Introduction to the course
CSCI 1470

by K. Yue

1. Promotion

• This course is (hopefully) one of the more useful CS courses for students.
• Programming is essential for computing careers.
• Python is very popular.

2.General Learning Suggestions

• Everyone is different and unique in learning.
• Engagement and learning by doing.
• Teaching is an excellent way of learning: help your classmates.
• Prepare your own notes: the best notes for you are written by yourself
• Consider crowd learning.
• Come to my office often, especially in groups.
• Please consider forming the habit of listening carefully and asking a lot of questions.

3. How to be successful in the course

General Professionalism:

1. Attitude
2. Be considerate.
3. Be helpful and useful to others.
4. Be a good listener.
5. Be responsive.
6. Hardworking
7. Attention to details.
8. Focus: uni-tasking

Some general tips:

1. Engagement: Participate. Ask questions, a lot of them. Help others. Plan ahead.
2. Preparation: start as early as possible and do not fall behind.
3. Don’t copy and paste. Instead, copy, integrate, and apply.
4. SEE-I: State, Elaborate, Exemplify and illustrate.
5. Form good habits.

Some good traits of software developers

1. Habits of trying to make sense of stuff.
2. Intellectual curiosity.
3. Tinkering and experimentation.
4. Attention to details.
5. Continuous small and big improvement.
6. A large tool set.
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