Re: ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions

In article <4fecgc$ar9_at_engr.orst.edu>, The Water Walker <wilsonch_at_newt.CS.ORST.EDU> wrote:

>In article <4fe3ov$pc0_at_qualcomm.com>,  <nabbasi_at_qualcomm.com> wrote:

 : not necessarily.  I had been pursuing a BS in CS untill last term.  Our CS
 : department here at OSU requires 3 terms of physics with calc. and even
 : though (not to toot my own horn) am a very able programmer, I was forced to
 : change my major (droping out and/or transfering are out of the question)
 : since I was unable to do these physics classes. So you see, just because you
 : are good at something, and enjoy it, doesn't mean that you can get a degree
 : in it.

Isn't that what an american college degree is all about? You can't be good at just one thing. Universities are out to broaden your horizons while they educate you. That's why they have all those extra requirements. The university itself makes everyone take a base amount of arts and sciences coursework, and then your particular department, like CS, will make you load up on related courses.

I took the physics, no problem (I'd even go as far to say I enjoyed it). I also managed to pick up a chemistry minor along the way, TA'ing it for a couple of terms (I'll never forget the smell of an organic lab). And then there's all the upper-division math. In the end I got my CS degree - all in 3 years.

Programming is not all there is to CS. CS is not all there is to a university CS degree. Degrees _are_ earned, after all. 'Nuff said.

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