http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:24:15 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions Discussions on Extension Student Forum en http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/discussion/130/how-do-you-feel-about-not-having-concentration-fos-specific-advisors Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:59:44 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions tokomon 130@/index.php?p=/discussions
I'm personally pursuing an ALB in Computer Science but my advisor's background is Music. I don't think it's a good fit. I may have specific questions about the industry, organizations, or certain professors or research efforts in the university but I believe I'm missing out on those opportunities and connections if my background doesn't match my advisor's.

I'm not saying I'm looking for an advisor who personally studied CS when they were in college but at least someone who works directly with the CS department. Someone who's updated on the CS specialties, national scholarships and internships, graduate school guidance, and can provide more than just picking classes and other administrative responsibilities.]]> http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/discussion/262/why-isnt-there-a-phi-beta-kappa-for-the-hes Fri, 11 May 2018 20:35:22 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions tokomon 262@/index.php?p=/discussions http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/discussion/250/cs-math Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:46:18 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions AndyTheBouncer 250@/index.php?p=/discussions
After aimlessly taking a melange of classes over the past few years, I've decided to buckle down on CS, and push to graduate within a few years. I'm currently in an ALB program with a concentration in sciences, and have a GPA of about 3.9. I haven't declared a field of study yet. Your announcement about a CS path was very helpful.

I'm a vocational software developer: I learned to code through self-practice and about a decade of working in IT-type jobs where simple coding in Perl, Shell Scripts, and PHP became a well-practiced skill. Over the past 5 years, I've worked as a web developer, using Python, JavaScript, Elixir, and a handful of other languages. Though I can hack my way through making something in lower-level languages like Java and C, they aren't really my forté... though I'm not particularly worried about picking them up quickly if I need to.

So I've clearly got practical coding skills and experience up the wazoo, but I've got very little of the math/theory knowledge taught in a good Computer Science program. Unfortunately, when I was in high school 20 years ago, I didn't even complete Algebra 2 before being booted from school, (ironically because I spent all of my time in the computer lab instead of going to class.)

Wanting to be sure I have good, fresh math skills to move forward, I've started essentially taking math from scratch. I took MATH E-3 and am currently taking MATH E-8 (which is probably where I should have started TBH,) and I'm assuming that I will have to take MATH E-10 (Precalculus) and MATH E-15. Should I take MATH E-16? Would there be a significant advantage for an aspiring computer scientist to take Linear Algebra rather than going straight CSCI E-20? I'm not interested in taking shortcuts, but I'm also not interested in taking far more classes than I need to, considering I work full time can can't take more than 2 or so classes at once.]]> http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/discussion/191/a-question-concerning-classes-to-take-for-the-computer-science-concentration Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:26:00 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions NicoleS 191@/index.php?p=/discussions Thanks in advance ]]> http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3/what-classes-is-everyone-taking-this-semester Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:46:32 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions Grat 3@/index.php?p=/discussions http://extensionstudentforum.com/index.php?p=/discussion/98/close-doors-to-alb-candidates-feeling-down Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:57:48 +0000 Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) Discussions tokomon 98@/index.php?p=/discussions
These closed doors get to me. How do you cope when you can't access these opportunities?
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