allyourtech.com — Computer science majors tend to struggle for reasons that have very little to do with computers. More often than not, such struggles are rooted in weaknesses related to math. If you plan on getting a CS degree, you need to come to grips with one important fact first: computer science has more to do with math than computers.
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jjafullerNov 15, 2005
If all you are doing is getting a bachelor's degree in computer science, the only math heavy components are the math classes themselves. Sure, you use some of the stuff, but most of it is there to be there. I mean honestly, who uses Calc III as an undergrad?If you are considering do graduate level CS work, I highly recommend at least minoring in Math, because if you don't, you'll wish you had.
abrudtkuhlNov 15, 2005
just get a management information sciences degree. instead of math, you take business courses (still have calc). but, you still learn information systems... and it's actually programming you will use in the real world.
teh_toasterNov 15, 2005
I past Calc 1 nad Calc tw0, each after 2 tryes. But i pasted Inglish III in 1 sermester.
stopherNov 15, 2005
I am currently finishing my last CS course and it was pretty math heavy. Calc3 was rough but I got through it. Some of the math like discrete was actually pretty useful for thinking about algorythms but I don't think I'm going to make much use of Calc3. I did kinda wish there was more programming but it is what it is. You get a general set of tools. I think a person with a CS degree can pick up a new language a bit quicker than someone from a technical school.
farbantiNov 15, 2005
It can really help in the real world. Once you have done as many alogrithm run-time proofs as I have, you'll start to change the way you code. Anyone can make the code work. A CS degree helps you do it the right way.
Closed AccountNov 16, 2005
the math CS majors take are all easy math.
avgbodyNov 16, 2005
There should be some more math classes like finite, and descrete mathematics. And their should be some type of math that deals with relational algebra at least some where in there also. Gesh
haxrNov 16, 2005
So math is definitely required to succeed in college as a CS major, but what about as a programmer? Do programmers need to master these math skills in order to be good coders?
linemanNov 16, 2005Submitter
As someone else noted, you don't HAVE to have a CS degree to be a programmer. But to be a computer scientist, you have to have some serious math.
jaoshun3Dec 10, 2005
Now on the path to a masters in mathematics, I am realizing I am not in the major for learning math, but how to think. I have found that I often do not enjoy learning unless it is a type of learning that makes me change how I think. Mathematics and computer science provide this opportunity. They complement each other very well. In-fact the deep understandings of the concept of function are embedded in ideas of object oriented programming. There are numerous if not endless connections between the two fields.I encourage all math or computer scientists to challenge themselves to learn new ways of thinking. I am not sure if I am alone on this, but discrete math seems to be an area that relies heavily on the development of cognitive abilities. I recommend combinatorics, graph theory, and linear programming classes to all in pursuit of creating more mental strength. The ammount of satisfaction that one might get from having a program run error free on the first attempt (never happened to me, I have heard its great), is mirrored in the discoveries in these classes.
ecurbedFeb 10, 2006
Okay I am really getting scared now I am a freshmen and I am going to major in computer science because I want to program video games or go into the bioinformatics field, but I am not that good in math ( I am not scared of math but I have a dislike for it and I'll do it if I have too) so what should I do?
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