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From: dave@whoops.celerity (Dave Smith)
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Subject: Re: foreign language requirements for PhDs
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Date: 16 Mar 89 05:10:57 GMT
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In article <1989Mar14.165213.204@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
 >In article <1304@wpi.wpi.edu> lfoard@wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard) writes:
 >>It would be nice to know a foreign langauge but it would also be nice to know
 >>a computer langauge, relativity, electonics...
 >
 >Actually, for computer science and electronics-type electrical engineering
 >it would make sense to require Japanese.  Not just any foreign language,
 >but specifically Japanese.  (The test of whether the requirement is
 >there because it makes sense, or just to be another hurdle to jump, is
 >whether you're allowed to choose a totally useless course to meet it.)
 >
 >Of course, the faculty should be required to learn it first. :-)

The faculty should have to learn English, first.

David L. Smith
FPS Computing, San Diego
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