[Tfug] CIS Courses at Pima

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Well, if you don't yet have a BS. degree, I am going to recommend not 
taking CS at Pima. Not because the courses are poor. Rather, if you get 
your General Education credits at Pima (See AGEC-S program description), 
you can start the U as a Junior and have all your general ed. out of the 
way. This gives you the ability to concentrate and focus on CS, or ECE 
studies exclusively. That is my best suggestion for getting the CS degree.

The greatest reason for taking CS classes at pima is if you are not 
intending to transfer to the U or if you  are looking for immediate 
training without a certificate. One reason for this is most CS courses 
at Pima don't transfer to the U. Another is, even if the credits did 
transfer, the CS for transfer program at Pima doesn't nearly give you 
the classes you would want to take that are interesting.

I say this emphatically because I don't want anyone to make the same 
mistakes as I. I changed majors and colleges many times and I have about 
200 credits and no degree to show for it. I've been in colleges and 
universities for nearly a decade and I feel sick just looking back on 
it. Louis Taber really turned me around.

-Leo Przybylski

Josh Gregorio wrote:

>I am considering going back to school for a Computer Science degree. To save 
>money and time, I was going to do four semesters at Pima and then try to 
>transfer to the UofA. Are the classes challenging and worthwhile? Overall, 
>how is the program? If anyone has transferred, did the classes at Pima 
>adequately prepare you for the UofA course work? 
>
>I looked over some of the CIS web pages at pima.edu, and I didn't see anything 
>I couldn't do in Linux or Windows. But I only looked at the very basic 
>"intro" courses. Were there any classes that you had to use Windows for? 
>
>Thank you, 
>
>Josh 
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