Alan wrote:
>Bucks County Community College (Pennsylvania).
>
>For a major university, Drexel University has three schools in which to
>study some form of CS:
>
>* College of Arts and Science (CAS) - The most difficult of the schools.
>Comes from an engineering perspective. Good if you want to write compilers
>and other geeky things, or just want to be a heads-down programmer. Many
>freshmen enroll there, and discover it is not what they expected, so they
>transfer to the...
>
>* College of Information Science and Technology (CIST) - This is where most
>anyone posting on this newsgroup would select. Teaches how to convert
>business requiremnets into information systems. Concentrates on the analysis
>and design phases. Turns out the equiavalent of what used to be called
>Systems Analysts, and also DBAs if you build your concentartion that way.
>Anyone attending this program will not post, "How do I convert my ERD to a
>relational schema?" They will also have at least 5 quarters of full-time
>co-op experience.
>
>* College of Business (COB) - Standarad business approach to I.T. Teaches
>the business users how to interact with the I.T. people who were trained in
>CIST.
>
>I reccommend CIST in most cases.
>
>
>"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>news:1067540924.452389_at_yasure...
>
>
>>Alan wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I do not believe that your generalization is justified. Unless you have
>>>examined the programs at "almost all" community colleges, you cannot
>>>
>>>
>claim
>
>
>>>that, "Almost all of the community
>>>college programs are OCP classes. They teach just enough to get someone
>>>
>>>
>an
>
>
>>>OCP certificate and little more." The community college in my area, for
>>>example has a very good two-year program.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>But I have. Well not me personally. We have a department that does
>>exactly that. I have a
>>research paper on the subject that is almost three inches thick.
>>
>>The fact that you have found an exception to a generality is hardly a
>>shock. All generalities
>>have exceptions. I put in my statement caveats in that regard.
>>
>>I would however be interested in the name of that school and the city
>>for my files. And others
>>in your area would find it valuable if you published the information too.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>--
>>Daniel Morgan
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>>
>>
Thank you.
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Received on Thu Oct 30 2003 - 15:43:28 CST
