CS61B (semester) vs. CS61BL (summer)

Tooz
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:08:53 +0000

If I don’t get any research or internships this summer, I’m planning on taking two summer courses, and right now I’m looking at EE40 and CS61BL because I really, really want to take CS61C ASAP (it looks really cool and if I do get research, I’ll just take that concurrently with 61B), and I’ve heard EE40 during the semester isn’t all that great.

But I am a little concerned about CS61BL. At how much of a disadvantage will I be if I take this course during summer versus a student who took CS61B during the semester (with Hilfinger)? Will it really handicap me for upper-division CS courses (as an EECS major)? Will I really have that much poorer of an understanding of the material that is covered? Will I really not be able to pass CS related interviews with the same flying colors of my colleagues who took 61B during the regular semester?

Thanks for any advice!