Computer Science Canada Need help preppin for September |
| Author: | adam3039 [ Sun May 23, 2010 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Need help preppin for September |
Was looking for some general advice from anyone that has done the bachelor in comp sci... My next courses (I'm in 2nd year) are Discrete Structures and Programming, and Web Technology. Ill paste a description of the classes below, but what I'm pretty much looking for is a rough idea of what I should focus on. I know the course descriptions do say alot, I'm just curious if anyone has any tips. Any help is greatly appreciated. 62:206 Discrete Structures and Programming Topics covered include: How to create and analyze programs; number systems and internal representation; arrays; stacks and queues; linked lists; trees; graphs; internal and external sorting techniques; symbol tables; files. Principles of program design will be discussed throughout the course. 62:288 Web Technology A study of system components used in modern web technology with emphasis on the parts that are programmable. Topics include browsers, browser extensions such as scripts and controls, servers, and server extensions such as scripts, programs, and database connectivity. The course will also provide an introduction to Java and Jscript. |
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| Author: | jbking [ Mon May 24, 2010 5:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Need help preppin for September |
While I have a Bachelor with Comp Sci as one of my majors, I didn't have courses with either of these titles but here are my suggestions for topics that each could cover: Discrete Structures and Programming - Big-O and understanding program complexity, how to handle various basic abstract data types like a First-In-First-Out structure or Last-In-First-Out structure. I remember having some of this in first year courses where it isn't that hard to understand the general idea,e.g. how complex is it to add to a linked list or delete from an array. This is presuming the basics of the course and not getting too deep into things. Web Technology - Basics of how this WWW thing works in some ways and building various pieces of it. Should be a good complement with the other class I'd think as one could examine how stacks and queues are already built into Java or other languages. |
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