Monday, April 24, 2017

i talk a lot shit, don't i? do i know what i'm talking about?

i'm putting this aside for my own records.

...but i have an honours degree in mathematics, with a surplus of credits at the fourth/fifth year that would be enough for a masters degree, if i were to pay for it. this is why i focused on a second degree in computer science rather than a master's degree in math - i already had one, i just never bought it. it didn't get me anywhere, and wasn't going to get me anywhere i wanted.

i stopped the computer science degree a credit short for the simple reason that i didn't want to do it anymore. i did not formally switch into law, but i completed about two years worth of law credits before i abandoned this as well. i could get a minor in either subject if i wanted it.

i spent a year in physics, as well, and you can see that i had an interest in it.

i have no meaningful formal education in history, anthropology, music or political science. this is dabbling and outside reading.

so, when i start talking about thermodynamics or statistics or whatever else, i'm not just repeating things i learned at wiki. i went to school for an absurd amount of time, and took a very technical workload. it's actually the "softer" subjects that i'm not trained in.

i promote skepticism. but, you can usually take me seriously when i get technical, and i will always caveat when i'm being unconventional.

all courses taken at carleton university in ottawa, canada.

mathematics/statistics

*MATH 1002 - Calculus and Introductory Analysis I (full credit)
*MATH 1102 - Algebra I (full credit)
  MATH 1805 - Discrete Structures
*MATH 2000 - Calculus and Introductory Analysis II (full credit)
*MATH 2100 - Algebra II (full credit)
*MATH 2454 - Ordinary Differential Equations
*STAT   2655 - Introduction to Probability with Applications
*STAT   2559 - Basics of Statistical Modeling
*MATH 3001 - Real Analysis
*MATH 3002 - Calculus of Differential Forms and Geometry
*MATH 3008 - Ordinary Differential Equations
*MATH 3057 - Functions of a Complex Variable
*MATH 3106 - Introduction to Group Theory
*MATH 3158 - Rings and Fields
*MATH 3256 - Plane Projective Geometry
*STAT   3505 - Linear Regression and Design of Experiments 
  MATH 3705 - Mathematical Methods I
  MATH 3801 - Linear Programming
  MATH 3804 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms I  
  MATH 3806 - Numerical Analysis
*MATH 3855 - Discrete Structures and Applications
*MATH 4002 - Fourier Analysis
*MATH 4207 - Foundations of Geometry
*MATH 4700 - Partial Differential Equations
*MATH 4802 - Introduction to Mathematical Logic
*MATH 4803 - Computable Functions
*MATH 4805 - Theory of Automata
*MATH 4806 - Numerical Linear Algebra
*MATH 4807 - Game Theory
*MATH 4808 - Graph Theory and Algorithms
*MATH 4809 - Mathematical Cryptography
*MATH 4822 - Wavelets and Digital Signal Processing
*MATH 4905 - Honours Project
*MATH 4907 - Galois Theory

* - enrollment limited to honours students.

total math credits: 19 credits, or 38 courses.
result: official b. math. unofficial m. math.

computer science

*COMP 1402 - Introduction to Systems Programming
*COMP 1405 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
*COMP 1406 - Design and Implementation of Computer Applications
  COMP 1805 - Discrete Structures
  COMP 2003 - Computer Organization
*COMP 2402 - Abstract Data Types and Algorithms
*COMP 2404 - Programming in C++
  COMP 2805 - Introduction to Theory of Computation
  COMP 3000 - Operating Systems
  COMP 3005 - Database Management Systems
  COMP 3007 - Programming Paradigms
  COMP 3804 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms I
*COMP 3805 - Discrete Structures and Applications 
  COMP 3806 - Numerical Analysis
 *COMP 4803 - Computable Functions
 *COMP 4805 - Theory of Automata
 *COMP 4806 - Numerical Linear Algebra

* - enrollment limited to honours students.

total computer science credits:  8.5 credits, or 17 courses.
result: incomplete degree (completed 8 of 9 required credits, and 19 of 20 overall).

law

LAWS 1000 - Introduction to Legal Studies (full credit)
LAWS 2201 - Persons and Property  (Private Law I)
LAWS 2202 - Obligations (Tort law)  (Private Law II)
LAWS 2301 - Criminal Justice System  (Criminal Law I)
LAWS 2302 - Criminal Law (Criminal Law II)
LAWS 2501 - Law, State & Constitution (Public Law I)
LAWS 2502 - Law, State & Citizen (Public Law II)
LAWS 3500 - Constitutional Law
LAWS 3504 - Law and Aboriginal Peoples

total credits: 5 credits, or 10 courses.
result: undeclared minor.

physics

PHYS 1001 - Foundations of Physics I
PHYS 1002 - Foundations of Physics II
PHYS 2604 - Modern Physics
PHYS 3807 - Mathematical Physics I    
PHYS 3808 - Mathematical Physics II
PHYS 4203 - Physical Applications of Fourier Analysis

total credits: 3 credits, or 6 courses.
result: this is a credit short of a minor.

breadth

BIOL 1003 - Introductory Biology I
BIOL 1004 - Introductory Biology II

PSYC 1001 - Introduction to Psychology I 
PSYC 1002 - Introduction to Psychology II  

ENGL 2107 - Science Fiction
ENGL 2906 - Culture and Society

MUSI 3603 - Computer Music Techniques
MUSI 3604 - Computer Music Projects

CLCV 1002 - Survey of Greek Civilization                  
HIST 3902 - The Late Roman Empire (Byzantine History, 395-1453)

ECON 1000 - Introduction to Economics (full credit)
ECON 4004 - Operations Research I

total credits: 6.5 credits, or 13 courses.
result: this is breadth outside of the four areas i focused on, remember: 1 credit bio, 1 credit psych, 1 credit english, 1 credit music, 1 credit history and 1.5 credits in economics (ECON 4004 was also listed as MATH 3801).

OAC courses

SPHOA - Physics
MCAOA - Calculus
ENGOA - English
DCCOA - Computer Science
MFNOA - Finite Mathematics
MAGOA - Algebra & Geometry
SBIOA - Biology
SCHOA - Chemistry

total credits: 8 credits, or 8 courses.
result: these are pre-university courses that were previously offered at the ontario high school level. i believe i was in the last year for OAC.