Myths of CS/IT All CS/IT jobs are outsourced: WRONG 80-100% of CS graduates had jobs lined up b4 graduation Industry

try is desperately looking; but hard finding employees HOWEVER: More difficult to find a job 3.0+GPA almost required NEED INTERNSHIPS!!! Only geeks/people with social impairments study: WRONG(derp) CS/IT is a male dominated area: WRONG Reason? CS coverage in High School is discouraged CS/IT is all programming: WRONG Programming is just a tool CS/IT is about finding solutions to Computer problems No programming=no CS Love to play video games=good CS Tech?: MAYBE Need math skills Need programming skills Need good Comm/Team skills In CS/IT at Mizzou I will learn how to install an OS or how to run calbes: WRONG Will learn how to make new tech or use old tech to solve problems Difference between 4yr degree and 2yr degree Layers of Computer Systems Information The way info is represented on a CPU Binary numbers(0s and 1s) #'s, text, video, audio, are stored as binary Courses CS1000: Intro to CS(R CS/IT) CS3270: Logic Design(R CS) Hardware Physical Hardware composed of gates that regulate electric flow CPU, RAM, HDD Courses: CS3270: Logic Design(R CS) CS3280: Assembly language and computer organization Programming Design of efficient algorithims Coding using programing language(Java, C++ etc) Courses: LOTS Operating Systems Acts as link between software/hardware Provides environment to execute programs in an efficient manner Application Large programs/collections of programs used to solve problems(games, graphics, AI, Video, Bio tech)

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