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1) CS::software development is a bit like physics::mechanical engineering
2) CS at waterloo definitely skews to the cs-is-part-of-applied-math thinking in many ways. Other university CS programs are very different.
I'm not saying a "practical programming for non math/cs types" course isn't a good idea, just that really isn't what you signed up for.
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1) CS::software development is a bit like physics::mechanical engineering
2) CS at waterloo definitely skews to the cs-is-part-of-applied-math thinking in many ways. Other university CS programs are very different.
I'm not saying a "practical programming for non math/cs types" course isn't a good idea, just that really isn't what you signed up for.