A few CS questions!

jphina
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:16:26 +0000

If you want to get it over with (i.e. so you can take other upperdiv classes), take it with Burkhard. If you actually want to learn things, take it with Kube. I took it with Burkhard 2 years ago and didn’t get much out of that class; I wish I had waited for Kube.
I’m not sure about this one, but I think you can take it as many times as you want, as long as they’re different topics. Don’t think I’d want to take that many 190 classes though; from what I’ve heard they can be a bit disorganized…
Out of all the CSE classes I’ve taken (which includes 141, 131, and 120), 141L was the toughest – both difficult and time-consuming (all for a measly 2 units too!). 131 isn’t difficult imo, but the assignments are REALLY time-consuming. I’m sure I could’ve done better on the assignments if I’d spent more time writing/testing them throughout the quarter. I’d say 120 has kind of the balance between 141 and 131 – more difficult material-wise than 131, but not as time-consuming as 131 or 141. They’re all challenging classes, though, and you probably shouldn’t take any of those classes at the same time unless you don’t like sleep and free time. :P