Hmm... I'd take Matt's advice into account before Bryan's. It really depends on what you want to do. Enough of the low-level courses are the same, you don't really have to make a decision until later.
Looking at the CE map, there are a few CS courses that aren't required that I'd definitely recommend you take if you're interested in software development (252, 312, 330, 428). If you're a CE major, maybe you'd feel like they're easy, but I do know you'd be covering valuable information. David On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Bryan Murdock <[email protected]> wrote: > This is where I probably say some things I shouldn't say. > > If you are an incoming freshman and already know that you want to > focus on computers and are already running linux on your own, don't do > CS at BYU. Go directly to Computer Engineering in the EE department. > You still take the best classes the CS department has to offer, but > you also get to learn how the hardware works, all the way down to the > device physics of the transistors. And as fun as that is, the main > advantage is that they teach you how to learn. The CS department > teaches you how to whine until they offer "extra credit." Guess which > skill serves you better throughout your life? :-) > > Sorry, that's probably a little unfair of me. There are some really > smart people that come out of the BYU CS department (in spite of the > shortcomings?) and it was 10 years ago when I finished BYU and maybe > things have changed. Ask others who spent time taking classes in both > departments. When I was there, CS classes were the relaxing, > take-a-breath classes for the Computer Engineering majors. > > Bryan > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Oliver Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm an incoming freshman, and I was wondering if any of the more > experienced > > BYU students have tips or suggestions to help me (and any other freshman > > that happen to be subscribed) succeed. Study habits we should start, time > > management techniques we should practice, and activities we should attend > > could be helpful as well as any other information you can think of that > you > > wish you had known on entrance. > > > > Particularly, I'm interested in the CS program. What tips and tricks do > you > > have for a Linux user going to school? Specifically, for CS 142, do I > need > > some way to run Windows or Windows software? > > > > Thank you for any time and effort you put in to answering my questions. > I'm > > extremely excited to experience college life, and I want my first > semesters > > to be the best possible experience. > > > > -Oliver Reed > > > > -------------------- > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info (unsubscribe here): > http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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