[tinnguyen123]

I just wana hear some advice and i just found out there's a college thread here >.<..

I just declared it to my couselor like 1 week ago and he listed all these classes and im so scared :X

[watcher]

I just wana hear some advice and i just found out there's a college thread here >.<..

I just declared it to my couselor like 1 week ago and he listed all these classes and im so scared :X

well, what kind of advice are you lookin for?

[sillymeboy]

Study? lol well I was going to be a computer science major freshmen year but I took "Computer Programming" and the teacher made me change my mind that "a**hole" lol. What are some of the courses you have to take? Maybe we can give you some insight on the course if we already took it

[2partsvodka]

you need to STUDY the language and understand it.
I'm a computer science major in my 2nd year already..and its hard. No lies its either you understand it or you don't. and if you don't, don't be afraid of asking for help because the things you learn in any comp sci classes carries on to the next. each class is really rewarding in the end. =] best of luck for you.

[THEmerryJANE]

I'm a math major so I had to take some computer programming classes.

It's pretty straightforward but you have to use a lot of logic. The language itself is easy to grasp but it's using it correctly in your compiler that makes it difficult. Expect to make a lot of mistakes in your programs.

It's pretty cool when your program actually works though, it just takes some time to get there.

[KJI12345]

Comp Sci senior here.

Depends, some people have a knack for computers and programming and some don't.

I usually don't even study much, do homework at the last second, and program huge assignments in a few hours, usually right before they're. (Habit I need get out of... backfired on me a few times.)

Other people can program for hours and weeks and still not get assignments done.

Do you like computers, programming and math? What kind of advice do you want?

[hyuhin]

hey i was wondering...do they teach you about web design and web programming like xhtml and php in Computer Science?

Looked it up in my course catalog but couldn't find any mentioning of them..

[Shikabane Hime]

Can anyone explain what role abstract mathematics plays in computer programming?

[aiaigasa]

Can anyone explain what role abstract mathematics plays in computer programming?

i was initially going to be a CSE major but abstract math scared me away... so i never really got to understanding that part lol.
i did take some programming courses though! debugging sucks. D: and don't ever plagiarize! i hear they're getting really good at catching plagiarism even if people change variable names and such because they have programs to look for all of that. ^^;

[awdark]

Pretty sure abstract math is mostly used for graphics

[Phaze5ive]

I just finished Discreet Mathematics for Computer Science and it was mainly logic. As for the programming itself, it wasn't that hard for me. But then again, I'm only 3 semesters in

[masturyan]

Coding is awful. I ran away from it after a year. It's one of the most frustrating things I've ever encountered, spending hours in front of a computer screen trying to get your program to compile correctly. Guess I wasn't born to code.

If you're one of those geeky computer type people, then computer science is the major for you. I don't mean this be offensive, but nearly all of my classmates fit that stereotype.

[XtremeNuisance]

Discrete math is the devil. Computer Engineering isn't that bad; I'm more of a fan of the electrical part of CPE, but whatever. And I guess the programming wouldn't be that bad if I didn't feel like my teacher was an a-hole. But yeah. It's not too bad. You just actually have to read the textbook if your teachers don't talk about stuff in class or you'll end up like me and be thinking that you will have to retake a class when exam time rolls around.

[Gofishus]

hey i was wondering...do they teach you about web design and web programming like xhtml and php in Computer Science?

Looked it up in my course catalog but couldn't find any mentioning of them..

No. If you want that stuff, go to a college (or community college as they would say in the US). University is for theory and abstraction. there are three main areas your courses will be in: Programming courses, Logic courses and Math courses. Make sure you can be strong in all three. Programming languages you will learn are like Java, C, Assembly, Python, Possibly C++, none of which are web languages. Theory courses will be involving concepts like Running time of algorithms, Turing machines, Complexity and computational theory, etc. Math will be like statistics, Calculus, Lin Alg, Data interpolation, error cancellation ,etc

[Super Kaioken]

Some Unis do offer game design courses though. One course at my uni allows you to use XNA to develop games for the class.