<p>Is this advisable? Would I be missing out concepts that are paramount into doing well in CS161? I really want to take CS161 Spring 2013…</p>
<p>I have no experience with either class, but I would be wary of taking classes without pre-reqs. You might just be making your life harder than it needs to be and needlessly risking the chance of a lower grade.</p>
<p>You really don’t need CS70 for CS161. I think the only thing from CS70 that might have been used was truth tables but there are zero concepts that we actively used that I would say “thank goodness I took 70”. If anything, you need experience with C and Java and the Android API. However, I STRONGLY recommend you NOT take 161 with Dawn Song. If Paxton ever plans on teaching it again, I suggest you wait for him.</p>
<p>Paxson IS teaching in the spring, though.</p>