I don't know what you mean under Computer Science. But I study 3 different ways of information technology.
Application development: I study how to program programs (learning the programming languages to make programs with).
Information technology: On this class I study about the software- and hardware part.
Office technic: Here I study what those things what you've take care about in your job. Also the teacher teaches me how to send mails in real life, and other things...
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When you feel alone in this world
And there's nobody to count your tears
Just remember, no matter where you are
Allah knows, Allah knows.
You really need to choose a subject that you want to do. You are gonna find this BORING if you don't like science/maths. It will be you who has to sit down, study and do the exams. No one else.
I was looking at myself talking to myself and I realized this conversation...I was having with myself looking at myself was a conversation with myself that I needed to have with myself.
I studied Statistics for AS. It is not a hard subject, though probability may be a difficult concept to grasp. I'm not sure, some students found probability easy while others found it confusing.
Most of the content is basic number crunching and the stuff you will be dealing is things like:
The Normal Distribution
The Binomial Distribution
The Poisson Distribution
Sampling
Hypothesis Testing
One and Two Tailed Tests
Mean, Mode, Median and Range
There is not much algebra in Statistics either. You use a calculator a lot so the questions are not that hard, does not quite a lot of thinking but you need to be aware of the procedure to answer the questions.
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I was looking at myself talking to myself and I realized this conversation...I was having with myself looking at myself was a conversation with myself that I needed to have with myself.
You know what. I'm taking a course this semester related to CS inshallah. I'll take it and see if I like it.
Is there a lot of Math involved? :[I don't wanna do it but my parents have a point in saying it'll help me with the things I do.
I was considering Econ and Statistics.
I'll give CS a try. :/
duas requested. :[
There are parts of computer science where maths is involved but mostly this is what is known as DISCRETE Mathematics - sets, counting, subsets and designs, classification, modular arithmetic, algorithms and efficiency, Graphs (these are NOT the sort where you plot X against Y), sorting and searching, Trees (a graph) network flows, recursion, groups, error correcting codes etc.
You must be totally confident in ordinary algebra otherwise all the above can get very messy for you.
^ ooh Discrete Mathematics?? I really hate that course when I took it 3 years ago. I don't know how on earth I got an A on that course till now
Alhumdulilah that it was one course to take instead of being a major. Br Rashad Don't take this as a discouragement but I really hate it, maybe because of the Professor!
I am 3rd year BCS - liked it from the very start (grade 10) but now it is very challenging so I am going to replace my major with my minor (Economics). What hugo described is exactly what mostly is covered in CS; however, as you go in upper years it gets complicated.
Too advance CS isn't really required to be a typical developer; however, it is very beneficial if you are planing for software engineering side development. CS means you become a computer scientist which mostly covers typical developer skills but when you start working it seems as if you learned nothing in school.
In order to survive, you have to be good in discrete math - algorithm analysis, efficiency proves etc. get pretty ugly in 2nd year onward. However, most of the times the kind of courses you take and difficulty level is dependent upon university/college.
عن تميم بن أوس الداري أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: قال الدين النصيحة ثلاثا قلنا لمن يا رسول الله قال لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهم - رواه مسلم
I love Algebra. But I don't like geometry/trigonometry.... Do I need to know that poop for CS?
It is unlikely these are part of the course but if you choose some graphics modules you may well find that you need this kind of stuff to understand what is going on and how certain things work.
I would caution you about regarding anything as 'poop' because you will upset people who think that stuff is good (and it is) and perhaps worse you are tending to define the subject area in a way that suits you not in a way that shows you are ready to learn and of course who can say for sure how a subject will develop over the next few years.
The best thing to do would be to sit down with a counselor or just take a peek at the school catalog to see the required classes for the program or degree your going for.
The best thing to do would be to sit down with a counselor or just take a peek at the school catalog to see the required classes for the program or degree your going for.
I love that advice, but I already tried it. The only thing counselors will say is to take a counseling course and then shoo you out of their office.
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It is unlikely these are part of the course but if you choose some graphics modules you may well find that you need this kind of stuff to understand what is going on and how certain things work.
I would caution you about regarding anything as 'poop' because you will upset people who think that stuff is good (and it is) and perhaps worse you are tending to define the subject area in a way that suits you not in a way that shows you are ready to learn and of course who can say for sure how a subject will develop over the next few years.
You're right. May Allah Ta'ala forgive me. As well as anyone who was offended .
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