Friday, July 31, 2009

What is an intro computer science course like?

I'm starting my major in computer science...and I'm wondering what the first course will be like?





It's called CS 2XX for Computer Science Majors








Will it be really easy? Really hard? Or somewhere in between?





I don't really have much experience ...I'm a n00b

What is an intro computer science course like?
there's going to be a lot of variation depending on how the dean of your particular school runs his program. At the 200 level it's not likely to be so basic as "this is your keyboard, this is your printer, here's how you print things" and the ACTUAL coding and operation of these devices is much more complex anyway.





Expect math and problem solving skills to be heavily involved as you start doing basic programming. You probably won't have to do header files and such, and pointers are probably going to be out of the question in your first semester. You'll probably work your way through and up to object oriented programming (creating and programming "packets" of information by which you can easily repeat segments of code). I'd expect to start with Java, although C or C++ are also options. whichever you don't cover first, you will move into at some point. Don't worry, intro shouldn't be too hard.
Reply:Extremely variable depending on what school you are going to. They probably have a web site. You could email your professor and ask for a syllabus. They don't mind that kind of stuff and in fact appreciate a student who actually gives a hoot.
Reply:It should be pretty easy (if you know things about computers).


it probably just talks about the computer parts, (Processor, RAM, Monitor, Keyboard) and how they each work. it might go into some of what makes up the internet, e-mail.


Maybe even printers and how they work. It should be pretty basic.


The toughest part I remember from my intro course was converting numbers from binary to hexadecimal! Look up hexadecimal on the internet and you well get an idea.
Reply:sorry i dont know it may be medium

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