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Morthoseth

Morthoseth

Morthoseth

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Right, i came out of college with a B in Computing, D in Business Studies and also finished the Cisco CCNA course but didnt take the exam (Damn me!).

Now, i cant remember most of what i learned in any of those courses as i have been in full time work for the last four and a bit years, but i want to go back into education again and pick up where i wish i had years ago.

Now, my ambition was to take on a Computer Science course, but having not done maths past GCSE level and being unable to remember most of the practices i learned even then, i dont think jumping straight in would be a good idea!

I'm really worried about not knowing anything about the related subjects and jumping into a degree level course, what are my other options? What other avenues are there for me to take?
 
Some Computer Science courses don't require maths (only C+ at GCSE) and do catch up modules to make sure you can do it. So look into those?
 
kenshinu said:
Some Computer Science courses don't require maths (only C+ at GCSE) and do catch up modules to make sure you can do it. So look into those?
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Not any half decent uni. You need a very good grasp of maths, even if you don't have an A level to do a Comp Sci degree.

My advice, talk to a few unis about foundation degrees.
 
I am thining about doing the same, all be it, I am only 21... But never completed college fully as I had retards for teachers telling me wrong information.

Anyways, stuck around long enough to pull off some lvl2/3 GNVQ's in Math and english as i was a little brat back in school and made the mistake of fart arsing about in school.

Anyways, I felt as though I had no other options so worked up experiance rather than qualification, have a fairly decent job in IT atm but feel i could do a lot better with my life.

Do 'mature' students get the same as everyone else? meaning accommodation and the likes along those lines?

ags
 
buy some maths textbooks of a level standard or so and start cracking on learning some whilst applying is my advice :D.
 
If it's any help I am 25 and applied to do Comp Sci at the University of East Anglia. My app was accepted on the condition that I do a foundation year in Sciene, which I'm quite looking forward to doing. I may well do the foundation year and decide upon a separate course such as computer engineering but this is obviously all in the future.
 
Thing is with the foundation course.. what do you do? part time? do you have to find your own accommodation? As if i do the same, I will not be going to Reading uni, been in reading for too long now.

ags
 
I did CompSci at RHUL and there was a load of maths involved - everything from algebra to matrices to physics equations (we had to work out the time it would take your head to hit the steering wheel of your car, and then use this time to work out how quickly a microprocessor controlling airbag deployment had to be). It was pretty full-on in that respect.
 
We did a Maths module to get everyone on the same level in the first semester. It covered most of the 'harder' things I did in AS Maths [I took AS Maths but failed].

If you're that worried about the Maths side of things, read up on a few things.
 
Southampton do Engineering Maths (which is basically the whole maths A level in 16 weeks) + Discrete maths in the first semester of yr1 Comp Sci.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
Southampton do Engineering Maths (which is basically the whole maths A level in 16 weeks) + Discrete maths in the first semester of yr1 Comp Sci.
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A whole A-Level in 16 weeks sounds absolutely horrendous, given i got a C at GCSE many years ago! (Didnt bother with any revision at all at the time, because i was cool! Not!)
 
Burnsy2023 said:
Not any half decent uni. You need a very good grasp of maths, even if you don't have an A level to do a Comp Sci degree.

My advice, talk to a few unis about foundation degrees.
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^^ this

Spend the extra year giving yourself a a decent grounding to pursue a decent CS degree - don't just go with anyone who will simply accept you straight onto the course now as you'll either struggle or you'll end up on some half-baked 'IT' degree.

Another thing to consider is perhpas getting a few OU courses under your belt then applying to a normal uni - they have maths courses available which should bring you up to standard.
 
Morthoseth said:
Right, i came out of college with a B in Computing, D in Business Studies and also finished the Cisco CCNA course but didnt take the exam (Damn me!).

Now, i cant remember most of what i learned in any of those courses as i have been in full time work for the last four and a bit years, but i want to go back into education again and pick up where i wish i had years ago.

Now, my ambition was to take on a Computer Science course, but having not done maths past GCSE level and being unable to remember most of the practices i learned even then, i dont think jumping straight in would be a good idea!

I'm really worried about not knowing anything about the related subjects and jumping into a degree level course, what are my other options? What other avenues are there for me to take?
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Don't do a foundation degree do a foundation course, which is essentially a catch up year starting at year 0. I did this route and am about to graduate this summer.
 
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