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What class would YOU take first?

So, I have options next semester. Here are some classes I'm considering (out of requirement or interest). Select the one that you would want to take more than any of the others!

If you want course descriptions, look them up. I go to UC Berkeley.

EDIT: Decided to just post them for you.

Graphics:

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Techniques of modeling objects for the purpose of computer rendering: boundary representations, constructive solids geometry, hierarchical scene descriptions. Mathematical techniques for curve and surface representation. Basic elements of a computer graphics rendering pipeline; architecture of modern graphics display devices. Geometrical transformations such as rotation, scaling, translation, and their matrix representations. Homogeneous coordinates, projective and perspective transformations. Algorithms for clipping, hidden surface removal, rasterization, and anti-aliasing. Scan-line based and ray-based rendering algorithms. Lighting models for reflection, refraction, transparency.

AI:

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Basic ideas and techniques underlying the design of intelligent computer systems. Topics include heuristic search, problem solving, game playing, knowledge representation, logical inference, planning, reasoning under uncertainty, expert systems, learning, perception, language understanding.

IDC:

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CMOS devices and deep sub-micron manufacturing technology. CMOS inverters and complex gates. Modeling of interconnect wires. Optimization of designs with respect to a number of metrics: cost, reliability, performance, and power dissipation. Sequential circuits, timing considerations, and clocking approaches. Design of large system blocks, including arithmetic, interconnect, memories, and programmable logic arrays. Introduction to design methodologies, including hands-on experience.

Algorithms:

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Concept and basic techniques in the design and analysis of algorithms; models of computation; lower bounds; algorithms for optimum search trees, balanced trees and UNION-FIND algorithms; numerical and algebraic algorithms; combinatorial algorithms. Turing machines, how to count steps, deterministic and nondeterministic Turing machines, NP-completeness. Unsolvable and intractable problems.

I have a friend taking an artificial intelligence paper and he says it can be frustrating at times, especially dealing with programming languages like Prolog.

Although, everyone has different opinions so even if you pick the most voted course, you may end up hating it. Just pick what you personally feel is the most interesting.

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Originally Posted by Steovanni (Post 34522)

Although, everyone has different opinions so even if you pick the most voted course, you may end up hating it. Just pick what you personally feel is the most interesting.

I was going to say "I voted AI out of personal interest, you should just pick what seems nice to you", but after reading what the algorithms class teaches I would recommend that one because the concepts from this class will help you in your whole comp sci career.
Basically, the algorithms class should be mandatory.

Steovanni: The course is taught in Python. It's also the most popular CS class at Berkeley.

Machuno: The algorithms course -is- mandatory. I just have several semesters to take it. Nice guess, though!

I voted IDC since the poll is about which one I'd personally take and that course would help me the greatest in the automotive industry as my current knowledge of IC's is somewhat limited (I can, for the most part, diagnose them easily but could not even begin to design one). Although if I were to recommend which class for you to take, it'd be algorithms since it would benefit you the most.