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From: cd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Clarence K. Din)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Five-year plan (was What is Computer Science?)
Message-ID: <16462@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 18:34:48 EST
Article-I.D.: bu-cs.16462
Posted: Mon Nov 23 18:34:48 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Nov-87 19:38:38 EST
References: <7925@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <752@hubcap.UUCP>
Reply-To: cd@bu-cs.UUCP (Clarence K. Din)
Organization: Boston Univ. CS Dept.
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In article <752@hubcap.UUCP> steve@hubcap.UUCP ("Steve" Stevenson) writes:
>
>... However, what about a five year
>program that is demonstrably close to a masters.  Would you be willing
>to pay then?
>

I don't think there's really a point in making a five-year BS program
demonstrably close to a Master's.  A Bachelor's degree signifies that
its holder has a fundamental grasp of the knowledge of his field.  A
Master's degree goes beyond this basic knowledge.


... just my opinion
       Clarence K. Din, cd@bu-cs.buacca.bu.edu