Anyone on here pass Mark Jone's Algorithms class this Winter at PSU? How about Jingke Li's course on Compilers?
I tried, but I couldn't grasp well enough the material covered by the homework assignments in CS350. Going back this Spring, I wonder what I'm in for in Introduction to Operating Systems as far as the Algorithms material is concerned? There was no reference material to speak of for JavaCC, yet we were expected to program with it. Jingke has received a free copy of a book I bought half way through the term or so on JavaCC, but I don't know how that will affect the course in the future. I'm worried that I don't know how to form a grammar after figuring out tokens where I don't think my book on JavaCC covers this. I guess my concern is, if this was the math department at PSU there would be high quality tutoring available where the CS department seems to have nothing to speak of. At the professional level, the senior level and above, it is extremely frustrating to have to retake courses. Worse, I am out of sequence right now for classes that are only available at certain times in the year. I'm disgusted with the response I've gotten, not from Barbara who is a great adviser, but from the person above her asking about tutoring and what is both possible and allowed. I got treated like I want to cheat. This almost makes me want to leave PSU for good and take my chances elsewhere. Long term, does anyone on here have an idea how I can secure high quality help? In other words, if you were pursuing a CS degree at PSU, how on earth would you get the information you'll need to do this in a reasonable amount of time for a reasonable price? Mark is a very demanding teacher, a foreign teacher, and perhaps for that reason an unrealistic teacher for an actual Oregonian. I'd love to learn what he has to teach, but I don't seem to have the proper background. I don't want to beat my head against the wall trying to compete with foreigners who do have the proper background. There is a serious fairness issue in my opinion. Is there tutorial style help of high enough quality online to help a person complete the algorithms and compilers courses(CS321 CS322 CS350)? I'm close enough to the end of earning a degree in CS that getting help to get through still makes sense. Trouble is, I need to look outside of PSU because of excessive anti cheating policies. The University should be self sustaining, it should be geared toward being able to educate local residents instead of foreigners from other places. Obviously, PSU's ability or lack thereof to educate local residents isn't something I have the power to improve or even influence right now. I have a free ride practically to attend PSU or else I'd be gone already. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
