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Right now I am a junior in high school and it's about time to take the ACTs and schedule my senior classes. The problem is I have no idea what to do. I want some classes that will help me in college, such as an AP class or classes, but I also need help...
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Pretty much you take a few classes in the profession on what some good... .
You can probably take whatever I have to do to minor in business?
Depends on your college's program.
You probably can't do anything with a minor in business.
However.
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Hey, I'm going to be a freshman in Arts and Sciences next year and I want to major in math. Anywho, I kinda just wanted to know what it's like being a math major at Cornell, in terms of rigor, how the professors are, how the students are, favorite classes...
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I think there are probably around 20-30 math majors a year, but I could be totally/Math major, but this year I'm really enjoying....
In math and CS).
Would be to double major in Econ and CS, and do a math minor.
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At my local university they offer two career paths for their Computer Science degree. One track is Information Systems and the other is Math & Science. If you take the Math & Science track you have the option of taking an extra 5 math classes and you ...
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Can you major in CS and ....
Instead of doing a joint major, I wanted to finish faster and changed it to a Math minor.
If it takes 5 extra courses for a Math major, how many for a Math minor?
That's what I did.
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This fall I'm going to the uni. Warsaw University , which is my 1st choice (for now at least) offers a joint course in Math and CS (resulting in two diplomas). Is this a good combination? The course is quite famous for the difficulty and work involved...
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I almost left with a minor in math without even trying for it when I did CS of it....
So get your math means go for it.
University it was only 2 extra classes to get a minor in math if you were already CS.
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I'm 18 years old and going to community college. I got an A+ in my data structures class, but the biggest thing I've ever programmed on my own was a tool to solve a 3d maze toy of my brother's. I'm a little worried that I don't have enough passion for...
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If you're forced to choose between the two, then I would and Math, but you'll need to have your resume show the relevant CS coursework that you've done of things you learn in ....
And a CS major is a couple more math classes.
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I saw this topic and had a bit of a different question.
I've taken almost all the math classes necessary for a CS degree (Calculus I-III, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, and I'll be taking Statistics this semester). To get a math minor, I only need one...
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Having: monoids and and closures and rings, oh my! Is numerical analysis a math or CS course at your university as a seminar for ....
Unless you are into math I would not necessarily want a math minor.
Mean you should.
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I'm about to finish my lower division math requirements, which will cover everything for all my lower division coursework for all three subjects, bar 3 programing coures, one that can be taken next quarter, and the other 2 which can be taken concurrently...
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Is that correct? You you'll find the proofs....
Anyways, it really looks like you like CS stuff but had a badIt looks like you enjoy the CS courses and math proofs more than statistics.
On also doing a math major or minor.
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I am sure many developers here -- at least the ones who were formally trained -- took a fair amount of math courses in the university. Some minored in mathematics. The curriculum usually included Calculus (level 1, 2 and 3), linear algebra, probability...
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My use of math is limited mostly to understanding the source uses 3D math from time-to....
I have a CS degreeThat depends a lot on what you do.
Depends what field of development you're in.
Very likely not much math involved.
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It seems that conventional wisdom suggests that good programmers are also good at math. Or that the two are somehow intrinsically linked. Many programming books I have read provide many examples that are solutions to math problems, or are somehow related...
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Even as a Software....
CS generally focuses Universitie's CS programs are so close to their math program that a double major is only a few courses away.
In Computer Science has got to go through a lot of math to get their degree.
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I'm just after reading Jeff's 'Five Things You Didn't Know About Me (and my office)' blog entry on Coding Horror and right at the bottom of this page he mentions (to my surprise) that he is terrible at math:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/0...
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That said....
I am terrible at math and yet I get paid to write software.
It depends -- are you counting knowing how to use formulas part of math?
I think you need to be able to solve problems and that usually involves algorithms and formulas.
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