Reiher is a good lecturer, but basically just reads off his slides. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as he's very clear and explains the concept well. The issue is just that there a lot of slides for this class. CS 111 is one of those classes that should be a semester-long course but is crammed into 10 weeks because of the quarter system. The workload is brutal. Projects with take 15-20 hours and expect to do another 5-10 hours of reviewing your notes and reading the textbook. Speaking of which, the textbook OSTEP is excellent and is definitely worth reading.

If I could take this class again, I'd probably take it with Eggert as I've heard his version is much more focused on relating different OS concepts together in novel ways, and his exams (while difficult) are open-book. Reiher's tests are closed note and thus require a lot of memorization due to the sheer amount of material covered. Be prepared to make a lot of flashcards. But Reiher is not a bad professor to take 111 with, especially if you don't like Eggert. Just take a light courseload no matter who you take this class with.

Great class for CS 111. I really liked how the lectures for this class were all recorded, and the exams were conducted entirely remotely. This meant that I never had to physically attend class (which would be quite a pain since lectures occur at 8 am).

This course is tough, don't get me wrong. As the previous reviewers have mentioned, 100 pages of dense OS textbook reading a week. On top of that, you also have the lectures to rewatch and 5 projects that involve programming in C. I easily spent at least 10 hours a week on this class alone.

Professor Reiher is a very clear lecturer and always answers students' questions in a timely manner either on the Zoom chat or on Piazza. In addition, the labs this quarter were incredibly straightforward, as the TA's used Professor Eyolfson's labs. None of the labs were particularly difficult, and most of them took no more than 6-7 hours. I can definitely see how just a few years ago, one taking Reiher's CS 111 could easily spend over 20-25 hours a week on this course alone.

Exams were all multiple choice and remote (and timed, where you choose a 2 hour time period to take the test from a 24 hour window). That being said, you still need to know your stuff to do well on the tests. Many of the test questions were in the form of "Select all that apply," so it's essential to do the readings, take good notes on them, and study for the tests. I can see how one could get away with skipping some of the readings and then frantically Ctrl-F their way through the readings on the day of the exam looking for answers. But to save yourself stress, it's best to do the readings and watch the lectures ahead of time as recommended by Professor Reiher himself.

Peter's an overall good professor. Clear, concise and well-intentioned. He's passionate in what he teaches and always makes an effort to motivate different topics before jumping into them.

Make sure to focus while doing the readings instead of only passively reading; this will help with midterm/final which largely determine if you'll receive an A or a B

The lectures were offered both online and in person and were also recorded. The midterm and final exams were given online and had MCQ format. There were a lot of readings although you can try to get by without doing them since the exams are open notes/books. There are 5 labs, all of which are pretty fun. I found the last one to be the hardest, all others were relatively easy.

Exams only have multiple choices and all people share the same problem set. Worst format of exam. Unfair.

Peter was very lazy with lecturing. He basically read everything off the slides. The exam format was also lazy: 24h online multiple-choices (everyone gets the same set of questions in the same order). I felt I did fine in both exams but somehow there were so many smart people in the class who managed to somehow get very high scores. I got my only B at UCLA from Peter.

Highly recommended readings to do.
Online final and midterm, all multiple choice/multiple select.
53% of overall grade was labs

The tests are difficult but manageable. The labs/homeworks are pretty easy, especially if you attend discussion where the TAs went over the hard parts of each lab.

There is a lot of course content to be taught in one quarter, and to be honest, it felt like this class was made to be taught in a semester instead. Be prepared for a lot of reading.

This whole class is a reading class. Expect ~5 hours of readings a week and make sure to brush up on lectures. Exams are online so make sure to have good notes. The professor himself is great at explaning and the class is structured well.