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take logic for the love of god

>>1099611
Logic is a course in the philosophy department. Is it worth taking, or is it nothing like computer logic?

Most schools require you to take a symbolic logic class or something, so if you haven't taken that, take it now.

Why on earth would one be required to take an arts course? Your degree sucks.

>>1099618
It's a more abstract treatment of computer logic. But very similar.

Philosophy and English classes count towards Art credits at your school? That's cheating. :O

>>1099623
Structure of the degree:
all students are required to take one course from each of the three following subject areas:

1. Social sciences
2. Arts/languages
3. Science/medicine

>>1099623
All colleges do that dude.

philosophy depends entirely on the teacher, so get to know them first to see if it's interesting or not

OP again.

Should I take logic (note: I've already taken a logic course in the computer science department) or "Reasoning and Critical Thinking"?

>>1099656
I suggest you expand your horizon and take something that's interesting and different from your major.

Really, only about 10% of the shit you learn in college will actually matter at the work place.

>>1099637

I go to uni in the UK. My degree subject is Maths, so all I have to study is mathematics, or an elective if I want.

Take an English class and have some degree of culture.

I absolutely love science but I try to devote much of my leisure time to literature, music and the arts. They're really shitty college majors but I think appreciation for their pure forms is incredibly important.

>>1099610
If you don't take a logic class (which will probably be extremely easy), take an ethics class.

Shit is fun because you have a legitimate reason to troll stereotypical lib ed majors. There's always at least a few heavily religious people, or the "liberal" feminist, etc.

Pointing out the inconsistencies or absurdities of people's beliefs is fun when they get upset.

>>1099670
I've got to take an ethics class for my major

If this is how they go down, I can't wait to do some trollan

Take a Philosophy intro to logic course. It will be like an easy symbolic logic course.

>>1099630
Trolling is an art.

>>1099671

This. I'd take an English course over a Philosophy course any day.

At my university, they require all CS majors to take one course that requires extensive writing.
They pretty much exclude all the good philosophy courses(logic based). Pretty much the only ones they let me take are the joke courses(woman's rights, african american studies, american films in the 1970s, etc).

Another CS major here.

I took a philosophy class last semester. Shit's real easy.

I recommend it over english, where you have to do actual work.

>>1099729
Male student in women's studies course = pic related

>>1099760
My friend, a male, took a women's studies course last semester and said it was real easy, but a bunch of bullshit.

>>1099777
>said it was real easy, but a bunch of bullshit
aren't all women that way?

how many CS majors are here?...lol

Can any CS grads tell me if it's all about programming?

I am more interested in Database Management and Network Administration but I think a CS degree would look better than an IT degree.

>>1099827
Programming is like 10% of a CS degree.
The rest is theory and all that.

>>1099736

What course was it?

philosophy is algebra on a page, basically applying mathematical logic to the real world

>>1099827
>CS
>Programming

Since you're a CS major, I suppose something like Decision theory or information analysis. That is, if those courses are part of your philosophy department, chances are they're not.

>>1099827
Computer Science is an extension of math. If it's pure programming you're after, you'd be better off teaching yourself or going to a trade school.

>>1099827
A CS major would be good for database management.

Not so much for network admin.

>>1099850
Philosophy is whatever philosophy wants to be.

All knowledge begins with philosophy.

Philosophy is pretty rad. I took a course called Philosophy of Science which has helped me in debates against creationists, free-energy cultists, anti-vaxers, and global warming denialists far more than any science class, since they always attack science itself when it proves them wrong.

>>1099884

What exactly does a DB Admin do? Or a sysadmin for that matter? I am given to understand the latter creates accounts for a given system and generally regulates it, but is this something they teach you as you learn CS?

>>1099920
A database admin administrates databases.

>>1099888

Looks like someone got butthurt and edited the original picture

>>1099923

Yeah but what the fuck does that entail?

>>1099920
They live a lone life of solitude maintaining servers. They need the knowledge of networks they teach you in CS or Computer Engineering, everything is learned on the job really.

>>1099898
Give us an example of your trollin. Share secrets and tips nao.

>>1099941
What was the original picture?