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Classes Universities Should be Teaching in CS Programs

Dan Zambonini published an article on what he thought would be useful classes in computer science programs in colleges and universities.

To Mr. Zambonini’s credit, I can relate to most of this suggestions. My brother told me most of his CS classes at Purdue University are heavy on theory, light on practice. I had to really squeeze practicing PHP out of him. Fortunately the classes I am taking at UCSC are really market driven and practical (Java + XML, JavaScripting, Securing Java… etc). But being able to get into one of those classes is another story.

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    • This entry was posted on Sunday, September 11th, 2005 at 11:55 am and is filed under Coding, Geek Stuff. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    2 Responses to “Classes Universities Should be Teaching in CS Programs”

    1. Lil Bro Says:
      September 12th, 2005 at 7:46 am

      Actually, I only really taken lower level CS classes. Maybe the upper level classes are different.

    2. Cheehoi Says:
      September 12th, 2005 at 12:44 pm

      that’s the diff between a vocational and academic schools.
      Or in california, UC versus calState schools. IMO academic schools
      teach you how to think/dream while vocational schools teach you what is
      practical in the workforce. Diff emphasis and each has it’s merits.