Pretty good class.
Midterm is mostly assembly based problems (tracing through everything to figure out what the program outputs). Average is roughly 60% for that midterm even after curve, but I'm pretty sure the professor curves the scores even more when doing final grades. Final is more oriented towards things like cache and memory mapping, and the average on that one was around 75-80% after curve. Projects are interesting (they got rid of malloc lab), and shouldn't take too much time compared to CS32 projects.

The lectures are fun and interesting too.

The difference in what I retained before the midterm and what I retained after the midterm is day and night. I was able to remember most of the pre-midterm material very easily but after the midterm, the pace picked up heavily and a lot of material got completely lost on me. Thankfully, there is more than enough extra credit on projects and on tests that is available to still get a great grade in the class while still missing a few items on the final.

I took CS33 with professor Nowatzki in Winter 2017. Back in then it was his first time teaching but I enjoyed his class so much. This is probably the most fundamental undergrad CS course, and I really benefit a lot from his lectures. Professor Nowatzki is one of the greatest professors in CS department. His lectures are concise and straightforward. Projects are not hard at all if you follow the instructions (and he gives extra credit as well). Tests are easy and fair. Overall this is a great class with generous curve and grading scheme, and you would never regret taking CS33 with him. I would recommend everyone to take his class.

He is one of the nicest CS professors you can ever hope for. He gives reasonable mdt and finals with practice exams. The projects are pretty hard but he gives plenty of time with extra credits. He is very active on Piazza where you can ask him anything from CS-related questions to "Are you a junkrat main". Take him as your CS33 Professor at all cost(He only teaches in winter).

Very active professor on Piazza