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From: patrick@mcc-pp.UUCP (Patrick McGehearty)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: CS vs. CE
Message-ID: <1667@mcc-pp.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 11:18:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcc-pp.1667
Posted: Mon Sep 15 11:18:00 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Sep-86 09:23:08 EDT
References: <13500008@uiucdcsb> <2500002@iuvax>
Organization: MCC, Austin, TX
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Summary: CS vs Liberal Arts??

In article <2500002@iuvax>, jec@iuvax.UUCP writes:
> > /* Written  9:30 am  Sep 10, 1986 by patrick@mcc-pp.UUCP  */
> > I suggest that a 4 yr program ...
> 	[Goes on to suggest a large list of CS/CE class descriptions]
> > I leave it to others to discuss the fine details of the advanced topics.
> > - Patrick McGehearty
> 
> 	I disagree.  You are solving the problem of having CS and CE in
> the same curriculum by removing the liberal arts.  While this is fine if
> all you plan on doing in life is work.  

My apologies for being unclear.  By no means did I mean one should
neglect obtaining a liberal education (I started with a BA myself
with the equivalent of majors in Math, Psych, and CS before I started
on grad work).  I only intended to address the issue of what material
should be covered within the 8 or so courses that constitued a CS major.
Not having enough exposure to CE, I do not feel qualified to comment on
the specifics of their course requirements, though I feel they should
have a high degree of overlap with CS, since their job demands overlap
in many ways.  The differences are ones of degree rather than kind.
- Patrick McGehearty