Her projects and labs are very entertaining to do, unlike the other professors' dry and boring ones. Workman, ftw!

CPE 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 2:10 pm, Mar 26, 2012 Report Evaluation		Julie is a great teacher. She explains things well. I never really had to go to lab because things were pretty easy. I have two complaints though. She skips the class a lot. She had other teachers or grad students fill in for her. Not really a big deal. The other complaint would be that she is a bit cold-hearted. I was struggling on the third program, because it was a bit of a curve ball in terms of difficulty. I went to the CSC tutors and they couldn't find anything wrong so my only option was to get help from her in lab. I was third on a list of twenty students for the help list in lab. She spent half an hour on the first two kids and then left. I begged her to stay five more minutes to help me, but she said lab was over and left. That was the only project I couldn't finish and it dropped my grade down to a B+



CPE 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:21 pm, Mar 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		Julie is such a great professor. She presents the materials very clearly, and she will always gladly answer questions people may have. She is nice and kinda funny. However, her voice is a little quiet and monotonic. Be careful to not space out during lecture. Trust me, you don't want to miss anything. Her labs are not bad. Make sure to use the "diff" function every time you're done with a lab. She grades with a program and your outputs have to be exactly like the solution. Her projects can be hard, but she's always willing to help. Ask her if you need help on anything. Don't wait until the last minute to do her assignments. You'll regret it if you run into bugs. Her tests are pretty easy as long as you're keeping up. Overall, she's a very good teacher to have. Definitely get her if you can!

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 3:47 pm, Dec 21, 2011 Report Evaluation		Julie is a fun teacher to have, she is nice and is always willing to help anyone who is confused. CSC 225 is an interesting class. You start with binary then to assembly and then to C. The most annoying part of the class had to be the assembly language. It was a new concept i have never seen before and it was quite confusing. Her class is not necessarily hard but it's not easy neither. Her midterms are pretty intense, i did not do particularly well on the 2nd one, but neither did the class. However, even if you do bad on the midterms, her labs will make up for the grade as they are 30% of your grade. Overall the class is hard but fun so enjoy it as it was an interesting experience.

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:59 pm, Dec 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		Workman is a pretty good teacher and I enjoyed her class. In 225, you start with binary and work your way up to assembly and c. Her lectures were good/okay. She uses passes out a powerpoint and then supplements it by drawing on the board. There's about 1 lab assignment a week (some went a week and a half). The labs vary in difficulty, but I did not find any of them to be unreasonable. You're allowed to work with a partner. I will confess that programming in binary/assembly made them extremely annoying, but that's not her fault. And she's helpful in lab. Be careful though, make sure you test your labs very well. Cause she knows exactly how to break them. As for office hours, I can't say, I never had to go, which I guess is a good indication that her lectures and notes are sufficient enough to understand the material. There's 2 midterms, which you're allowed to bring 1 side of 1 page of notes. She'll also give you a handout which has information on things that you should know, but don't need to memorize (like numbers and commands and such), which is very helpful. Theres some short answer questions and a couple programming questions. She grades them reasonably, and gives reasonable amounts of partial credit, etc. This being said, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE MIDTERMS. Do not think that since you get a page of notes you do not need to study. Her midterms are by no means unreasonable, but its very easy to trick yourself into thinking that you understand the material when you actually don't. Do yourself a favor and study. As for the final, the same advice applies, though you get 2 sides of notes and there's some multiple choice in addition to short answer/programming questions. Overall, she's a very nice teacher, her lectures are good, exams are reasonable, and I look forward to taking her again someday.

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:57 pm, Dec 13, 2011 Report Evaluation		Julie is awesome. This is a tough class, and at first it's a little frantic, but you get the hang of it before too long. Similarly, the labs can be frustrating, but she gives you everything you need to know (and even additional hints if you ask for them). Make sure you pay attention in class, and don't be afraid to look in the textbook (it's actually helpful). Julie knows her stuff and is good at teaching the material in lecture. Sometimes she'll blow past a slide with stuff she thinks is simple or already expects you to know, so make sure you ask her to slow down for a minute if you're confused. Other than that, I can't really fault her for anything. She's really chill. If you have the opportunity to take her don't pass it up.

CSC 102 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:38 am, Aug 22, 2011 Report Evaluation		Great class, totally a breather from 101! The class itself wasn't too hard, I spent like 25% of the time on this class as I did in 101, and Julie is wayy more helpful than any other professor. She actually gives you the answer when you ask a question instead of giving you another question to answer--a caveat to that however is that I don't think I learned as much because I never had to answer my own questions... Keep in mind though that the final IS NOT CURVED. I went into the final with an A thinking the curve would keep it there (and I didn't study, stupid mistake) but it wasn't curved so getting a D on the final destroyed my grade. Overall, I'd highly recommend Julie to anyone that wants to have some FUN in a programming class, while at the same time learn loads and relax a little. Engineering courses can get stuffy at times, but Julie keeps it fun with cookies and jokes all the time :)

CSC 225 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:35 am, Jul 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		Julie is great at explaining the material and providing examples to help students understand. She's also helpful in office hours, and may eventually simply give you the answer, so it's worth visiting. Her tests can be a bit tricky. I thought the pointer puzzles were a bit overrated because even though I have no problems understanding pointers, the questions were simply too tedious given the amount of time. Also, don't expect her to curve.



CSC 102 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:44 pm, May 21, 2011 Report Evaluation		badassssss. loved julie. great teacher. AWESOME in office hours. super interesting projects

CSC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:03 pm, Mar 17, 2011 Report Evaluation		Julie is the best CPE teacher ever!!! She is really great teacher! When you ask her about projects she will actually go through your code and look at what is going on wrong and how you can improve. She makes you think and learn but she makes the subject enjoyable. She is the greatest CPE teacher to take!

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:16 pm, Feb 4, 2011 Report Evaluation		Julie is still my favorite in the department. She presents the material very clearly and gives lots of practice problems. She is very helpful in lab, office hours and answering questions in class. Her class helped me so much for CPE 357. She is very easy to learn from, a fair grader, and prepares you well for exams (and the future!).

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:37 pm, Dec 30, 2010 Report Evaluation		Workman does a good job of covering a wide variety of material in a quarter. She managed to teach us all we needed to know for this course without going overboard. She does a great job of answering questions about programs and helping students with difficulties. Workman was also really honest with us- some of the programs sucked, and she told us so ahead of time. She also gave us practice problems similar to what would be on the tests so we could go over them in class and study for the midterms.

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:59 pm, Dec 7, 2010 Report Evaluation		I had Professor Workman for 102 as well as 225 - I would take her for 357 too if I could, but unfortunately, since it\'s pretty much a gateway class, I have basically no choice but to take it next quarter with Ogreman... I mean OGorman. She\'s really a great teacher and she spots problem in your code really fast and can help you quickly! She definitely knows what she\'s doing. She\'s sometimes not so great about answering emails, but if you just go into her office, she\'ll save you hours and hours of confusion just from a few minutes of her explaining it. I definitely would recommend her for 102 or 225 - you get a good understanding of the material without the unnecessary pain and agony of taking Mammen or Ogreman.

CSC 225 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 11:03 pm, Nov 28, 2010 Report Evaluation		Still the best to date. If you can, ask her what courses she is teaching and shape your schedule, or year, around what classes she is teaching. Believe me, I almost took O\'Gorman, but then i found out she was teaching 357. Boom, quit O\'Gorman\'s class and am taking hers in the Spring, Hoorah!



CPE 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:29 pm, May 24, 2010 Report Evaluation		OMG she is one of the best teachers out there. I knew a little bit of programming before going into her class. However, many of my friends that have not, agree with me on how awesome she is. She structures her lectures really well and makes it easy to understand. She also is great in answering questions in office hours and you can email her for help too and ask her questions sometimes. Overall an AWESOME teacher. I am recommending everyone to get her if they can.

CPE 102 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:40 pm, May 23, 2010 Report Evaluation		Absolutely loved her! She is very clear and loves to teach students. Just make sure that if you don\'t understand something that you ask her about it right away, she will stop and explain it that works for you and most of the other class mates appreciate the question because they can\'t ask it themselves. She will even help you with your programs if you truly are stuck. The homework is challenging, but not at the point where you hate it. You\'ll learn to her too. TAKE HER, SHE\'S THE BEST!

CSC 102 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:47 pm, May 19, 2010 Report Evaluation		Julie explains everything VERY clearly and she knows exactly the right way to present the material to students who have less programming experience. She is very approachable and will answer your questions at in time during lectures, labs or office hours. Her tests are fair, and she gives handouts that prepare you for them. She also lets you know what topics will be covered before the tests so you can study accordingly. I recommend taking her whenever possible.

CSC 102 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:39 pm, May 11, 2010 Report Evaluation		Workman\'s decent. Definitely a cool teacher, but as far as conveying the concepts, she can be a bit confusing. The first one or two weeks of class were the most confusing weeks of my life because she jumped into teaching Java so quickly, which is quite a bit different from C at first. I think she\'d be more apt to teach higher level Java classes. Still an okay teacher though, I ended up with an A- at the end. Programs assigned every week or so with a strict 12am deadline, along with optional labs every lab class and a mandatory lab quiz every week or two.

CSC 102 Freshman Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 10:30 am, Mar 29, 2010 Report Evaluation		Workman is an okay teacher. She goes over the material in class and tries to explain what is going on. Her biggest flaw for me was that she did not write very much on the board and did most things on the computer through the projection screen. This led to a lack of notes for the class and an inability to study the material. I literally had no notes for the first two weeks. She is great one on one, like in office hours, but if you find java difficult, i doubt you will be able to keep up in class. You are so busy trying to copy what she is doing in bluej that you do not actually learn what is going on. Be prepared to go to office hours and tutoring a lot, if you have not programmed before.

CPE 102 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:17 am, Mar 24, 2010 Report Evaluation		Julie is a great professor. She\'s not the best I\'ve ever had, but I would recommend her. Her voice is somewhat monotone and can be boring at times, but the material is always clear. Nothing is too difficult, if you did good in 101, than 102 should be no problem. I didn\'t get an A because I started most of my programs the night before they were due(always a bad idea even if they are easy programs).I made up for my poor performance on the programs by doing pretty well on the tests. The class averages on the tests were usually in the C range but I thought they were pretty easy and did much better than the average. Overall pretty easy class, you can get an A if you spend time on the programs and do a little studying for the tests.



CSC 234 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 3:29 pm, Feb 15, 2010 Report Evaluation		Great professor. If you need to take this class, this is the professor to take it with. She explains the material very well in class, has a little lab thing for more practice, the projects aren\'t too difficult and she will basically give you the answer if she thinks you understand the stuff. One of the three best professors I\'ve had.

CSC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:39 pm, Apr 13, 2009 Report Evaluation		Julie is awesome! She really explains C unlike other profs in the department. She doesn't asume you just "get it." The projects were cool and Julie was very helpfull with them. Exams weren't too bad either. She even bought our whole class pizza because she was going to be a few days later returning our exams. Oh, by the way, I only need to take 101 for my major, but after taking it from Julie, I want a minor in computer science!

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:52 pm, Mar 3, 2009 Report Evaluation		Julie was very down to earth. All her lectures were really straight forward... Listen to what she says, and be wary skipping class the day of her pointers lecture! You really don't want to miss it. It's really hard to grasp. I missed the second part and it kinda messed me up on the final...

CSC 225 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:27 pm, Apr 16, 2008 Report Evaluation		This professor has many ratings under Julie Hatalsky but her name changed (just an FYI) so look there for more info. She's a great professor - I loved the class and she was approachable and helpful.

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