<p>Hello, I am a potential incoming freshman into Binghamton in the fall. I was accepted into the computer science program at the watson school of engineering and sciences and i was wondering if anyone can give me any info on the difficulty of the course, professors, and anything else that can be useful about the program at binghamton.</p>
<p>My son was too, hoping someone responds. I noticed in comparing colleges that he was accepted to, Binghamton has the most computer programs/majors, numbered in the 80’s compared to some schools with only 20+ programs. I believe Bing has about 350 CS undergraduate students.</p>
<p>I was accepted into this program as well. I’m not sure if i am going to still with it though. Would it be possible to switch majors to their school of management?</p>
<p>I’m a senior CS major. I think the CS department is pretty good in general. Eileen Head (Undergraduate Program Director) is very helpful and you should definitely get to know her. I’ll try and think of some other things to talk about, but I need to be somewhere soon.</p>
<p>A good thing about CS is that upper level courses have a class size limit and no CS courses are allowed to be taught by TAs.</p>
<p>gardengnome93, SOM takes very few in University transfers. Make sure to get a 4.0 in the classes you take before you try to transfer to SOM. You could easily transfer to Harpur and be a Economics major though.</p>
<p>gardengnome93 - i was also considering transferring into SOM but i was told by undergraduate admissions right on campus that it is extremely difficult being that you need an incredibly high GPA. I was also told that it easier to transfer to SOM from a different college than transferring from Watson or any other school in Binghamton.</p>
<p>bootes - i went up to bing for the weekend and met Eileen there, she seemed incredibly nice and looks like a great professor. the only thing that worries me is that i was told the curriculum is very difficult and i dont want to waste $20,000 because i failed. finally, hearing that only professors teach CS makes me very happy seeing as how everyone complains about TA’s</p>
<p>according to the user MathFinance …</p>
<p>to transfer into SOM you need 4 pre reqs.</p>
<p>Calc 1, Statistics, Micro Econ, Macro Econ.</p>
<p>I took all 4 first semester got a 4.0. Then got a 4.0 for the next 2 semesters. then I got in.</p>
<p>Idk why it was so hard for me. I know people who got in with a 3.2.</p>
<p>Make sure you get an A in those 4 classes. Apply after your first semester, and after your second, and after your third.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter when you get in. Once you in SOM</p>
<p>the only classes you need to take are</p>
<p>calc 1, stats, micro and macro econ, acct 211 bls 111, cqs 111, cqs 311, mis 311, opm 311, mktg 311 mgmt 311, ibus 311, fin 311, mgmt 411.</p>
<p>if your majoring in acct you need bls 112 and like 5 acct classes
if your majoring in something else you need acct 212 and 3 classes in your concentration.</p>
<p>it is possible to (and most people do) complete all of the requirments for SOM in 3-4 semesters.</p>
<p>heres the link
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/suny-binghamton/1077193-harpur-som.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/suny-binghamton/1077193-harpur-som.html</a></p>
<p>yes but notice how the person got in from Harpur which is easy to transfer from if u take the classes. however as a CS major u start taking classes from day 1 and i believe u have to wait a full year before u apply for a transfer</p>
<p>well im not entirely sure of my major or future yet. so what would you guys recommend? as i mentioned, i am currently accepted into the School of Science and Engineering (Watson)</p>
<p>If you want to assume you’re going to switch into SOM, you can be registered as a CS major and not actually take any CS classes. Just take classes that you need to transfer into SOM/that fulfill gened requirements.</p>
<p>It is easier to go to another University entirely and then transfer to BU/SOM. So if you decide you definitely want to be in SOM and don’t want to do CS, it might be better for you to go to another university at first.</p>
<p>You should probably create your own thread if you want to continue talking about this, since it’s unrelated to the topic of this one.</p>
<p>I guess that classes are difficult, but it’s usually material I actually want to learn. I think that’s really the most important thing to consider. I’ve taken a few English courses recently and the work/time commitment required by them is **much[\b] less than CS courses. But I wouldn’t be interested in taking most English courses, I wouldn’t be interested in most jobs available to English majors, and it would be much more difficult to find a job if my degree was in English. So it’s really up to you to decide what you want to spend the next 4 years learning. You can always take CS110/140 (Intro Programming Courses) and see what you think of them. I don’t feel that the classes get more difficult than those, you mainly just keep building at a similar pace from there.</p>
<p>Professors to avoid: Foreman and Steflik. Foreman teaches a pass/fail required 2 credit course CS 101. You don’t need to/can’t avoid him there, but don’t take him for a real 3/4 credit course like Operating Systems. Neither teaches anything in lecture and then often requires pretty difficult projects that you need to completely figure out how to do on your own. You then have no idea what to study for on the tests (because you haven’t been learning anything in lecture).</p>
<p>Professors I’ve liked: Garrison, Govindaraju (Madhu), Greene, Iwobi, Richard Eckert (seems to have retired), Kartik.</p>
<p>Greene is difficult and doesn’t come off as that friendly, but he teaches you a lot and I’ve heard he’s very helpful in office hours if you need help. </p>
<p>Garrison teaches 373 which is unlike any other course you’ll take and I don’t think anyone could teach it better than he does. He taught Algorithms this semester and I wish I had taken it with him.</p>
<p>I highly suggest taking Calc 2 over the summer somewhere else. Maybe physics also if you decide to take it. You get to choose between 2 semesters of Calc based physics, Bio, or Chem.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that another option is the Fast Track MBA; complete your CS requirements in 3 years and start your MBA your senior year.</p>
<p>Graduate in 5 years with both!</p>
<p>check out: [Binghamton</a> University - Academics: Schools and Colleges: School of Management](<a href=“http://som.binghamton.edu%5DBinghamton”>http://som.binghamton.edu) </p>
<p>Our Fast-Track Programs provide students with the opportunity to save time and money without needing to compromise the quality of their education. The Harpur and Watson Fast-Track MBA programs allow current Binghamton students to complete their MBA with only one additional year of study.</p>