Academic Resources
Your one-stop shop for all things related to your academic journey! Select from the table of contents below.
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Practice
The following links have some excellent practice content, some language-specific, others language-agnostic – great for interview practice or just general review!
Seeking Help
Want some extra assistance with course topics, assignments, or anything related to computing? Here are some resources to help with that, given in a suggested order:
- Self-Empowerment Protocol: It’s important to remember that your time in college is just 4 short years, after which any problems will be yours alone to solve! As such, your future self will thank you now if you “learn to learn” – start by Googling your problem, reading web resources, and chances are good you’ll “unstick yourself” all by yourself! If that doesn’t work (if not now, it will soon!), read on:
- Keck Lab and Teaching Assistants: Stop by the LMU Keck Lab and ask for a teaching assistant to help out! All of our TAs are happy to help and knowledgeable in most questions you might have. See the Keck Lab TA roster near the front entrance (posted on the metal cupboards) to see who’s available.
- Ask your instructor via Email or Slack: We’re happy to help give hints to get you unstuck, or provide some more specific resources. Give the above a shot first so that you can practice self-sufficiency!
- Obtain outside tutoring: Past students have reported success using apps such as Wyzant and Chegg to find tutors to help them through some topics – great idea if you want more focused, individual assistance.
Belonging
There is so much to say on this point, but in summary: if you want to study computing, you belong in computing. If you’re feeling trepidatious, we highly recommend you talk to your academic advisor to sort things out, but otherwise, you might find the following list of resources useful.