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> the intro level course for cs majors is in python, but calculus I is a prereq. so the students who are catching up in math and/or don't quite feel ready for t
by vonmoltke 7y ago
> the intro level course for cs majors is in python, but calculus I is a prereq. so the students who are catching up in math and/or don't quite feel ready for the real intro course have to take the remedial course, which is in c.
I don't understand, why would students who need to take Calc 1 not just take the normal course the following semester?
- leetcrew 7y agoI didn't explain that very well. students who were seriously considering the cs major could certainly just take calc their first semester and then take the real intro course next semester. at the same time, the university basically considered having taken calc in high school to be a proxy for the overall quality of the student's stem education so far. so if you were one of those people, you were encouraged to take the intro intro course first. this was also the course that people would take who were interested in cs but weren't stem majors. it was a poorly designed course for both purposes.
- vonmoltke 7y agoGot it, thanks. Sounds like the "C for Engineers" class I took as a freshman EE. Mine sounds like it was better-designed, though, possibly because it was a gen-ed-type requirement for all engineering degrees.