<p>I'll be at orientation tomorrow and would like to know all of the super easy classes at FSU. Someone mentioned a computer class that students with a low GPA take, could I get the course I'D for it and similar "easy" classes?</p>
<p>Computer Class - CGS2100
Family Relationships - FAD2230
“Baby Bio w/ Lab” - BSC1005 / BSC1005L</p>
<p>Those are a few of the easy classes that were recommended to me at orientation. I took CGS2100 via dual-enrollment at a community college, and it was a freaking joke. It was like taking a middle school class. If you take “Baby Bio,” be sure to sign up for the lab as well. Although, it’s probably better to take it during your second semester (or so I’ve been told).</p>
<p>Here’s a copy of a syllabus for the CGS 2060/CGS 2100 computer classes offered this past spring with Dr. Gaitros: <a href=“http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~gaitrosd/syllabus.ppt[/url]”>www.cs.fsu.edu/~gaitrosd/syllabus.ppt</a></p>
<p>I don’t know if they still have it. There was a class called something like First Year Experience it was only for 1 credit hour. Every extra hour helps for getting an earlier date to register for classes later on.</p>
<p>You are still going to have to do work in that computer class… but if you do the work, you should get an A. He curves the grading scale, so don’t let the 95-100 = A thing scare you.</p>
<p>I just came from orientation and all the courses are taken</p>
<p>does anyone know if the “In a Flash” tutorial is something that comes with the text for the cgs2100?</p>
<p>It is typically included. Make sure if you buy the text that the CD is included. They may sell just the book without the CD for less but the CD is more important than the book.</p>
<p>The school bookstore and Bills sell them together. You can get them separately online. There are a lot of used FSU version books online (we bought ours at amazon) and the CD is sold on amazon both new and used and you can go to the publisher site for the CD and buy it. We bought the book used and the CD new. I think we paid only $20 plus postage for the CD.</p>
<p>My D is taking the computer class online this summer at FSU. If you are interested in purchasing the text and the CD, PM me. I have an amazon.com and Half.com seller account and buy and sell our FSU texts. I have another daughter in college and save a bit of money this way. You can save postage and the amazon fees (meaning I would charge a little less) and pick them up at FSU if you want to purchase them.</p>
<p>foxfire: There are plenty of CGS2060 (for any major) classes left, and even a few CGS2100 (for business majors) seats still available as of right now. </p>
<p>CGS2060 has available seats in two Tuesday/Thursday classes, one at 9:30 am and one at 2:00 pm. I heard that you only go to this class twice a week even though three days are in each section. The small class is only held once, and from then on you only have two classes a week in the HCB 101 huge lecture hall. I think this is the same for CGS2100 as well.</p>
<p>Can anyone who has taken either of these classes please confirm this? </p>
<p>Matt125: I’m taking CGS2100 (Gaitros) in the fall. There is an E-book listed as required and the textbook says “choice”. What does this mean? What is an E-book? Which book comes with the CD? Did you use either or both of them?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>The E-book is the electronic edition of a book. Perhaps it is only available online, as some are not even available as a hard copy option. My D has taken 2 classes where the only version was available online, --no hard copy–and once the course was over access was not possible, so students could not re-suse access. At least one was written by an FSU professor. This gets more expensive when there are no used copies to borrow or buy.</p>
<p>WARNING to e-book users. For textbooks, my daughter has had at least one which was not really an e-book, it was e-access to the books materials with no hardbound book available. AND one did not download the book, but upon access could print chapters. Let me tell you what happened. In a large class near test/exam time, access was difficult, and the server was overloaded. Students could not access the book chapters, and tests were not rescheduled. Luckily she does better with hard paper and print. So she had already downloaded and printed up the chapters in question for the first test. Others learned the hard way not to wait. But this irritated me to no end. I paid over $50 for an e-book where access was sometimes limited, and she was printing at additional expense. The only saving grace was the $80 B&W laser printer she has which needs an ink cartridge only every 2-3 years. (The “starter” cartridge that came with it lasted her entire Freshman year.) If I were paying $40 for HP ink cartridges I would have been heated.</p>
<p>In the past it has been true that the class only met 2 times a week. There is also on online version where attendance at class is not required, but students receive info on class times and are invited to attend if they wish.</p>
<p>And another heads up: The book/CD and syllabus for CGS 2060 and 2100 used to be the same. That is no longer the case. So be careful. CGS 2100 has new book requirements. CGS 2060 has a 4th edition, but it is not much different than the third edition.<br>
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D is taking CGS 2060 this summer, and students are using both 3rd and 4th editions, with most using used 3rd editions. </p>
<p>I will have a used text (she will be the 2nd user) and a CD I purchased new for her. PM me for a $30 sale plus postage, or you can meet up and save postage.</p>
<p>I don’t recommend purchasing the e-book. I once downloaded a free weekly trial of an “e-book”, and it was pretty terrible. It’s not on your computer but on their server like SunnyFlorida said, and it’s not user friendly at all. </p>
<p>You would expect them to give you a PDF download of the whole book, but they can’t do that because it would be too easy to redistribute.</p>
<p>The course information for CGS2100 says the E-book is required but the textbook is not.
I would think it would be the opposite.</p>
<p>Well after being in the class and completing all of the assignments in the first ~30 days, I can confirm that the CGS2100/2060 classes are easy. You also don’t really need the latest text. I used an older version in high school, so I can see that all they really changed was adding some pictures and a few more current examples of software and hardware. Everything on his Concept Exams is in the previous version of the text, and the assignments are all really easy and the rubric spells everything out for you if you have any background in working with computers (I have no idea what the “In a Flash” tutorial is, but you only need that if you aren’t used to using Microsoft Office). I’ve gotten 100s on the first two assignments, and if you’re in CGS2060 that means you only have like one after that and it’s a powerpoint, IIRC.</p>