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Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015) by synack on Thursday October 23, 2025 @11:40PM (#45690516)
When I was at RIT (2006ish?) there was an elective History of Computing course that started with the abacus and worked up to mainframes and networking. I think the professor retired years ago, but the course notes are still online.

https://www.cs.rit.edu/~swm/history/index.html

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Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015) by whilenot-dev on Friday October 24, 2025 @07:53AM (#45693683)
To strenghten GPs point a bit: There are courses on conceptual art (1966-72) or minimal art alone. One "History of Computing" course, while appreciated, is not doing its history enough justice.
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Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015) by daveguy on Friday October 24, 2025 @08:41AM (#45694028)
To be fair, the history of computing is only ~200 years old even if you go back to Babbage and Lovelace. The history of art is literally as old as recorded history.
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Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015) by hgomersall on Friday October 24, 2025 @08:54AM (#45694123)
Maybe that says more about the navel gazing prevalent in such conceptual art courses.
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Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015) by nticompass on Friday October 24, 2025 @09:07AM (#45694223)
Hello fellow RIT alum! I don't think I knew about this class when I went there, though I started as a Computer Engineering student (eventually switched to Computing Security).
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