As everyone knows, Szum is an amazing professor. If you have the chance to take ANY class with him, do it! The class involves algorithms and data structures using the C programming language. Algorithms include sorting and backtracking and some stuff with bitwise operators in C. Data structures are Linked Lists, stacks, queues, binary trees, avl trees, hash tables, and maybe a couple others I’m forgetting. Szum will also prepare you really well for the foundation exam if you’re a CS student. Assignments take a long time but are definitely doable. There are a ton of available TAs for help, but personally I prefer Szum‘s office hours.

Start on assignments early, prepare for tests (even if you normally don’t, cuz I normally don’t), don’t he afraid to go to office hours and ask questions.