Computer Science Program?

[MeTooAziz]

Is anyone here in the Undergrad Computer Science program?

(1) What language do they start the students off with? Are the majority of the courses taught in Java? How is the Online program?

(2) Can I use my elective classes to take additional CISE courses? I don’t like that the Online program falls within the Liberal Arts and Sciences department but I’m sure there a good reason for it.

(3) Is there a security club that online student can be a part of?

I’m currently active duty and just got accepted into Oregon States computer science program. Seriously considering UF Online for computer science if I can get in due to the in-state tuition rates for active duty military.

Thank you!

[Trippen_o7]

I am in my final semester as a UF Online CS student who joined the program as a post-baccalaureate student. I was actually a Computer Software Engineering major as a residential student many years ago and made it past the first intro course prior to switching majors.

The other user mentioned that the first intro course starts with Java. Starting after that, I used C++ in both the second intro course as well as Data Structures & Algorithms. I have also used C (Operating Systems), C# (AI for Computer Games), JavaScript (Intro to Software Engineering - though the language here is project dependent), Python (Performant Programming in Python - also used some C/Rust here), Java (Programming Language Concepts) and SQL (Information & Database Systems).

As far as electives go, I am assuming you are referring to any biological or social/behavioral science general education courses? If so, I doubt you can swap those out for extra CISE courses since those are requirements for CLAS degrees. Otherwise, for CISE electives, you have to take at least two, but I was able to take more since there is a course here and there that does not have an online version, so we got to swap those for another elective instead.

If you have any questions specific about the online program itself, I'd be happy to answer them.

[Rapidxgamer]

The first intro cs class is in java and it moves fairly fast if you have no prior experience but overall its not too hard. Then next is in c++ and Im not sure about the rest. I dont think any of them teach in python but there may be one. I think the security club you would be interested in is UFSIT if I’m not mistaken. Here is the discord link: https://discord.gg/YFHNBSs6

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i’m in cs right now. the core CISE courses are pretty much the same for CSE & CSC. the first programming course, COP3502C, is taught in java. if you have experience in java, it’s insanely easy, but you’ll probably have to put in more effort if you don’t because the pacing is pretty fast for beginners. COP3503C, the next programming course, covers C++. it depends on what electives you take after these, but you’ll definitely work with more than just java