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    computer science classes

    How many people here have taken any type of computer sciences class, in school or otherwise? I just want to see how many people here have .
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    I'm taking my first year as a freshmen. Do I still have to take comp. apps, or does computer science cover it?
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    I took two courses in C++ as a senior in high school. Now as a freshman in college, I'm finishing up Intro to CS. I have the final for that tomorrow. Next term, I'm taking an intermediate C++ course.

    If you'd like to see all of the classes that I need to take at Drexel to get my BS in CS, you can go here:
    http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/degree/cs-bs.htm
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    i took 4 years of Computer Science in high school.

    Now I am in my Freshman year of College and am currently taking 2 computer science courses.
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    No CS at my school.

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    I am finishing up my first semester of computer science now; I'll be taking another computer science course next semester. In concepts, I 've learned virtually nil so far; but I have learned the syntax of Java and learned just how boring the programs you write in computer science courses are.

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    f you'd like to see all of the classes that I need to take at Drexel to get my BS in CS, you can go here:
    I'm surprised your BS in CS requires economics classes. I guess that's good, especially if you're going to wind up writing code for accounting or something like that.
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    3 years of it in HS. 1 year VB, 1 C++, 1 AP C++.

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    Originally posted by UnregdRegd
    I 've learned virtually nil so far; but I have learned the syntax if Java and learned just how boring the programs you write in computer science courses are.
    Defonantly, i'm learning java too.. it sucks, i havnt leaned anything new - eaven about java syntax itself
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    C++, Java, Robotics, Numerical Methods, Cryptology, Finite Element Analysis (next semester)
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    Originally posted by UnregdRegd
    I'm surprised your BS in CS requires economics classes. I guess that's good, especially if you're going to wind up writing code for accounting or something like that.
    Drexel is all about making students ready for the business world. That's why we've got a great co-op program, and that's why we have to take courses that have to do more about business than our major. It has its advantages and disadvantages. I'm somewhat reserving judgement for now.
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    I took a lot of CS courses, never learned much because by the time I got there, I already knew most of what was taught.

    Had some funny and completely off the wall professors, though.
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    here are all the courses that I need to take to get my degree.

    Hey Joshdick, what the hell is calc IV?? do they streatch out other courses or what? I've never heard of calc being broken down into 4 classes.

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    http://www.kettering.edu/forms/pdf/ece/ce-program.pdf

    All the classes that start with CS-###. I also took Java as an elective.

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    axon, Drexel is on a quarterly schedule. That means it has four 10-week terms a year rather than two longer semesters. As a result, it's not possible to cover as much material in a single term. That's probably why it takes Drexel four courses instead of three to teach calculus.
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    "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." -- Joseph Weizenbaum.

    "If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it." -- Richard Pattis.

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