Can I enroll for CS101 and CS253 simultaneously, come 16th April?

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I recently discovered Udacity and immediately enrolled in CS101. However, the mistake which I did was I enrolled in it quite late (two weeks back). Now the course is over.

I am hugely interested in the Web Application course and really looking forward to attend the course beginning 16th April. Since I could not finish the CS101 in time, I need to re-enroll for the course. I have completed 2 units of the course and I am super excited about the whole concept of CS101 (search engines).

I was thinking of enrolling in both the courses on 16th April.

I am a working professional, however I do get a decent amount of time after office to invest in learning programming (and I am quite serious about it). Now my question is can I enroll for both the courses at a time (starting 16th April)? Will it be doable? OR is to too much workload? Please help me/ advise me in making this decision. At this point of time, I sincerely feel that I should take both the course simultaneously. And if it is too much to handle in that I want to take the Web Applications course first as I am really passionate about Web Development and then I will follow it up with the CS101.

Please help.

Thanks

asked 13 Apr '12, 03:28

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I can't speak on whether you'll have enough time for both but I think you'll be able to do fine in 253 without having taken 101. Looking at the syllabus I don't think there'll be much carry over from 101 to 253. I've previously worked as a front-end web developer, with some back-end experience and I'd definitely say it's the easiest part of computer science.

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answered 14 Apr '12, 15:18

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Dude, I totally second this message. I'm stuck in web development still, and find it mind numbingly boring. A lot of my colleagues are planning on taking CS253, and (no offense to anyone taking it), but I can't imagine why. As a web developer myself, I'd prefer to take something else that I don't know anything about. So... I'm taking CS262 next semester.

(14 Apr '12, 15:21) Binesh Banne... Binesh%20Bannerjee's gravatar image

I'm going to take it. Mainly because I get to learn from the creator of Reddit. For someone who didn't even go to university it is amazing to be able to learn from all of these people at the top of their game. And is one of the many reasons for why I love Udacity.

I'm taking 212 and 262 as well. I figure 253 shouldn't be too time consuming or taxing given my previous experience.

(14 Apr '12, 15:32) Chris Thompson Chris%20Thompson's gravatar image
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Do you have any programming experience? For CS253 they expect this. This course assumes previous programming experience, comparable to what is covered by the Udacity CS101 course.
Otherwise they offer every class every 8 weeks or so.

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answered 13 Apr '12, 03:33

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edited 13 Apr '12, 03:37

I am not a complete novice to programming as I have been learning it since past three years (although it is mostly self taught and through books). I am familiar with basic programming concepts and also with html & css (and a bit about database). I do not have a real world programming experience.

(13 Apr '12, 03:39) Harsh Kharsh... Harsh%20Kharshingkar's gravatar image
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I guess you can try taking both. But I wouldn't switch the numbers. I mean CS101 for sure is 1st. So if you must pick only one I would go for CS101. No point to be lost in a class you can take in another 8 weeks :) But maybe you just do fine doing both. Good Luck

(13 Apr '12, 03:46) eagleowl eagleowl's gravatar image

Hi eagleowl
Thanks for your advice.
I agree with your take on this issue.
Mostly I think I will have to go for one course at a time. I want to participate in each aspect of the course and i think activities like final project, contests (if any) would demand signifiant time and effort. I agree with keeping the order - CS101 is an awesome course and completing it first would certainly help me for next course. Besides come to think of it, 8 weeks is a relatively short time. Thanks.

(13 Apr '12, 03:56) Harsh Kharsh... Harsh%20Kharshingkar's gravatar image
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This might interest you. I still advice on taking CS101 1st but this makes it tougher to argue :P Next CS101 will have no deadline.

http://www.udacity-forums.com/cs101/questions/64853/availability-of-cs101-and-cs373-second-run-no-deadlines?page=1&focusedAnswerId=64862#64862

(14 Apr '12, 01:14) eagleowl eagleowl's gravatar image
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There is nothing in the system stopping you from enrolling for both, though be mindful about the number of courses you are able handle at any 1 time and their difficulties. You would want to enjoy the experience and complete the courses after all. Why not try enrolling first, get a taste of their first lesson before deciding which 1 to drop or continue?

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answered 13 Apr '12, 07:24

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edited 13 Apr '12, 07:25

Makes sense, will try that option. Thanks.

(13 Apr '12, 13:41) Harsh Kharsh... Harsh%20Kharshingkar's gravatar image
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I don't see why not... I took CS373 and CS101 simultaneously without knowing python ahead of time. However, I had fairly extensive experience programming in general, since I've been a programmer. Wow, 21 years now professionally, and way longer than that if you include just me messing around on the computer for fun. So. I'd say if you already have experience programming, taking both simultaneously should be no problem at all..

OTOH, I do have a friend who's a web producer who took CS101 and he found it rather challenging on it's own. So. I guess the real answer depends on your prior experience.

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answered 14 Apr '12, 15:09

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edited 14 Apr '12, 15:09

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