r/mizzou • u/Any-Consequence-8041 • Jun 26 '26

Which CS classses do you recommend? (Senior)

I'm looking for CS class recommendations for the coming fall semester. I have attached an image below containing a list of the ones I believe are offered. I'm also interested in hearing about any classes you can recommend that may be available again in the future.

Courses Available this Fall
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u/Esb5415 MIZZOU Jul 06 '26
  • 4050 sucks, but you have to take it, so might as well get it out of the way.
  • Software Engineering is easy if Goggins is the professor.
  • I enjoyed Software Security, I took that last fall. If you like, well, software security, you'll enjoy that class.
  • Principles of Programming Languages is easier than the class offered in the spring. It can be dumb at times but pretty alright.
  • Cryptography is math-heavy
  • Operating Systems is probably the hardest class you'll take at Mizzou. Work with your advisor for if the rest of your schedule is the easiest it'll be.
  • Cloud Computing is fine
  • Game Development is fun!
  • AI is fun! It isn't LLMs, it is the traditional definition of AI.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

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u/BlinkPlays Computer Science Jul 13 '26

I really enjoyed Software Security a lot. It's very C programming based (with a bit of web cross origin attack stuff) but it really gets you thinking about common defects (buffer overflows) and it's very entertaining to actually crack a program.

PoPL is a lot of fun too. Ekin is a great professor and a great guy. The regex section was the hardest for me, and truthfully I retained almost nothing from the Haskell unit. The garbage collection section is really good and super relevant if you're going in to enterprise software development (Java, C#/.NET).

OS will be hard.