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This thread will be for current/Future and old BSC Informatics students
to help each other and just general chat.
 
First things first :
How hard is intro to programming 1 & 2? And what does it consist of?

I am considering these modules for my first semester.
 
...At what university? I assume you're in Matric now? Hope you're over 18 if that's the case.
 
terencej said:
First things first :
How hard is intro to programming 1 & 2? And what does it consist of?

I am considering these modules for my first semester.
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Yes, where? UNISA? Tuks?

If at Unisa, 1 & 2 was really easy. If you work through all your stuff and understand it, it's an easy distinction.
 
terencej said:
Dude I'm 25. Going to do it at Unisa cause I work full time.

And why do you hope I'm over 18?
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Forum rules say you have to be over 18 or you get banned. Since you're 25, there's no issue there. Anyway, I'm busy with honours through Unisa. Honestly, it's a walk in the park to get a distinction through the course of the year. I'm not exactly killing myself and I work some funny hours and it hasn't been a struggle. Exams will be another matter though, I suspect.
 
Messugga said:
Forum rules say you have to be over 18 or you get banned. Since you're 25, there's no issue there. Anyway, I'm busy with honours through Unisa. Honestly, it's a walk in the park to get a distinction through the course of the year. I'm not exactly killing myself and I work some funny hours and it hasn't been a struggle. Exams will be another matter though, I suspect.
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I also work a full time job and have a household of my own so will be busy. You give me some hope now that you say you havent really killed yourself!

where are you studding? Did you do intro to programming 1&2 and what do they consist of?
 
terencej said:
I also work a full time job and have a household of my own so will be busy. You give me some hope now that you say you havent really killed yourself!

where are you studding? Did you do intro to programming 1&2 and what do they consist of?
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Pretty much what the title says.
No 1 is really the basics writing some simple programs in C++.
No 2 goes into object oriented code and file handling (also not very difficult).
 
xumwun said:
Pretty much what the title says.
No 1 is really the basics writing some simple programs in C++.
No 2 goes into object oriented code and file handling (also not very difficult).
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both mostly in C++?
I heard someone talking about Delphi as well?
 
terencej said:
I also work a full time job and have a household of my own so will be busy. You give me some hope now that you say you havent really killed yourself!

where are you studding? Did you do intro to programming 1&2 and what do they consist of?
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I did my B.Sc IT at a traditional university which was far more challenging than Unisa's offering of honours, which is what I'm currently doing. I have a total of four modules this year, which I suspect is less than you'll have for your B.Sc but it shouldn't be anything you can't handle with an hour or two of reading every night and a couple of longer sessions over the weekend.
If you're familiar with programming, university-level programming isn't difficult. They teach you more the theory and reasoning behind certain approaches rather than how to code in language X. It depends on the lecturer as to workload, however. I'm doing Software Project Management as one of my modules, and it has a fair workload due to the large number of assignments it has, but the work itself is not very stimulating in my opinion. Then you get an excellent/fun module like security which has a far lighter workload with fewer assignments, but the subject matter is interesting so you wouldn't mind a larger workload anyway.

Anyway, as I said earlier, getting decent marks during the year is easy, it's the exams you need to be careful of.
 
I think there used be a module in java but that also changed to C++ now.
 
Messugga said:
If you're familiar with programming, university-level programming isn't difficult. They teach you more the theory and reasoning behind certain approaches rather than how to code in language X.
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I was hoping for more hands on programming than theory.


I think there used be a module in java but that also changed to C++ now.
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Thant sux. haha
 
terencej said:
I was hoping for more hands on programming than theory.




Thant sux. haha
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Nope. If you want to do more serious programming, go do some certifications in the language of your choice. Microsoft offer some good ones and Oracle offers Java ones if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure there are institutions offering certifications in PHP and the like as well but I don't have any experience with that I'm afraid.
 
Messugga said:
Nope. If you want to do more serious programming, go do some certifications in the language of your choice. Microsoft offer some good ones and Oracle offers Java ones if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure there are institutions offering certifications in PHP and the like as well but I don't have any experience with that I'm afraid.
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+1

As for PHP, I don't know any credible certifications except for ZEND.

I'm doing my BSc Informatics with UNISA and 70% complete. Agree its not about serious programming and I've often said on this forum it prepares you for senior management roles.
 
Im also doing bsc Informatics through unisa. Dont take the intro to programming 1 and 2 subjects lightly. They are fairly simple but are also very time consuming to study. Also the trick to passing this subject is to practise old exams / assignments / examples etc. You need to be able to hand write c++ programs like it's second nature.

A lot of the guys complained that they did not finish the exam in time. I got a distinction and scribbled the last two questions in the exam. Lots of programming in 2 little hours. So dont just now it, know it well!

I found Informatics to be smilar to computer science, in fact many of the modules are the same. Why i prefer Informatics is because it gives one more practical and useful subjects. One can simply do extra certifications after the degree to learn different langauges.
 
Hi guys,

I don't know if this is the right place to ask. But here goes...

I have a Unisa student number (From last year) & didn't study this year. Would I be able to register modules for next year?
 
Skandalis said:
Hi guys,

I don't know if this is the right place to ask. But here goes...

I have a Unisa student number (From last year) & didn't study this year. Would I be able to register modules for next year?
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As far as I understand you only have to register for your modules as you already have a student number.
 
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