Fall Schedules?!

[Towelie]

20 credits:
5 in engineering (2 classes)
15 in physics (5 classes)

and a 0 credit PE class (I think its another martial arts class)

Definitely the best semester I've had so far.

[dark_drake]

Oh god, hopefully some graduate business courses and lots of research.

[Ergot]

Looking at taking...

Machine Structures  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 61C [4 units]
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 188 [4 units]
Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits  --  Electrical Engineering  (EL ENG) 40 [4 units]
And <Some easier class here>

Totaling either 15 or 16 units.

[deadly7]

Looking at taking...

Machine Structures  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 61C [4 units]
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 188 [4 units]
Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits  --  Electrical Engineering  (EL ENG) 40 [4 units]
And <Some easier class here>

Totaling either 15 or 16 units.

CompE?

[Ergot]

EECS. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. But with the way it's set up you can choose your upper divisions from CS or EE. I think I end up with a degree in CSE.

[Sidoh]

Looking at taking...

Machine Structures  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 61C [4 units]
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence  --  Computer Science (Engineering) (COMPSCI) 188 [4 units]
Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits  --  Electrical Engineering  (EL ENG) 40 [4 units]
And <Some easier class here>

Totaling either 15 or 16 units.

CompE?

Common, don't you know any Berkeley kids?  They're all EECS!

[Newby]

Yeah, Ergot got into the major I got rejected from at Berkeley. Eff you, Ergot.

My schedule:

PHY 104A (4): Introductory Methods of Mathematical Physics
PHY 105A (4): Analytical Mechanics
PHY 102 (1): Computational Laboratory in Physics
ECS 140A (4): Programming Languages
ECS 188 (4): Ethics in an Age of Technology

That's a total of 17 units, which is a good amount on a quarter system. I can't sign up for it immediately, and it would detract from the awesomeness that is my FOUR DAY WEEKEND QUARTER, but I may also take:

ECS 122A (4): Algorithm Design and Analysis

That'd put me at 21 units, and it would take away from my 4 day weekends that my previous 17 units guarantees me.

My dad laid off on the two-majors-four-years bull, so I'm on the 4.5-5 year plan with physics/CS. :)

[Falcon]

ECS 3345 - DATA STRUCS/INTRO ALGOR ANALY
ECS 3361 - SOCIAL ISSUES & ETHICS IN CSE
ENGR 3101 - ELECTRICAL NETWORK ANLYS LAB
ENGR 3102 - SIGNALS & SYSTEMS LABORATORY
ENGR 3301 - ELECTRICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
ENGR 3302 - SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
ENGR 3341 - PROBABILITY THEORY & STATS

[while1]

I start my part-time masters program at Johns Hopkins in the Fall... only taking one course this first semester... Foundations of Algorithms

[Sidoh]

I start my part-time masters program at Johns Hopkins in the Fall... only taking one course this first semester... Foundations of Algorithms

Cool, Johns Hopkins!

So I've been told that of the area colleges, Johns Hopkins and UMCP are each good for one of math/CS.  Is Johns Hopkins the higher ranked in CS?

I'll probably be back in the Maryland area next year, and I'll almost definitely be going to grad school at one of those schools after I get here (depending on what kind of position I'm hired for, up to 3 years later..).

[rabbit]

I'm starting work on the 28th.

[while1]

I start my part-time masters program at Johns Hopkins in the Fall... only taking one course this first semester... Foundations of Algorithms

Cool, Johns Hopkins!

So I've been told that of the area colleges, Johns Hopkins and UMCP are each good for one of math/CS.  Is Johns Hopkins the higher ranked in CS?

I'll probably be back in the Maryland area next year, and I'll almost definitely be going to grad school at one of those schools after I get here (depending on what kind of position I'm hired for, up to 3 years later..).

UMCP is consistently ranked higher for CS, top 20 the past two years.  Unfortunately UMCP doesn't have a part-time CS masters program, at least one as accommodating to professionals, I would have to go full-time.  But JHU is the second best in the state and places nationally in the top 20-30 each year.

[Joe]

M 5:30-9:30 10-152-143 iPhone Apps Development
W 5:30-9:30 10-152-124 Intro to Database
Th 5:30-9:30 10-152-167 Advanced PHP and MySQL
Sa 9:00-11:50 10-809-166 Intro to Ethics (sucksauce)

[Sidoh]

ethics sounds like more fun than php and mysql :)

[Newby]

ethics sounds like more fun than php and mysql :)

Completely agree. I tried to get into an ethics class this quarter. Had I done that, I would have had class only on Tuesday/Thursday. Unfortunately, the ethics course was major-restricted, and since I haven't declared computer science as a second major yet I couldn't get in. So I'm in some algorithm class on Monday/Wednesday/Friday. I like my current schedule, though. No finals stacked on the same day. :)

joe: Does the iPhone course count towards anything major-wise? If not, I don't recommend taking it. You can learn that on your own. You'll just end up hating iPhone app development. =p

[Sidoh]

I find the question of "what is moral" pretty interesting, actually.  I think it's one of the more important fundamental questions we encounter.

[Joe]

ethics sounds like more fun than php and mysql :)

Completely agree. I tried to get into an ethics class this quarter. Had I done that, I would have had class only on Tuesday/Thursday. Unfortunately, the ethics course was major-restricted, and since I haven't declared computer science as a second major yet I couldn't get in. So I'm in some algorithm class on Monday/Wednesday/Friday. I like my current schedule, though. No finals stacked on the same day. :)

joe: Does the iPhone course count towards anything major-wise? If not, I don't recommend taking it. You can learn that on your own. You'll just end up hating iPhone app development. =p

Not a major, but it counts towards an iPhone Developer certificate. I keep in touch with the instructor and he told me I basically already know the material for the whole first semester.

[Newby]

"iPhone developer certificate" <-- ?

[Joe]

I go to a tech college. Basically, it earns me a sheet of paper saying "Madison Area Technical College thinks this guy might know a thing or two about iPhone development."

[Blaze]

So.. not worth the paper it's printed on?

[Joe]

Blaze, if you were assembling a team of programmers to write iPhone applications, would you hire a guy with a degree in programming which focused on VB.NET and PHP, or a guy with that degree with a certificate for completion of an iPhone development course, with the latter half taught by a developer who has had his application featured on the App Store.

I'd take the second guy too.

[deadly7]

Blaze, if you were assembling a team of programmers to write iPhone applications, would you hire a guy with a degree in programming which focused on VB.NET and PHP, or a guy with that degree with a certificate for completion of an iPhone development course, with the latter half taught by a developer who has had his application featured on the App Store.

I'd take the second guy too.

Where on earth do you get a programming degree based on VB.net & PHP? Any CS program I know of teaches C, Java, at a bare minimum.

[Sidoh]

Blaze, if you were assembling a team of programmers to write iPhone applications, would you hire a guy with a degree in programming which focused on VB.NET and PHP, or a guy with that degree with a certificate for completion of an iPhone development course, with the latter half taught by a developer who has had his application featured on the App Store.

I'd take the second guy too.

Where on earth do you get a programming degree based on VB.net & PHP? Any CS program I know of teaches C, Java, at a bare minimum.

I'm wondering the same...

Most degree plans at least touch scripting, Java, C/C++ and some other more pedagogical language (Haskell, etc...).

Any degree that primarily focused on PHP was probably not a degree in CS.

[Newby]

Blaze, if you were assembling a team of programmers to write iPhone applications, would you hire a guy with a degree in programming which focused on VB.NET and PHP, or a guy with that degree with a certificate for completion of an iPhone development course, with the latter half taught by a developer who has had his application featured on the App Store.

I'd take the second guy too.

I'd rather just hire someone with a degree in computer science. You know, that major that actually encompasses learning some form of programming at some point; I'd rather the degree/qualification cover concepts that aren't specific to one language. =P

[rabbit]

Blaze, if you were assembling a team of programmers to write iPhone applications, would you hire a guy with a degree in programming which focused on VB.NET and PHP, or a guy with that degree with a certificate for completion of an iPhone development course, with the latter half taught by a developer who has had his application featured on the App Store.

I'd take the second guy too.

Where on earth do you get a programming degree based on VB.net & PHP? Any CS program I know of teaches C, Java, at a bare minimum.

Web Design courses might give degrees for PHP...but.......nobody? gives degrees for VB.Net.

[Joe]

Nobody gives degrees for the language used for ASP.NET? Well damn.

[Sidoh]

Nobody gives degrees for the language used for ASP.NET? Well damn.

not computer science programs, anyway...