Reddit reviews Computer Concepts 2014 (New Perspectives Series)

It really depends on your background. I am taking 1409 but I have done some programming before. One thing I may suggest is to have a look at the textbooks used for both courses and going thru their table of contents and perhaps taking a look at a few pages and see how familiar you are with the concepts and such. These are the textbooks:
1002: New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2014
1409: Objects First with Java
Just a note that the 1409 textbook is also used for the next course 1451.