Re:Computer Science Degree – Is it worthy it? Should You Get...
by 908B64B197 on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @10:32PM
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> Web dev is big. It deserves to be a major. You could probably have a 4 year specialization on various parts of web development.
A course on web dev in a CS degree sounds right. 4 years that's just... what are you going to do in 4 years?
http, some js, some css, some html, one popular back-end and students should be pretty much comfortable reading the docs and picking up whatever framework-du-jour is trendy right now.
By the time you graduate this 4 year major, the frameworks will have changed twice!
> By the way, I also went to a small midwest school, and its "Computer Science" program was cancelled in favor of more skill-based specializations
That's a very bad signal.
Re:Computer Science Degree – Is it worthy it? Should You Get...
by jvanderbot on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:41PM
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I think you are less diplomatically saying the things I was trying to say more diplomatically.
Re:Computer Science Degree – Is it worthy it? Should You Get...
by 908B64B197 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:27PM
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No, what I meant was that you might get enough content to fill one university level class on web development. Like a 3 credit class in the US.
Web dev is big. It deserves to be a major. You could probably have a 4 year specialization on various parts of web development. And you'd be highly capable and inextricably linked to those specializations for years after graduation. And it all may change from your Freshman courses to your Senior courses. Op was suggesting that situation is limiting. You could substitute "robotics" for web dev, by the way, and it would still stand.
Coming from a small midwest school as you did, your coursework should (and does) skew towards current-skill-based specializations which help you get a job. This is OK and desirable for the vast majority of students.
By the way, I also went to a small midwest school, and its "Computer Science" program was cancelled in favor of more skill-based specializations (right after I graduated with a CS degree). I don't blame them, but I stuck to my theory / fundamentals because that's what I wanted.