----------------------------------- Sheathe Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:55 am Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- Well, im in grade 12 (4th year) and i've picked my classes for next year (5th year) looking at going to computer science at the :canada: University of Windsor :canada: , and i've been thinking, is there anything in particular i should be looking at in terms of code, concept, or languages (gr. 9 and 10 were visual basic, i dont put much value on them, 11 was turing, and this year is java) and if theres anything i should do to prep myself for university mentally. these are the courses i took for next year (* means it was a req for computer science at the university) 12 eng* 12 math* 12 math* 12 math 12 comp sci (2nd time, im taking this year as well) 12 guitar (i just like music) I'll be doing computing contests next year (and the rest of this year) as well, as it was reccomended in the university book. i cant think of anything more to say for now, but i probably will later, so for now, thanks for any advice :wink: ----------------------------------- rdrake Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:07 pm RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- Honestly the best preparation for university one can do is preparing themselves for the massive amount of work involved. Assuming you do go into computer science as your program, reviewing your calculus and other maths would also help greatly. You will find heavy emphasis is put on maths, even in first year. A few general science courses couldn't hurt either. I believe many universities require physics for entry into most computer-related programs. Chemistry couldn't hurt either. Just make sure you enter university knowing full well that you won't write much code. The majority of the work you do will revolve around theory, not coding. While you may do some coding, this is not what you will spend the majority of your time doing. Plenty of math involved in all of this. ----------------------------------- iluvchairs112 Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:17 pm RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- have you taken physics yet? that is a requirement for some universities in computer science and programming requires some physics knowledge so you might want to look into that. maybe even chem ... but physics is probably the most important ----------------------------------- iluvchairs112 Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:18 pm RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- ... or computer engineering if that's offered at your school! ----------------------------------- FileFantasy Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:33 pm RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- Well I'm going into Comp Eng, and they ask for Calc and Data or Geo, Physics, Chem, Eng and another. I believe Comp Sci focuses less on the sciences but more on the Maths, so I would take all the maths and even a little physics. ----------------------------------- Geostigma Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:32 pm RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- You need physics and chemistry at lest its a must for Water loo ----------------------------------- FileFantasy Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:52 am RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- Waterloo demands a lot, I believe it specifies that you NEED geo&algebra and calc, instead of letting you choose between geo and data. ----------------------------------- Drakain Zeil Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:08 am RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- If your big on maths and couldn't care less about the importance of hydrocarbon chains and their irrelevance to software, look at the UTM's program under TMZ. ----------------------------------- Geostigma Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:59 am Re: RE:Looking to Programming as a career, could use advice. ----------------------------------- If your big on maths and couldn't care less about the importance of hydrocarbon chains and their irrelevance to software, look at the UTM's program under TMZ. And if you thought outside of the box then you would know that maybe chemistry would be a good thing because you could develop a better way to store information instead on chips and silicon. Physics is VERY important to programming because you may be creating or working on improving a physics engine, help calculate collision etc..