/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.5974218]

Why the fuck do they teach Calculus in Computer Science?

[Anonymous No.5974221]

If all you're interested in is programming, you shouldn't be going for a CS degree.

[Anonymous No.5974225]

Why are computer science students so shitty?

[Anonymous No.5974248]

>>5974225
because vidao gaems xD

[Anonymous No.5974249]

>>5974218
because computers are awesome at solving calculus problems.

[Anonymous No.5974261]

>>5974218
Because computer science has nothing to do with computers. You're thinking of Software Engineering, where they *don't* teach calculus. Computer Science is one, terribly named, and two, pretty much just applied mathematics. It's the study of information, and calculus is a big part of that.

[Anonymous No.5974266]

Because calculus is a very important conceptual tool for any mathematician.

[Anonymous No.5974279]

>>5974248
My school has a video game major and everyone in the program is completely hopeless.

The program itself it pretty shitty too. A guy I know lost his entire final game project when he dropped his computer. I asked him why he didn't use git and he just gave me a blank stare.

At least they have to take calculus 1 and linear algebra so the drop rate is still pretty high.

[Anonymous No.5974300]

>>5974279
>video game major
I completely support this. Quarentine all the /v/ fucks who would polute the CS program otherwise.

[Anonymous No.5974305]

>>5974218
Aww look. It's another retarded cs major who thinks their major is at all related to /sci/

[Anonymous No.5974308]

>>5974225

[Anonymous No.5974326]

>>5974308
kek

[Anonymous No.5974328]

>>5974261
>pretty much just applied mathematics

No it is not and stop spreading that filthy libel. Your pathetic study of "discrete math" is far from anything mathematical (applied or pure).

[Anonymous No.5974332]

>>5974266
>Because calculus is a very important conceptual tool for life
FTFY

[Anonymous No.5974382]

>>5974332
not really...
when in daily life do you use calculus?
i can't think of any time, can you?

[Anonymous No.5974402]

>>5974382
you're so pleb it hurts

[Anonymous No.5974453]

>>5974218
I thought in computer science they dabble around with numerical methods. The first we learned is the Newton method for approximating roots of function

[Anonymous No.5974455]

>>5974402
I'm not even that guy, but how about you explain instead of spouting memes?

[Anonymous No.5974461]

>computer science

[Anonymous No.5974483]

>i asked him why he didn't use git and he gave me a blank stare

I would too, your statement didn't really doesn't apply to the situation.

[Anonymous No.5974485]

>>5974455
Just because you don't use it everyday while moping floors doesn't make it useless in daily life.

[Anonymous No.5974492]

People who take computer science are just chicken to not take computer engineering

[Anonymous No.5974571]

Doing my first semester of college next week at a JC
with comp sci as my intended major

CMPR 120 is my class

Introduction to programming concepts including data types, mathematical operations, elementary input/output, and the basic control structures of sequence, selection, iteration and functions. Program design techniques utilizing structured and object-oriented methodologies will be emphasized.

is the description. how hard will this be? ive never done programming or anything

[Anonymous No.5974583]

>>5974455
You can better understand anything that involves change if you know Calculus - the weather, your budget, your exercise routine, your job, video games, reading, etc.

Hell, I became a better driver after taking Calc 1 alone.

[Anonymous No.5974591]

>>5974382
Rates of change and graphical analysis. If you can plot it, you can use calculus to examine it.

[Anonymous No.5974614]

>>5974571
pls respond

[Anonymous No.5974615]

>>5974218
>Calculus in Computer Science?
Good question. Maybe a course or two in Numerical Analysis would be more suitable.

[Anonymous No.5974616]

>>5974305
>Aww look. It's another retarded shitposter.
GTFO, fegitt

[Anonymous No.5975106]

>>5974483
>2013
>coding anything ever
>not using version control
>not backing up anywhere
>failing a class because you didn't back up

[Anonymous No.5975132]

>>5974571
>>>/g/ is that way retard

[Anonymous No.5976337]

>>5974218
because muh CRUD

[Anonymous No.5976344]

>>5974615
>implying you can do anything in Numerical Analysis without Taylor's theorem

[Anonymous No.5976348]

>>5974571
it will be easy

[Anonymous No.5976352]

>>5974218
I'm in college now, average gpa 3.3,
I retake my c# class three time and I fcking hate it, but the last class I got 3.9.
I hv no work experience whatsoever and no notable award too.
what's the chance for me to get accepted to univ like caltech, or UCLA, UC davis?
What's the chance of me gettingI'm in college now, average gpa 3.3,
I retake my c# class three time and I fcking hate it, but the last class I got 3.9.
I hv no work experience whatsoever and no notable award too.
what's the chance for me to get accepted to univ like caltech, or UCLA, UC davis?

[Anonymous No.5976358]

>>5974308
I think i'm stupid but I understand math and real science better than programming

[Anonymous No.5976361]

>>5976358
Computer Science has nothing to do with programming.

[Anonymous No.5976364]

>>5976361
then what's comp sci is all about? TELL ME

[Anonymous No.5976367]

>>5976361
I like calc better than programming

[Anonymous No.5976426]

>>5976364
Computation.

[Anonymous No.5976644]

OP: some years ago there was a influx of computer science students, more than was desired by the faculty at the time. It was agreed by all professors to alter the curriculum to get rid of some of the students. It was decided that inclusion of unrelated, but difficult material as part of lectures and course-work would be the method of getting people out of the computer science major.

Nowadays the situation has changed, they need more students, but Habit, the tendency to resist change on the part of university administration, prevents removal of calculus from computer science.

p.s. It's the reason I ended up a history major, d'oh!

[Anonymous No.5976649]

The analysis that you need to solve equations comes in handy I suppose.

Too bad you can't translate analytical calculus knowledge to computer shit.

[Anonymous No.5976651]

>>5976364
Process.

[Anonymous No.5976656]

>>5976644
>It was agreed by all professors to alter the curriculum to get rid of some of the students. It was decided that inclusion of unrelated, but difficult material as part of lectures and course-work would be the method of getting people out of the computer science major.
[CITATION NEEDED]

[Anonymous No.5976662]

>>5976651

Process has nothing to do with programming?

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[Anonymous No.5976673]

>>5976662
I'm not the same guy. It's obviously silly to say that computer science has nothing to do with programming.

However, computer science is really about process in general, not programming in particular, just as mathematics is really about structure, not numbers.

[Anonymous No.5976675]

>>5976673

Okay, that's fair.

[Anonymous No.5977644]

To weed out the retards who think just because they spend all day programming in their parents' basement that they can get an easy degree that'll get them a high paying job.

[Anonymous No.5977657]

As a pure math major I had to take computer science courses. It works both ways.

[Anonymous No.5977670]

>>5974218
Because calculus is important.
Computer science stems from λcalculus, or at least quite a bit does.

[Anonymous No.5977676]

>>5974583

> Hell, I became a better driver after taking Calc 1 alone.

How?

[Anonymous No.5978082]

>>5976344
Taylor's theorem is not fundamental to numerical analysis, plebe.

[Anonymous No.5978105]

>>5977670
>Computer science stems from λcalculus, or at least quite a bit does.

λcalculus is depreciated and no one uses that shit anymore

[Anonymous No.5978455]

Because even business, sociology or environmental engineering majors are expected to know math that is usually taught in high school.