I'm glad I'm not majoring in computer science...

[Random Variable]

I'm taking a numerical analysis class, and on the midterm the idiot professor took off lots of points for the smallest things. First he took off ten points because one of my programs was missing ONE parenthesis that prevented it from running. Then he took off another 10 points because I expressed a vector as a sequence because I thought it would make the output look cleaner. And then he took off five points because he didn't like the fact I did a "do loop" with a step on -1. WTF? I was going to take the second semester of the class, but I think I'll pass. :disgust:

 

[her209]

I've had points taken off because the professor didn't like my variable names.

 

[jspeicher]

Originally posted by: her209
I've had points taken off because the professor didn't like my variable names.

me too....ugh.

 

[Malak]

My teacher was happy that we enjoyed programming, he didn't care how talented we were at it. That's the kind of teacher everyone needs.

 

[z0mb13]

your cs program sucks

 

[Dissipate]

Computer science requires rigor. I'm surprised that comes as a surprise to you.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
Computer science requires rigor. I'm surprised that comes as a surprise to you.

I'm not a computer science major. And this class is not for computer science majors.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: her209
I've had points taken off because the professor didn't like my variable names.

My professor for 'intro to data structures' disallowed the use of 'i' as a variable name. And he would take off points if you used 'i' in your programs. Hence, I always just used 'index.'

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: Malak
My teacher was happy that we enjoyed programming, he didn't care how talented we were at it. That's the kind of teacher everyone needs.

Agreed. My best JAVA professor was one that let us have fun with our programs. For example, we had to make a computer vs. computer battleship game. I had it as my professor vs. Clay Aiken (the professor's wife is practically obsessed with him) and they were battling for the wife's love. Got 100% on it. He loved it.

That was a damn good class.

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

My CS prof always used really strange variables on exams in class examples.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3

Originally posted by: Malak
My teacher was happy that we enjoyed programming, he didn't care how talented we were at it. That's the kind of teacher everyone needs.

Agreed. My best JAVA professor was one that let us have fun with our programs. For example, we had to make a computer vs. computer battleship game. I had it as my professor vs. Clay Aiken (the professor's wife is practically obsessed with him) and they were battling for the wife's love. Got 100% on it. He loved it.

That was a damn good class.

I wrote a Diablo utility in VB, everyone loved it.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: Dissipate
Computer science requires rigor. I'm surprised that comes as a surprise to you.

I'm not a computer science major. And this class is not for computer science majors.

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for the problems of continuous mathematics (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). This means it deals mainly with real variable or complex variable questions, numerical linear algebra over the real or complex fields, the solution of differential equations, and other related problems arising in the physical sciences and engineering.

Sounds like a very computer science oriented class to me. In fact, this class is one of my upper division electives (I can choose to take it), and I'm a math computer science major. Whether or not the class is for computer science majors really doesn't have any bearing on the fact that the class is on a computer science topic.

It's just like this quarter I tried taking an upper division philosophy class to meet one of my college's g.e. requirements. The class had a lot of reading of heavy material, and the midterm was challenging even for the philosophy majors in the class. Did the professor know or care that I happened to be taking a time consuming programming class and a time consuming abstract algebra class at the same time? No. It was an upper-division philosophy class, end of story.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: Dissipate
Computer science requires rigor. I'm surprised that comes as a surprise to you.

I'm not a computer science major. And this class is not for computer science majors.

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for the problems of continuous mathematics (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). This means it deals mainly with real variable or complex variable questions, numerical linear algebra over the real or complex fields, the solution of differential equations, and other related problems arising in the physical sciences and engineering.

Sounds like a very computer science oriented class to me. In fact, this class is one of my upper division electives (I can choose to take it), and I'm a math computer science major. Whether or not the class is for computer science majors really doesn't have any bearing on the fact that the class is on a computer science topic.

It's just like this quarter I tried taking an upper division philosophy class to meet one of my college's g.e. requirements. The class had a lot of reading of heavy material, and the midterm was challenging even for the philosophy majors in the class. Did the professor know or care that I happened to be taking a time consuming programming class and a time consuming abstract algebra class at the same time? No. It was an upper-division philosophy class, end of story.

You're lying. General education courses are not upper division courses. You took an intro to philosopy class (or maybe a general ethics class).

 

[djheater]

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[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: djheater
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Is it stale?

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: Dissipate
Computer science requires rigor. I'm surprised that comes as a surprise to you.

I'm not a computer science major. And this class is not for computer science majors.

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for the problems of continuous mathematics (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). This means it deals mainly with real variable or complex variable questions, numerical linear algebra over the real or complex fields, the solution of differential equations, and other related problems arising in the physical sciences and engineering.

Sounds like a very computer science oriented class to me. In fact, this class is one of my upper division electives (I can choose to take it), and I'm a math computer science major. Whether or not the class is for computer science majors really doesn't have any bearing on the fact that the class is on a computer science topic.

It's just like this quarter I tried taking an upper division philosophy class to meet one of my college's g.e. requirements. The class had a lot of reading of heavy material, and the midterm was challenging even for the philosophy majors in the class. Did the professor know or care that I happened to be taking a time consuming programming class and a time consuming abstract algebra class at the same time? No. It was an upper-division philosophy class, end of story.

You're lying. General education courses are not upper division courses. You took an intro to philosopy class (or maybe a general ethics class).

I lie to you not.

Warren College Transfer General Education Requirement

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Two Non-Contiguous Courses

Two non-contiguous (unrelated to your major) upper-division courses are required. These courses must be taken at UCSD, must be 4.0 units each, and must be upper-division (courses numbered as 100 or above). They may be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis, and may be contiguous to each other.

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[BRObedoza]

i loved numerical analysis. matlab was my best friend for that series. math major though not comp sci

 

[serialkiller]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
i loved numerical analysis. matlab was my best friend for that series. math major though not comp sci

math major here also... I remember taking "Scientific Computation in Numerical Analysis" and the second part which was "Numerical Methods for Applications".... the courses were tough as shiettttt.... pretty complex stuff... oh well im done with it now.. =)

 

[DaveSimmons]

I took two semesters of numerical analysis and really enjoyed it, but I was a CS major and almost an applied math major as well (1 course short).

Numerical Analysis, AI, and (business dept) Operations Research fit together nicely since they all cover approximate solutions and in some cases use very similar methods to achieve them.

 

[skim milk]

I'm a math related major and I'm going to have to take this class
hopefully I don't fail it

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: her209
I've had points taken off because the professor didn't like my variable names.

use 'foo'. they love that. they might even give you extra credit.

 

[EpsiIon]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
You're lying. General education courses are not upper division courses. You took an intro to philosopy class (or maybe a general ethics class).

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. Lots of people have to take upper division GEs. Almost everybody I know did.

That said, your instructor sounds like a jerk. Marking people off for not meeting requirements that he did not specify is simply retarded. So is taking off more than one point for forgetting a parenthesis (provided it was a hand-written test).

 

[EpsiIon]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: her209
I've had points taken off because the professor didn't like my variable names.

use 'foo'. they love that. they might even give you extra credit.

lol I hate that word.