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08-01-2012 1:04pm#1
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Word of advice: the Intro to Programming module is horrible... If you do a computer type course and have the option to choose this moduel, just don't. It's all theory and incredibly dull. You don't do any practical computer work at all
Makes learning very difficult. 0 -
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sh1tin-a-brick wrote: »Word of advice: the Intro to Programming module is horrible... If you do a computer type course and have the option to choose this moduel, just don't. It's all theory and incredibly dull. You don't do any practical computer work at all Makes learning very difficult.
Computer science don't do that module luckily enough. I'm in 2nd year now, 1st year is grand, maths is the only tough part and even that isn't terrible. 2nd year has been a bit more boring, and a bit of a struggle trying to learn Java to the standard we need it to be after doing C in 1st year.0 -
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sh1tin-a-brick wrote: »Word of advice: the Intro to Programming module is horrible... If you do a computer type course and have the option to choose this moduel, just don't. It's all theory and incredibly dull. You don't do any practical computer work at all Makes learning very difficult.
Thanks for the advice !i do it.
just finished semester 1 of first year.
it's enjoyable but difficult, especially the maths though if you do higher i doubt you'll have much of a problem.
personally, i like programming so i find that easy enough to understand but i imagine the difficulty will increase a serious amount next year.
Luckily I do H.L Maths
Computer science don't do that module luckily enough. I'm in 2nd year now, 1st year is grand, maths is the only tough part and even that isn't terrible. 2nd year has been a bit more boring, and a bit of a struggle trying to learn Java to the standard we need it to be after doing C in 1st year.
Nice.Just to give you another view, I'm in Enginneering. I specialised in Electronic, but you can do Computer modules as well, so I'll have a masters in Electronics and Computers. It's not a computer science degree however.
Personally I love programming, I'm always learning new ones, and I would stress unless you have a serious interest in computers / programming, Computer Sci maybe not be for you. That's just my take and from talking to students doing it. Saying that, student do migrate from Eng to Comp Sci, and vice versa.
I'll take this into consideration also. How early on do you specialise ?OneOfThem Stumbled wrote: »The specific language that Computer Scientists learn in first year now is C if that's any help.
So if the following programme designed to compute fibonacci numbers excites you you may like the course.
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
int n; /* The number of fibonacci numbers we will print */
int i; /* The index of fibonacci number to be printed next */
int current; /* The value of the (i)th fibonacci number */
int next; /* The value of the (i+1)th fibonacci number */
int twoaway; /* The value of the (i+2)th fibonacci number */
printf("How many Fibonacci numbers do you want to compute? ");
scanf("%d", &n);
if (n<=0)
printf("The number should be positive.\n");
else {
printf("\n\n\tI \t Fibonacci(I) \n\t=====================\n");
next = current = 1;
for (i=1; i<=n; i++) {
printf("\t%d \t %d\n", i, current);
twoaway = current+next;
current = next;
next = twoaway;
}
}
}
I was bored last summer and started learning a bit of C, so that should come in handy :pac: But yea I get you, it's a lil' boring with programs like that.
Cheers for posting everyone, you've been incredibly helpful. As long as I get the points (and the current points don't jump by a massive amount) then I hope to be doing C.S in UCD. Hopefully ~450 points will suffice !0 -
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