11-18-2022, 07:35 PM
Provider: Study.com
Course: Math 108: Discrete Math
Course content: Videos, quizzes, final exam
Final exam format: 100 multiple choice questions
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Material is very similar to practice tests, but has more of the harder type questions (more mathy than the practice)
Time taken on course: I picked this up and put it down so much, it is hard to say. Probably in the neighborhood of 20-30 hrs.
Familiarity with subject before course: Varies a lot. About half of it I already knew pretty well, about 20% I somewhat knew but needed to learn more or brush up on. Then there was a chunk that was new to me.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: The bulk of the course is really Ch 4-7 and Ch 9. For all of these you probably need to consult outside sources. Honestly, Ch 4-6 are very easy, but the course material is poor, and riddled with errors. I recommend finding the relevant Khan academy video where there is one. Once you understand the intuition there you'll be rock solid. The chapter on recursion is mostly not that hard and the optional lesson is tough, but I recommend taking the time to learn it (again, consult outside resources). The chapter on matrices, again, Khan academy is the way to go and it is actually very easy. I just forgot all the matrix algebra from 20+ years ago, and the course doesn't explain the operations at all (just goes right into an example without explaining what they're doing).
1-10 Difficulty level: Really hard to rate. Some of it was fairly tough but there were large swaths that were easy, or were hard until I found an actual good resource, then it was easy. On the whole, I think it is probably very possible to pass by just blowing through the course and not worrying about fully understanding the challenging topics. Some of the topics are harder to get good resources on, especially the recursion stuff. But I have the feeling this is going to come back up in grad school so I stuck with it. So this course is somewhere between a 4 and an 8 depending on how much you actually care to understand the material.
Course: Math 108: Discrete Math
Course content: Videos, quizzes, final exam
Final exam format: 100 multiple choice questions
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Material is very similar to practice tests, but has more of the harder type questions (more mathy than the practice)
Time taken on course: I picked this up and put it down so much, it is hard to say. Probably in the neighborhood of 20-30 hrs.
Familiarity with subject before course: Varies a lot. About half of it I already knew pretty well, about 20% I somewhat knew but needed to learn more or brush up on. Then there was a chunk that was new to me.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: The bulk of the course is really Ch 4-7 and Ch 9. For all of these you probably need to consult outside sources. Honestly, Ch 4-6 are very easy, but the course material is poor, and riddled with errors. I recommend finding the relevant Khan academy video where there is one. Once you understand the intuition there you'll be rock solid. The chapter on recursion is mostly not that hard and the optional lesson is tough, but I recommend taking the time to learn it (again, consult outside resources). The chapter on matrices, again, Khan academy is the way to go and it is actually very easy. I just forgot all the matrix algebra from 20+ years ago, and the course doesn't explain the operations at all (just goes right into an example without explaining what they're doing).
1-10 Difficulty level: Really hard to rate. Some of it was fairly tough but there were large swaths that were easy, or were hard until I found an actual good resource, then it was easy. On the whole, I think it is probably very possible to pass by just blowing through the course and not worrying about fully understanding the challenging topics. Some of the topics are harder to get good resources on, especially the recursion stuff. But I have the feeling this is going to come back up in grad school so I stuck with it. So this course is somewhere between a 4 and an 8 depending on how much you actually care to understand the material.
Working Toward: ME-EM, CU Boulder (Coursera)
Completed: TESU - BA Computer Science, 2023; TESU - AAS Applied Electronic Studies, 2012; K-State -BS Political Science, 2016
Completed: TESU - BA Computer Science, 2023; TESU - AAS Applied Electronic Studies, 2012; K-State -BS Political Science, 2016
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