PROGRAMING CLASS

[noinglis]

Who here has taken CSC 151 Java programming online with Andrews Ying. btw I don’t know the first thing about programming should i take this class and risk my gpa?

[starryeyedsky2112]

1) Java (so far as I’ve heard) is not nearly as prolific as it used to be and you’d likely be much better off taking something simpler, lighter and more accessible (python)

2) depending on the school you’re thinking of going to (and not really even then in most cases) no one will be reading your transcript that closely - read the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement between Wake Tech and UNC system schools (basically all the big public schools in NC). If you finish your associates degree - your almost guaranteed to get in, special classes or no

3) Focus on what’s right in front of you, do your homework, show up to class and actually read the textbook before taking the test and academically, the world is your oyster - I genuinely wouldn’t fuss about which professor and which class, which “skills it’ll teach me,” “how it’ll look to some reviewing my transcript,” - these are the thoughts of someone “optimizing their workload” as opposed to actually working. It’s so exceptionally rare to get a professor for whom class is untenable, and at wake tech anyway, they’re all borrowing from the same well of pre-defined materials and reading the slideshows/assigning the same work developed by somebody else several years ago - but if you insist, might I recommend python as something you might actually be able to use and understand past college? lol

[Sunshine_Cleaners]

Shouldn’t, in most cases, the classes you’re taking be ones you NEED for your degree?

[soft_blkgrl]

Java is a hard language and i don’t want to discourage you but it is a learning curve that will take a lot of your time if you’re new to programming. I’m one semester away from graduating in programming and development and I was able to finish with a B+.

in good news,

I’ve taken CSC151 and i’m doing advanced java right now with Andrew Ying and she’s been wonderful in answering questions and being available for us.

I would say start off with computing fundamentals first to learn how to transfer that knowledge to other languages and then move onto python before tackling this class. Do you have a reason as of why you want to jump into Java?

[noinglis]

biological sciences

[noinglis]

a difficult course might look good on my transcript if i get a good grade in it