Does CS require a high IQ/ good math skills?

[Deleted member 3795]

I need to pick something for college but I’m kinda retarded tbh so I can’t pick something very high IQ.
Also I have no previous coding experience.

 

[Golang]

No, the only math knowledge you need in CS is addition, multiplication, division, exponential and logarithms, and what the latter represents/mean

I finished 2nd year in CS. Only the high IQ CS graduates (Masters) need math to do AI and Data Science

 

[hebbewem]

Yes i belive so

 

[Golang]

Although I forgot to mention that you’re FORCED to take some Math courses (so does every STEM major)

You need to take:
- Calculus I
- Linear Algebra I
- Calculus (or Linear Algebra) II
- Discrete Mathematics (teaches you about runtime it algorithms and how to find out, series, etc)
- Discrete Mathematics II (prepare your anus, everyone passed that course without knowing shit)
- (Maybe?) Discrete Math III

 

[Deleted member 3795]

Although I forgot to mention that you’re FORCED to take some Math courses (so does every STEM major)

You need to take:
- Calculus I
- Linear Algebra I
- Calculus (or Linear Algebra) II
- Discrete Mathematics (teaches you about runtime it algorithms and how to find out, series, etc)
- Discrete Mathematics II (prepare your anus, everyone passed that course without knowing shit)
- (Maybe?) Discrete Math III

So what IQ is needed for all that? And how do you pass a course without knowing shit?

 

[Golang]

So what IQ is needed for all that? And how do you pass a course without knowing shit?

Calc I and Lin Algebra I were dead easy, although I had good profs.

Discrete Math I isn’t hard, but since it’s a type of Math I’ve never seen before (since no High School Math is similar to it) it was a bit hard, but I had a shit prof and entered the class super late.

Discrete Math II is in another level. Think of it as an introductory for higher level Comp courses (Masters) like AI or Mathematica computing. It was hard ngl, but the prof was super nice, he gave us practice exams and he just took questions from those. The assignments were hard but we always went to the TAs for help (and give us answers Jfl). The assignments were the hardest part of the course.

Also, I’ve watched literal autistic retards in my Comp class, they’re struggling yet pass the math courses (somehow), so I would say you need to have an average IQ in math. It’s not that important if you’re not planing to go to post graduate.

 

[Slayer]

So what IQ is needed for all that? And how do you pass a course without knowing shit?

calc 2 will likely fuck u up if u dont study diligently

 

[Golang]

calc 2 will likely fuck u up if u dont study diligently

Yes, I forgot about that too. Thanks to the pandemic I was able to cheat Calc II this semester and get a perfect score

 

[inv1sible]

some schools put computer science in the school of engineering and you'd have to take courses like
Calc 1,2,3
Linear algebra and diff EQ
Physics 1 and 2

 

[Deleted member 3795]

some schools put computer science in the school of engineering and you'd have to take courses like
Calc 1,2,3
Linear algebra and diff EQ
Physics 1 and 2

Is all that difficult?

 

[GetThatBread]

It takes dedication and time to learn but not really intelligence plenty of retards have CS degrees. I couldn’t stand coding so I switched it to engineering

 

[KingOfRome]

It does if you want to make any decent living off it and not just be some code monkey who's broke all the time because he has to compete with other code monkeys in India who do the same work for twenty times less pay.

 

[Slayer]

Is all that difficult?

Calc 1 is easy if you understand derivatives (might help to learn them now to get a head start)

Calc 2 is quite hard, introduces many different integration techniques and series (fuck series).

Calc 3 is just derivatives and integrals in 3 dimensions (partial derivatives and iterated integrals), lots of vectors too (vector valued functions, directional derivatives, cross and dot products). It's mostly calc 1 concepts and simple integration, i never had to use most of the integration techniques that you learn in calc 2. Not that hard if you understand vectors and the 3d coordinate system.

Don't know about linear algebra, I don't have to take it as a mech eng major at my school as far as I know

Introductory diff eq is mostly algebra as far as I'm aware, I'm probably going to take it this summer so we'll see

Physics 1 is pretty hard if it's calculus based which it probably will be in any STEM program, I'm taking it right now. At my school calc 2 is a prereq for it. Lots of vectors and very formula heavy. Covers rotational and translational kinematics and dynamics, conservation of momentum, torque and inertia, harmonic motion and waves, and thermodynamics.

Physics 2 is supposedly very hard, class average at my school is low but the professor who primarily teaches it curves at the end of the semester. Usually covers electromagnetic fields and optics.

 

[inv1sible]

Is all that difficult?

depends on the school you go to since you may or may not have to take those courses