<p>Son took one semester of CS, famous prof teaching and he wanted to just be in the same room with him!</p>
<p>He really enjoyed the class, lots of his CS and EE buddies were also taking it so it opened up a whole new world for him. Which is why he picked the undergrad he picked! He had already taken all his calc through def eq and stats so the CS was just for him. He also landed an A, but it wasn’t an “easy” A!</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Heck I have grad degree(s) in English lit and I–well enjoyed isn’t exactly the right word—all my CS classes (well except for assembler which I loathed).</p>
<p>Programming has incredibly useful in every incarnation of my professional life.</p>
<p>Kristen: I wish I would have known you the semester you were registering for Grapes & Wines of the World. I would have suggested a perfect pairing for the class…Human Sexuality! What a great semester that was.</p>
<p>I would love to send you a pm. Give me some time to gather my thoughts and thanks for the offer.</p>
<p>@Kdog004, some science degrees at different colleges require 2 semesters of calculus.</p>
<p>^
Thanks for the clarification. I thought you were taking it for pre-med requirements.</p>
<p>“While it’s true one semester of CS won’t make you a programmer, you will know enough of the basics of program structure to be not a total newb if you end up in a lab that needs a someone to write/debug code or automate equipment w/ custom software.”
-No chance under the sky, no way after one semester, unless person ha been programming for awhile of his own. If so, then there is no reason to take a class anyway. If lab needs someone to write/debug computer programs, they will hire programmer.</p>
<p>^^ You know? I had a long reply disagreeing with you but it’s not worth arguing over. Let’s just agree to disagree. My experiences and those in and around my family are significantly different than yours.</p>
<p>does anyone have a suggestion on when i should take intro soc and intro psych? should i take it freshman year or wait a little bit, closer to the MCAT?</p>
<p>D2 took Soc fr year and will likely take psych pretty soon. Don’t think she is really considering the MCAT though, just trying to balance her schedule with easier classes that don’t have labs.</p>
<p>Re: Intro to Soc. – I think DS once said he had never taken a class which requires such a light workload. There are very few classes like this though (DS likely had two such light-load classes in 4 years – taking these classes mostly in order to fulfill the distribution requirement.) But this might have something to do the particular professor who taught it that year. (Mind you…the class was packed – they need to find a larger class room two times, and, not meant to offend any athletes here: There were many athletes in that class.</p>
<p>DS’s previous roommate was very much into humanity. For some reason, he had little respects to many classes offered by the social science departments. But it is likely his prejudice though.</p>
<p>^D2 was excited about taking Intr to Soc because it’s known to be a relatively easy class at her school too. </p>
<p>Funny story, her Soc prof nominated her to be a writing tutor, a program that you have to apply to and then take a special English class before helping other students. Funny because writing is definitely NOT her strong suit, we were all in shock :eek:!</p>
<p>Intro to Soc is the absolute easiest class at D’s Uni. Thus, it is full of seniors, and athletes, due to their priority registration. :)</p>