Instructors
Apoorva Goel
Mark Russo
- EMAIL cs111@cs.rutgers.edu WITH ANY ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE COURSE. The Course Coordination Team will respond to you as soon as possible (up to 5 business days)
- Include [CS111] and a short description of the issue to the EMAIL SUBJECT to help our staff speed up replies.
- Direct questions about Course Content (problems with assignments, questions about past exam, etc) to Piazza, located on the Canvas sidebar.
- Piazza will provide a quicker response, and emails about assignments will be directed to post there.
Office hours. Enhance your experience by coming to office hours. During these hours instructors and lead assistants are available to:
- discuss and clarify course content and assignments.
- discuss questions related to the major provided that other students do not have course related questions.
- hang out in case you have nothing else to do.
- YOU MAY ATTEND any instructor’s office hours. Choose the time that best fits your schedule.
Lead Teaching Assistants
Lead Learning Assistants, Learning Assistants, and Tutors
Lead Learning Assistants
| Name | Section | |
| Jhonny Martinez | 42 | |
| Rushd Syed | 50 |
Learning Assistants
| Name | Section | Study Group |
| Amr Ahmed | 49, 30, 34 | |
| Sarah Ali | 01, 05, 23 | |
| Mathura Balaji | 51, 06, 60 | |
| Arunima Bhowmik | 54, 57, 21 | |
| Reuben Geronimo | 07, 13, 67 | |
| Darren Jiang | 58, 27, 46 | |
| Vidushi Jindal | 09, 41, 44 | |
| Oluwanifemi Kayode-Alese | 31, 61, 64 | |
| Serge Kuznetsov | 56, 02, 08 | |
| Amanda Lei | 01, 02 | |
| Nikhil Munagala | 52, 03, 33 | |
| Shreya Narayanan | 55, 59, 28 | |
| Nadine Odeh | 26, 43, 47 | |
| Deeya Patel | 48, 53, 32 | |
| Krina Patel | 22, 11, 15 | |
| Katie Sidebotham | 10, 14 | |
| Zain Soherwardy | 29, 62, 65 | |
| Brendan Vas | 04, 20, 25 | |
| Medhasri Veldurthi | 63, 12, 40 |
RU CATS, Rutgers Computing Academic Tutoring for Students
Enhance your knowledge by attending tutoring hours.
The CS department offers free tutors through AWiCS (Advancing Women in CS). Tutors are peer students that are further along the CS program. These peer students will:
- hold weekly office hours to assist you with your academic work.
- create an inclusive community for students taking CS111 and CS112 courses.
- build a peer network that fosters encouragement and support for the learning and academic persistence of all students regardless of identities.
- assist Instructors and Learning Assistants in guiding the students to advance their knowledge and understanding of the course(s).
Office hours are held in a drop-in mode. The schedule is available on Canvas left pane under “Tutoring”.
- in person Hill 248
- remotely accessible through Canvas left pane under “Tutoring”.
Contact our program coordinator Jamie Liao for any questions regarding tutors or tutoring hours.
Other Course Staff
- Piazza Instructors – Addresses questions related to course content/answer general questions related to assignments. For more personal/in-depth assignment questions, please visit an instructor or TA during office hours.
- Proctors – Ensures exam protocols are being followed, addresses general questions/concerns during the exam.
- Graders – Grades exams and addresses regrades during the one week regrading period that occurs after exam grades are released.
Note that the above staff members should only be receiving questions related to their course descriptions. As such, no one except the instructors or TAs should be receiving emails about the course or grades.
Also keep in mind that many of the above staff are also students. Please be respectful to them and their time, a staff member will address your questions/concerns as soon as possible.