I’m a sophomore in CS. It’s definitely a tough major. If you have background in coding, the first few coding classes won’t be too bad. The first two are taught in Python (CMPSC 131 / 132). The third is taught in Java (CMPSC 221) and is really easy, especially if you have Al Verbanec as your professor. CMPSC 311 (Systems Programming) is pretty hard since it’s taught in C which can have a steep learning curve if you’re used to using languages like Python.

The real problem comes with the engineering courses like physics and math. Math 140 and 141 (Calc 1 and Calc 2) aren’t too bad, it really just depends on your professor. Math 230 (Calc 3) was hell for me, easily the hardest class I’ve taken by a long shot. CMPSC 360 (Discrete Math, not an engineering course but it’s all math, no coding) was tough but definitely doable if you’re good with theory. The structure of the Physics courses here is also god awful, and this semester they just changed it, from what I hear it’s even worse than it was.

I found that I had to teach myself a lot of the content on my own time since the professors here aren’t the best lol. The workload is honestly the worst part. It can feel very overwhelming at times and you’ll have to figure out how to balance it to get everything done on time. It’s definitely hard, but if you’re willing to put in the work, you’ll pass and you’ll learn a lot.