Re:Computer Sciences Courses That Don't Exist, but Should
by tripzilch on Monday September 14, 2015 @03:13PM
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We did learn both. But Algorithms was first-year stuff and Numerical Math was .. 3rd or 4th I think.
I agree that numerical computing algorithms are indeed very important topics. I was very excited when I learned about them (then took Numerical Math 2, and finally met my match, was above my ability to learn in one block).
I do think that it was a good idea to teach Algorithms first, though. I don't think I would have appreciated Numerical Math as much if I had taken it in my first year, but Algorithms was pretty accessible, cool, and precisely the sort of thing I had imagined studying Computer Science to be like.
I agree that numerical computing algorithms are indeed very important topics. I was very excited when I learned about them (then took Numerical Math 2, and finally met my match, was above my ability to learn in one block).
I do think that it was a good idea to teach Algorithms first, though. I don't think I would have appreciated Numerical Math as much if I had taken it in my first year, but Algorithms was pretty accessible, cool, and precisely the sort of thing I had imagined studying Computer Science to be like.