Natasha Kourtonina - Fitchburg State University

Professor: Natasha Kourtonina

Department: Computer Science

College: Fitchburg State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CPROGRAMMING
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Take this class right after CSII. I finally understood how to code my ideas. Great professor! Yes, I learned my grade only at the end of the semester, but I've done all Natasha's 4.0 assignments, so did worry at all. If you are really into programming, this class is just the best!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSC2650
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not that hard to understand, but next to impossible to figure out what she wants from you. Won't know what grade you have until the LAST week of class. Tries to cram in as much as possible in one class. Find friends to work in a group for this. Class is impossible, only passed with a high grade because I worked in a group. AVOID!!!!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ALGORITHMS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took several classes with Natasha and would recommend all of them, but Algorithms is the best!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GAMEPROG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice lady but almost impossible to understand. She will assign work verbally but won't back it up with an email or anything. If you try contacting her for help she will tell you to email her and never respond. Her demo codes are littered with problems and often don't work. Avoid her at all cost

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSC51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Natasha is a good professor with friendly nature. She gives challenging problems but it is up to you to solve and learn from them. She gives initiation but do not stress anybody much. You should pay attention to understand her accent. She is very helpful if you go and meet her but gives poor response or no responses to mails. she is simply Great...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSC1900
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I never liked Math, but Natasha made online class really interesting. I enjoyed thinking about her puzzles a lot!.Math Induction was still very difficult, but she agreed to talk to me in person even though it was an online class. Unfortunately she teaches only one Math class, but this is the class I would recommend to anybody!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSC1900
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

as others have said she is absent minded and tends to grade on how she thinks you are doing. I have had her for a few classes and I do like taking her classes , but her online summer course was awful. We skipped a week of work, she was not responding to emails and the structure was horrible.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: DM01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Natasha is a really good and very friendly professor. It may take some time to understand what she is saying and, yes she can be very absent minded, but she knows very well what she is talking about, just pay attention. She gives a lot of puzzles, challenging problems, she would challenge you a lot, but she would help you a lot. She is the best!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSC1900
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

There were many times where Natasha would confuse herself in the middle of class and then start things over. She is very disorganized and this leads to her using her feeling about how you are doing in class rather than actually giving you a real grade. So, what she teaches is confusing at times, but if you stay on her good side, you'll do fine.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ALG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Natash was an excellent professor who goes extra mile to make sure the students understand completely.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ALG3700
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I love this class! Highly recommend if you really want to learn algorithms and some theory. Natasha is funny, smart and sophisticated!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CRYPTOGRAPHY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very interesting class! She is a great instructor!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMPAPP
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Natasha is a very chillin teacher. She is very easy and she does not mind explaining things over again at all. It's a little hard to understand her accent. Natasha is a very nice person. She is always laughing. If you have to take computer applications, I highly recommend her.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SYSTPROGRAMMIN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Natasha is actually a very good teacher. I thought pointers are too difficult for me, but she makes everything easy. She explains the logic very well and I love her bonus assignments. I heard that "Algorithms" is her best class and I can't wait. She laughs and jokes all the time. It's fun!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMPAPPS
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Natasha is funny. She's always laughing and making jokes. The class is so easy. Easy, easy 4.0. If you already know applications like Word and Powerpoint, you're golden!! Basically you sit there and copy what she does on the screen. Don't buy the book, we never used it!! A little hard to understand sometimes but you get used to it. Take it w/ her.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ALGORITHMS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class was awesome! Natasha is lots of fun! She knows a lot and explains difficult concepts pretty well. By the end of the semester everybody in the class could talk about Dijkstra Algorithm with her Rusiian and Dutch accent. Anyway, I have learned more from her in three weeks than from other instructors in the whole semester.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ALGORITHMS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You can learn a lot in her classes!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMPUTERAPPS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This lady is definatly someone who goes into her own catagory! She's always cracking jokes, and getting involved with the students. Although her accent is hard to get past... one can learn. Minimal work, although sometimes her directions are far from clear... basically she's an easy way to a 4.0

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COMPAPPS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This lady is def. a character. first day talked about prostitutes in her country have 401k plan. relativly easy teacher, although me and my buddy did the same thing the whoel semester, and he got 4.0 i got 3.5 Makes you wonder, but whatever, not a course to stress over by any means

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ALGORITHMS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Excellent class