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Discrete Structures.....LOST!!

Nirina · 2010-01-10 17:30:11

i'm doing this computer science module and it's me first year doing anything comp science...so naturally i'm totally lost after my first semester in Discrete Structures! Moodle module page is pretty useless, lecturer doesn't drill it in at all, and i've got like four days til my exam...em, any help or tips?? know any good…

10-01-2010 05:30PM

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i'm doing this computer science module and it's me first year doing anything comp science...so naturally i'm totally lost after my first semester in Discrete Structures! Moodle module page is pretty useless, lecturer doesn't drill it in at all, and i've got like four days til my exam...em, any help or tips?? know any good websites that could help me pass??

would totally appreciate any help given.
xx

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#2 10-01-2010 05:32PM

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MP3Guy is a poster on here and he does comp science. He might be around for a grind?

/pages MP3guy

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#3 10-01-2010 05:33PM

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hmmm, but i doubt i'd have time to get a grind..unless it was purely online?

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#4 10-01-2010 05:35PM

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Google? Best I can do as a non-comp science student I'm afraid!

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#5 10-01-2010 05:38PM

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It's easy stuff. PM me if you want a grind.

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#6 10-01-2010 05:48PM

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This is exactly why boards is handy.

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#7 10-01-2010 06:06PM

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I'm doing it, concentrate on covering the 2005 past exam that he put on moodle. He covered this in the last two lectures and he said that it has the closest resemblance to the current exam in terms of layout and topics. He also has the solution up for it so take a look at it, it does look absolutely horrible but once you break it down it's not so bad Look at the previous labs also but I think that since he went to the bother of doing out an entire solution for the 05 exam and said to study it then it should be a good safe bet

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#8 10-01-2010 06:19PM

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http://books.google.ie/books?id=jGQK2zOqgf8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=discrete+structures&as_brr=3#v=twopage&q=&f=false

That's the book he recommended. I think most of what he covered is on there, but there might be a few pages omitted from it!
Go over all the previous labs and their solutions that he put up on moodle and definitely go over the past exam paper and its solution that he posted too!

I was freaking out about it too until I went over the stuff, and it turns out it's not that bad at all!

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#9 10-01-2010 06:30PM

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I did that module in first year too, I remember thinking it was a horrible subject, wasn't really too interested in it either. But when it came down studying for the exam I just went over the past papers and ended up doing pretty well.

The papers don't change much from year to year, and if your lecturer posted up solutions to a particular year, as cian1500ww said, I would say if you practiced answering the questions on that you'd be doing well.

Good luck with it!

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#10 10-01-2010 06:54PM

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ok, thanks everyone for yer help!! i didn't realise a solution to the 2005 paper was posted!! hopefully i'll be able to pass this exam with the tips and such..thanks!

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#11 10-01-2010 07:02PM

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Best of luck Nirina

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#12 10-01-2010 07:54PM

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Best of luck, CS is a bastard.

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#13 10-01-2010 08:02PM

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Beau wrote: »

Best of luck, CS is a bastard.

Just like that guy Beau, he... oh.

/scrambles for edit button

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#14 10-01-2010 09:00PM

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Good luck, it's a really easy module once you grasp it!

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#15 12-01-2010 02:13AM

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I was a tutor for this subject this semester and also approached about grinds but I had to decline due to being busy with my own exams (these ones counting towards first round IRCSET funding).

Best advice is use the book, read it and make sure you understand the solutions given. You can't just learn off one solution and apply it to a different problem directly, there's usually a few little knacks to each one.

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#16 12-01-2010 02:18AM

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Horrible, horrible module.

Good luck with it!

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#17 12-01-2010 11:14AM

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OP: Just incase you missed my post on the Mathematics forum -
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63917774&postcount=6

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#18 12-01-2010 11:23AM

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Calling it horrible is a bit much. All it requires is a bit of logical thinking.

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#19 12-01-2010 01:01PM

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I was wondering what was going in this topic but then I looked up who was teaching it nowadays. The difference a good lecturer makes. I can imagine the horror of learning it like that the first time.

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#20 14-01-2010 01:49AM

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DingChavez wrote: »

I was wondering what was going in this topic but then I looked up who was teaching it nowadays. The difference a good lecturer makes. I can imagine the horror of learning it like that the first time.

I've not looked up who's teaching it, but I think your post says it all :P

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#21 16-01-2010 01:16AM

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TouchingVirus wrote: »

I've not looked up who's teaching it, but I think your post says it all :P

If it's still Phillipe then God help ye, he thinks if you don't understand it straight off then you shouldn't be in college

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#22 16-01-2010 01:41PM

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or Dermot Kelly or Tom Dowling... grrr! :mad: If its the one about ands and ors it isn't that bad. Thankfully I've put CS behind me forever

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#23 16-01-2010 03:38PM

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Yeah, because none of those lectures have access to this forum, oh wait.

And yeah, some lecturers are better at lecturing than others, but that's all part of university and it's up to you to deal with it.

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#24 16-01-2010 08:05PM

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mp3guy wrote: »

Yeah, because none of those lectures have access to this forum, oh wait.

I don't care :P

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#25 16-01-2010 08:28PM

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Beau wrote: »

I don't care :P

So's your face

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#26 16-01-2010 08:58PM

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what?

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#27 16-01-2010 09:24PM

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Jeez Discrete Structures 1 wow that brings back memory's, I found it very easy when I was a 1st year. Think the guy I had was a Phd student Mark Hennessy I think his name was. The only lecture to ever give me solutions to past papers. Discrete Structures 2 now that was a different story hated it but think that was down to the lecture. Also liked Software Verification (Formal Methods) last year.

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#28 17-01-2010 12:13PM

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pakblue wrote: »

Also liked Software Verification (Formal Methods) last year.

Really interesting but REALLY difficult at the same time.

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#29 18-01-2010 10:24AM

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I actually quite enjoyed Phillipes lectures, though to be honest it became harder to focus on the actual subject once he started using the microphone and speakers (going to assume someone complained about him being too quiet - I could always hear him perfectly).
I will say this though; missing a lecture in CS151 would cause complete confusion :P

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#30 24-01-2010 01:32AM

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this is what his classes are like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7TQoQSqsCA

well not really but I have nowhere else to put a maths realated video joke

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