Re:Computer science enrollments soared 30% last year
by learc83 on Friday March 08, 2013 @10:29PM
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I'm going back to for a CS degree after a 6 year hiatus. I completed about 90 hours of a history degree before I dropped out to start programming.
Going back has made me rethink almost every negative thing I've ever said about college (at least with respect to STEM programs).
The contrast in what I'm doing now and the history degree I was going for before is completely night and day. The difference in rigor between the departments (same school for both) is shocking.
The biggest specific difference is that Computer Science feels like a coherent program, where each class builds on the previous ones, whereas history felt like I was just taking a bunch of loosely associated classes with no overall goal.
Going back has made me rethink almost every negative thing I've ever said about college (at least with respect to STEM programs).
The contrast in what I'm doing now and the history degree I was going for before is completely night and day. The difference in rigor between the departments (same school for both) is shocking.
The biggest specific difference is that Computer Science feels like a coherent program, where each class builds on the previous ones, whereas history felt like I was just taking a bunch of loosely associated classes with no overall goal.