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Email / FAQs
[COP3530 Summer 2023] COP3530 will be offered in Summer 2023 and you can take the course fully remote.
[Generic Requests] The best way to contact me is through email. My email address is kapooramanpreet@ufl.edu. I reply most emails within 72 business hours unless I am out-of-office. In the latter case, you will recieve an automatic message stating when I will be back.
[UF students in my Course] In case you are a student enrolled in my course at the University of Florida, the best way to contact me is meeting me directly in office hours. I will not reply any email that consists of any course related requests.
[Course Enrollment] In case you are looking to enroll in my course, have questions on prerequisites or registration, contact one of the CISE academic advisors.
[Waiver of Pre-requisites] The department has a strict policy on not waiving prerequisites. So you will not be able to take COP3530, if you haven't completed COP3503 and COT3100. Concurrent enrollment with pre-requisites is not allowed.
[COP3502 FAQs] In case you have questions on COP3502 Programming Fundamentals 1, refer to this document before reaching out to me.
[COP3530 Course Material] You can find the course material for COP3530 Data Structures and Algorithms course here: [Videos] [Slides and Programming Problems]

Office Hours
If you are a UF student, the best way to meet me is at office hours. I will be holding office hours virtually over Zoom. You can discuss course and career related questions. Also, I would be happy to discuss pretty much anything only if we do not have long lines. These office hours are based on a community-based model (idea influenced by Philip Guo and Scott Klemmer) which means I hold office hours together for students across different courses and academic years.
If you want to discuss something more privately, either tell me during office hours so that we can go to a break-out room or send me a slack message or email to setup time to meet.

Teaching Opportunities
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student at UF and are enthusiastic about teaching, feel free to apply for a peer mentor or teaching assistant position at this link. Applications are closed for Fall 2023 and there are no more available spots.

Letter of Recommendation
If you were an undergraduate student researcher or TA working under my supervision or a student enrolled in one of my courses, and if you would like me to write a Letter of Recommendation for you, reach out to me on my email with the following information at least three weeks before the deadline:

  • Resume
  • Link to the Application where you are applying
  • Two-three points on why you are a great fit as an applicant
  • Deadline to submit the application
  • Two-three points on what are the things you have done in my course. This could be being highly creative in a project or contributing significantly to the course discussion forums
  • Signed FERPA Release form after I agree to write the letter
  • Statement of Purpose and Unofficial Transcript (if applying to graduate school)
I can only write the letter if I know you personally and we had interactions beyond the class. That is because I write highly personalized letters. If you are one of the students who got an A but never interacted with me throughout the course, I will not be able to write you a strong recommendation letter.