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Hey gang, I'm finishing my second term at TESU. I ended up acing both Systems Analysis and Assembly for a 4.0. This term I took Comp Arch. + Databases and it's looking like another 4.0. Since last post I finish Anthro tomorrow on SL, I've started Econ 101/102 there as well. I also finished the six TEEX credits.
Next term I'm worried I won't be able to get much done outside of classes as I have Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, we'll see I guess. My target for next term is finishing both econs, world religion on SL and maybe testing out of Saylor's Biology exam.
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Who were your mentors for the computer courses and how was the workload? I have a demanding full-time job and am taking a foreign language course, so I don't have time for a super demanding mentor.
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Awesomeness! It's great to see another TESU CS student on here.
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TrailRunr Wrote:Who were your mentors for the computer courses and how was the workload? I have a demanding full-time job and am taking a foreign language course, so I don't have time for a super demanding mentor. In my case the mentors were mostly absent. However the workload was pretty easy. You generally have 1-2 chapters of reading to do, three blog posts, and a set of end of chapter questions to answer every two weeks, plus an open book midterm and final exam or a final project.
Unfortunately, I can't say to much about responsiveness to questions because I didn't have to ask many. I had Brandquist for Artificial Intelligence, Parker for OpSys, and Ness for DbMgnt. Ness was good, but he was a new father and grading was a little late. I've got James Cody for LIB495, and he's been great.
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Archer Wrote:Hey gang, I'm finishing my second term at TESU. I ended up acing both Systems Analysis and Assembly for a 4.0. This term I took Comp Arch. + Databases and it's looking like another 4.0. Since last post I finish Anthro tomorrow on SL, I've started Econ 101/102 there as well. I also finished the six TEEX credits.
Next term I'm worried I won't be able to get much done outside of classes as I have Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, we'll see I guess. My target for next term is finishing both econs, world religion on SL and maybe testing out of Saylor's Biology exam.
Awesome update! Keep knocking out those credits!
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TrailRunr Wrote:Who were your mentors for the computer courses and how was the workload? I have a demanding full-time job and am taking a foreign language course, so I don't have time for a super demanding mentor.
I've had Luo, Bryon and Ness so far. I liked all of them but Bryon's my favorite, he seems the most involved and if you need help he tries the hardest to make himself available in my opinion. Not that the other guys are bad. I wouldn't suggest if you work full-time taking a ton of courses but absolutely do not take Assembly as it's a pretty challenging course, take Databases or Systems Analysis (and I'd suggest Databases over SA, as it's pretty straightforward).
davewill Wrote:Awesomeness! It's great to see another TESU CS student on here.
Indeed Dave, you should add me on linkedin. I'm always trying to network with fellow soon-to-be alumni!
Prloko Wrote:Awesome update! Keep knocking out those credits!
Indeed! Thanks for the words of encouragement, I love this community.
Also I decided to take intro comm at SL vs. world religion, it apparently covers the speech requirement at TESU which is phenomenal!
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Thanks for all the feedback on the mentors. Good to see all of us CS folks on our way to bagging this degree.
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Archer Wrote:absolutely do not take Assembly as it's a pretty challenging course Can you give any more insight? x86 asm is one of several languages I know fairly well, at least up to the 586/Pentium ISA. What did you find particularly challenging about the course?
Quote:Also I decided to take intro comm at SL vs. world religion
I'm taking both, or rather I should say, I took the first and am taking the final for the second on Saturday. The comm course was ludicrously easy. There's some memorization of nonsense stuff that you'll forget minutes after reading it. I highly recommend paying for the course with the ebook, as having it available to search through with ctrl-F during the exams is priceless. I was nervous about the youtube videos because the instructions seemed rather strict. Before taking them I was pacing around in my garage practicing.
I don't know if that helped or not, but I passed the course with a 93%, and my scores on the three youtube videos were 100, 97 and 97. I thought I was going to do much worse on those. If I caught myself saying "um" or any other filler more than once, I stopped the recording and started over. I certainly would have done worse if doing it live was a requirement. 
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TrailRunr Wrote:Thanks for all the feedback on the mentors. Good to see all of us CS folks on our way to bagging this degree.
You should add me on linkedin too, I'll pm both you guys with links.
alzee Wrote:Can you give any more insight? x86 asm is one of several languages I know fairly well, at least up to the 586/Pentium ISA. What did you find particularly challenging about the course?
I'm taking both, or rather I should say, I took the first and am taking the final for the second on Saturday. The comm course was ludicrously easy. There's some memorization of nonsense stuff that you'll forget minutes after reading it. I highly recommend paying for the course with the ebook, as having it available to search through with ctrl-F during the exams is priceless. I was nervous about the youtube videos because the instructions seemed rather strict. Before taking them I was pacing around in my garage practicing.
I don't know if that helped or not, but I passed the course with a 93%, and my scores on the three youtube videos were 100, 97 and 97. I thought I was going to do much worse on those. If I caught myself saying "um" or any other filler more than once, I stopped the recording and started over. I certainly would have done worse if doing it live was a requirement.
If you already know it you're probably going to be fine. I was writing stuff in C++ in some cases to try and look at the resulting assembly structure in visual studio on a couple assignments. A lot of profs say students should start ugly with C++, they oughta start ugly with Assembly though. I honestly think Assembly should be the course that programs start with vs. Java or C++ (or in cases where they are making content easier, python). Breaking it down to such a granular level from C++ was bit weird to wrap my head around.
I don't need Intro to World Religion, I've met the diversity req. via cult. anth. It was just 3 credits to pick up but since Com picks up 3 and satisfies speaking, which I was previously going to waste my final term on alongside the capstone. Now I'll put those 3 spare credits towards Operating Systems so long as a decent professor is offering the course. Thanks for input on COM, all speech classes are pretty easy in my experience but one having control over the recording vs. live is absolutely a huge asset.
If I wanted to push it, I wonder if I could get a PLA due to my professional video reviews/podcasts. I probably could but whatever.
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