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From: reggie@dinsdale.nm.paradyne.com (George W. Leach)
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Subject: Re: CS-1
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Date: 9 May 89 13:59:46 GMT
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In article <715@sdrc.UUCP> diluthr@sdrc.UUCP (Dan Luther) writes:

>This is so true.  At Cal. State Chico where I got my degree, the initial CS 
>class (read 'thinner class') was assembly language programming (two thirds of 
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the initial enrollment had dropped by the final).  One of the reasons this
>class was so tough was beacause, in the words of my TA 'it's really two
>classes in one, problem solving AND assembly language programming'.  He was
>right on the target!


      It is not clear to me exactly what type of course this is.  If this
was the initial PROGRAMMING class, then I can see why so many people dropped
out of the program :-)  It might give one the impression that assembly is
what CS is all about!


      I am hoping that the initial CS class was not the first time the
students in the program had been exposed to programming and problem
solving.




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