If you are a CS student and you want a job in software, pay very close attention in CS 544. What he will teach you about linux, docker, databases and distributed processing is pure gold. Seriously, when you start your first job, you will be unbelievably happy to know the basics of these things, that other CS classes do not teach you. Pay attention!Rate My Professors ↗
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TYLER CARAZA-HARTER
What students say
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
He's a good guy who cares about his students learning. Grew a lot in this class. Easy A if you study. Lots of work.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
He's a pretty reasonable professor and gave extra credit for the projects. The only downside was how messy the projects were, but he would make sure to give students extra time to submit.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Lots of people hate because they thought it'd be an easy A like in prev semesters. Hard to get an A but def not hard to get at least a B esp w extra credit. Very clear (but boring) lectures, explains complex content simply. Projects are eh. Cumulative exams suck, especially fill-the-blank q's. Clearly cares abt the class but def needs some changesRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
He actually cares if you go meet him out of class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
This class is quite mixed. There is a lot of content, with theory and esoteric questions being prioritized in exams over coding. He is obviously a great coder. I found his theory slides to be good, but his demos to be bad. Almost feel like this should be a 4 credit class with discussion to go over code/theory due to pace of class. Projects = mess.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with TYLER CARAZA-HARTER
No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | COMPSCI 544 | Introduction to Big Data Systems |
| Spring 2026 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2025 | COMPSCI 544 | Introduction to Big Data Systems |
| Spring 2025 | COMPSCI 544 | Introduction to Big Data Systems |
| Fall 2024 | COMPSCI 544 | Introduction to Big Data Systems |
| Spring 2024 | COMPSCI 368 | Learning a Programming Language |
| Fall 2023 | COMPSCI 544 | Introduction to Big Data Systems |
| Fall 2023 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2023 | COMPSCI 639 | Undergraduate Elective Topics in Computing |
| Spring 2023 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2022 | COMPSCI 320 | Data Science Programming II |
| Spring 2022 | COMPSCI 320 | Data Science Programming II |
| Spring 2022 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2021 | COMPSCI 320 | Data Science Programming II |
| Fall 2021 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2020 | COMPSCI 320 | Data Science Programming II |
| Fall 2020 | COMPSCI 638 | Undergraduate Topics in Computing |
| Spring 2020 | COMPSCI 320 | Data Science Programming II |
| Fall 2019 | COMPSCI 638 | Undergraduate Topics in Computing |
| Spring 2019 | COMPSCI 298 | Directed Study in Computer Science |
| Spring 2019 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2016 | COMPSCI 537 | Introduction to Operating Systems |
| Fall 2014 | COMPSCI 537 | Introduction to Operating Systems |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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