Continue Offering 15-102: Exploring Programming with Graphics Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/continue-offering-15-102-exploring-programming-with-graphics.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:53 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Alexandra Wolfe [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9614055?utm_medium=rss 15-102 is an invaluable course to beginning programmers, whether you plan to take higher level CS courses or not. Processing is an extremely simple and powerful visual tool, and an effective platform for learning programming fundamentals.

Being a CS major, I took the offered 15-100 class when I was a freshman. It was terrible and sucked all the interesting parts out of coding. This course is invaluable in getting more diverse students to actually STAY/be interested in your program

]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:56:21 UTC 9614055 Yookung Bae [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9603320?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:22:43 UTC 9603320 Matt Finlay [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9602884?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:43:27 UTC 9602884 Jung Byun [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9602799?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:36:54 UTC 9602799 Dylan Kimsey-Hutchinson [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9602590?utm_medium=rss This class is very informative and has shown me that I'm quite capable at programming and has inspired me to consider taking more programming.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:19:45 UTC 9602590 Allison Ko [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601789?utm_medium=rss Jim's class (before it used Processing) was my very first programming class. Because he made it so fun and exciting with the graphics and animations, I decided to continue taking more programming classes and help out as a CA; I also ended up focusing on Computer Engineering rather than Electrical Engineering as I had originally planned. As a result, I now have a full-time job as a software engineer - don't take this class away!

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:16:27 UTC 9601789 Devleen Baksi [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601336?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:42:40 UTC 9601336 Anonymous [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601302?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:39:33 UTC 9601302 Anonymous [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601286?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:38:34 UTC 9601286 Sandra Yeh [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601211?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:33:00 UTC 9601211 Brianna Kent [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601062?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:18:46 UTC 9601062 Anonymous [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9601056?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:18:08 UTC 9601056 Jake Klingensmith [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600916?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:05:52 UTC 9600916 Paige Morrison [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600822?utm_medium=rss I am currently taking this course and it is perfect for me. I struggle with computers and do not need much programming. With help from the professors and TAs, I am starting to get it. i do not believe that i would be successful in another course that is not set up in this way using graphics. please keep this course.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:57:19 UTC 9600822 Patricia Thang [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600797?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:54:45 UTC 9600797 Mirrie Choi [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600737?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:50:05 UTC 9600737 Dale clifford [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600492?utm_medium=rss The course is valuable to disciplines adjacent to CS. My own interests are in the field of architecture and the content of 15-102 influences my thinking, conceptually and pragmatically, of the untapped potential integration of CS and architecture.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:30:56 UTC 9600492 Magdalen Silberman [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600485?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:30:12 UTC 9600485 Starsha Kolodziej [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600475?utm_medium=rss I agree with the statements in the petition; the course is very interesting, and I love that I can use the visuals to troubleshoot my code and understand it better. I am far more inclined to program than I otherwise would have been, thanks to the ease of use and exploratory nature of the course. I 100% promote the continuation of the course, and am quite unhappy learning that other students will not have the opportunity to learn in a way that involves more experimentation than memorization.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:29:10 UTC 9600475 Anna Nelson [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600434?utm_medium=rss I am and art student and had no prior programming knowledge. 15-102 is a great course for people like me who want to learn programming as it pertains to graphics and don't require and incredibly extensive overview of different programming languages and things that can be accomplished with programming.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:26:46 UTC 9600434 Morgan Midgett [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600370?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:21:32 UTC 9600370 Jessica Aguero [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600211?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:06:58 UTC 9600211 Ashtyn Hemendinger [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600192?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:05:00 UTC 9600192 Kan Dong [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9600090?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:58:09 UTC 9600090 David Down [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599967?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:49:19 UTC 9599967 Rebeccah Berk [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599965?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:49:11 UTC 9599965 donald hood [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599928?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:45:28 UTC 9599928 Kun Qian [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599897?utm_medium=rss This class teaches the essentials of Java in such simplest graphical representations. Students always enjoy learning when they are in this class. Programming skills are vital to the students who want industry experience before or after graduation, as opposed to computational thinking.

Bring back OOP!

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:42:52 UTC 9599897 Naomi Gunawardena [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599857?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:40:23 UTC 9599857 Allen Cai [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599807?utm_medium=rss Keep it going! It's a great course to explore graphics and visual creativity while learning basic programming as well.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:37:08 UTC 9599807 Anonymous [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599789?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:35:32 UTC 9599789 Sahil Jolly [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599772?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:33:56 UTC 9599772 Christine Pak [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9599769?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:33:42 UTC 9599769 Justine Lassar [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9438390?utm_medium=rss I had never encountered any programming before and thought I would hate it! I came out of this class telling all my friends and family how incredible programming is. This class changed my entire view of programming and computer science and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

]]> Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:03:23 UTC 9438390 Judith Savitskaya [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9430874?utm_medium=rss As a CA for this course, I've watched hundreds of students who were terrified by the idea of programming grow to love Processing and feel empowered by the ability to create their own code. This really is a course about stepping out of your element and getting over fear of something new. It's spreading the power of programming to every other major and helping students incorporate programming into their own career goals.

]]> Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:29:39 UTC 9430874 Cristina Mele [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9430383?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:03:30 UTC 9430383 Shawn Sims [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9426384?utm_medium=rss great class...you best keep it

]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:59:02 UTC 9426384 Samia Ahmed [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9419376?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:56:03 UTC 9419376 Jenny Eishingdrelo [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9418583?utm_medium=rss This course is absolutely wonderful, it would be a shame if future students wouldn't be able to have the opportunity to take this wonderful class.

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:18:58 UTC 9418583 Sarah Read [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9418508?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:06:32 UTC 9418508 Maya Irvine [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9418296?utm_medium=rss This is an excellent class, and the only cs course geared toward introducing artists to the power to programming. I can not fathom why it should be canceled. It represents one of the key aspects of this university, the intersection of arts and technology.

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:39:29 UTC 9418296 Austin Bales [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9382016?utm_medium=rss CMU Alum — keep this course. I'll donate, I promise…

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:22:44 UTC 9382016 Lisa Kwon [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9338714?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:18:35 UTC 9338714 Vincent van Mierlo [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9330323?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:04:51 UTC 9330323 Lara Mann [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9327435?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:06:03 UTC 9327435 Anonymous [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9327306?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:50:37 UTC 9327306 Emily Dillinger [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9326192?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:56:53 UTC 9326192 Clare Bozso [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9321442?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:21:56 UTC 9321442 CRYSTAL LEEPOW [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9321117?utm_medium=rss I was reluctant to take programming, but this course was fun, engaging and educational. Please don't get rid of it!!

]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:27:43 UTC 9321117 Tyler Dossett [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9320578?utm_medium=rss This class was so fantastic! Professor Jim Roberts really helped me understand how to program in a way that captivated my interest. He its rally passionate about this course and it should definitely be offered and taught by him a again.

]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:26:37 UTC 9320578 Anonymous [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9320440?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:42:15 UTC 9320440 Colin Grossman-Cross [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9319621?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:35:59 UTC 9319621 Marielle Saums [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9319083?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:20:06 UTC 9319083 Anonymous [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9317289?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:59:07 UTC 9317289 Anonymous [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9316759?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:43:28 UTC 9316759 Lucas Neffa [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9316581?utm_medium=rss 15-102 is essential to introducing computer programming to students wanting to fulfill computing course requirements. 15-110 is of a more complex structure of programming language and is less interesting to students who have never programmed.

]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:20:33 UTC 9316581 Anonymous [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9316456?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:03:47 UTC 9316456 Jennifer Major [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9315681?utm_medium=rss This course was great! I learned a lot about program and still now how to use the skills I learned currently. I think that this course is the perfect option for people who are required to only take one programming course.

]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:54:20 UTC 9315681 Evelyn Chang [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9314087?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:53:50 UTC 9314087 Anonymous [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313706?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:56:23 UTC 9313706 Elias Fatsi [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313622?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:07:31 UTC 9313622 Daisy Yoo [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313611?utm_medium=rss 15-102 must go on!

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:03:23 UTC 9313611 Jordan Valley [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313608?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:01:58 UTC 9313608 Taylor Caligaris [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313560?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:43:58 UTC 9313560 Yijia Zhou [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313558?utm_medium=rss For students who are not interested in continuing programming, 15-102 is a great course

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:43:18 UTC 9313558 Christina Musich [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313467?utm_medium=rss This class was perfect for me as design student. I got to creating things that I can directly use with my designs. Regular programming would have been too time consuming to take while taking studios and I would never have learned programming without this.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:13:35 UTC 9313467 Kudret Usmani [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313421?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:57:07 UTC 9313421 Dana Lok [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313414?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:53:29 UTC 9313414 Stacey Lee [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313404?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:43:42 UTC 9313404 xochina elhilali [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313314?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:11:53 UTC 9313314 Joseph Koon [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313266?utm_medium=rss I would have never taken a CS course if 15-102 did not exist.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:50:31 UTC 9313266 Erica Cochran [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313250?utm_medium=rss Great course and great Professor. Roberts makes programming interestingh. Learning with a graphics theme is great for designers and makes it easier for us to understand. I recommended this course to several people.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:44:43 UTC 9313250 Cole Heiner [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313246?utm_medium=rss This course provides a fabulous introduction to programming.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:41:48 UTC 9313246 Asha Thomas [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313231?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:36:40 UTC 9313231 Alex Yoo [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313223?utm_medium=rss I have a friend who took this course and from all the projects I've seen, and from what she's told me, this class is a reasonably challenging, but fun class that introduces programming to non-cs majors in a different light. I can easily imagine countless students in the future signing up for this class to experience the fun aspects of programming!

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:35:53 UTC 9313223 Jessica Laubach [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313212?utm_medium=rss First of all, I think the programming requirement for HSS majors is kind of pointless, and the fact that Intro to Programming is (from what I hear) such a difficult an intense class would be the only option to fulfill that requirement is senseless. I learned a lot from 15-102 without wanting to kill myself from stress, which is something that I often times don't think CMU takes into consideration (the mental well-being of students).

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:33:10 UTC 9313212 christina mitas [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313198?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:27:55 UTC 9313198 Jennifer Brown [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313172?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:21:59 UTC 9313172 Christopher Bogie [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313158?utm_medium=rss This course is one of the most interesting, well taught, and thoroughly enjoyable programming courses I have even taken. Jim Roberts, the professor, was one of the best professors I ever had, and I was not a programming major (or minor). He is passionate about the course and helping students learn.

I learned so much in this course, I actually wished I had taken it as a freshman so I could have minored in programming.

We all urge you to continue this course.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:16:51 UTC 9313158 Laura Patzer [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313141?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:12:59 UTC 9313141 Honor Randall [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313125?utm_medium=rss Great programming option! 15110 would have been a painful waste of time for me but this was useful.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:09:37 UTC 9313125 Caroline McCool [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313091?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:54:38 UTC 9313091 Maria Clara Martins [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313070?utm_medium=rss This class is amazing! Fun, challenging, and extremely useful! All my fears about programming went away!

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:47:46 UTC 9313070 christopher ioffreda [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313067?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:44:38 UTC 9313067 Jena Tegeler [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313059?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:42:42 UTC 9313059 Linnea LaMon [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313057?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:41:50 UTC 9313057 Swati Varshney [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313053?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:41:24 UTC 9313053 Clara Baron-Hyppolite [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313041?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:39:12 UTC 9313041 Alejandra Rodriguez-Gitler [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313036?utm_medium=rss It was definitely a fun course and not too demanding for non-computer science majors.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:38:07 UTC 9313036 Amanda Bowers [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9312984?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:24:04 UTC 9312984 Jewel Pothen [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9312982?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:23:48 UTC 9312982 Michael Jeffers [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9312978?utm_medium=rss This class is absolutely amazing. It taught me things that I would have struggled with on my own as I am a non-CS major. The subject matter is useful in many fields and this class serves as the perfect first step into a skill that many will need, especially in design art and architecture. Not offering this course will reduce the ability for interdisciplinary work, the expansion of one's own skill set, and encouraging collaboration, even with the elusive CS major. 15-102 defines what CMU is.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:22:49 UTC 9312978 Alison Cuccia [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9312945?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:15:48 UTC 9312945 Ling-Yi Kung [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9312571?utm_medium=rss I took this course last spring with no prior programming experience. I left with a love of programming and a desire to learn more about computer science! Jim is a fantastic professor, and very passionate about the course and his students. He helped me with my application for an internship at Pixar Animation Studios last summer, which I got. I'm certain that I wouldn't have gotten that amazing opportunity had I not had programming experience through 15-102 and had such an accessible professor.

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