Winter 2023
Winter 2023 was my second semester of freshman year where I finally felt like I was figuring out college. This semester was a lot of fun even with the temperature staying below freezing every day, something I was definitely not used to. I took four classes this semester too.
Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms: This was the first of two required data structures and algorithms classes for the computer science degree at University of Michigan. This class was very important to learn most of the important data structures, but the most useful thing I believe from this class was how to debug efficiently.
Introduction to Computer Logic: This class focused on the much lower level of computer science programming. We coded on FPGA boards using verilog so we interacted with everything at the bit level. This was hard because it made me think a lot deeper about each specific line of code at a much deeper level (and there was no easy debugger).
Introduction to Engineering: The University of Michigan has a class required for all engineering students to try out a field of engineering in a project style class. Each class timing you sign up for focused on a different field. I signed up for climate space engineering because it was the only one that fit into my schedule. In this class, I got to build a wind turbine and test its efficiency in powering up a lightbulb.
Introduction to Data Science: This class was a probability and stats class that also had a lot of programming elements to it. I got to learn how to use all the major python libraries for data science like numpy, pandas, seaborn, matplotlib, etc.