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Re:Science vs. Engineering by efaref on Monday July 13, 2015 @08:10AM (#9877587)
"Computer science" courses are mostly misnamed. The research faculties they're located in are usually scientific (in that they concern research into computability and computation), however what undergraduate students mostly learn is the primitive form of engineering that we've gleaned from that science so far.

I have an MEng in Computing, because my alma mater is one of the few that realises the distinction.

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Re:Science vs. Engineering by derpderpdrep on Monday July 13, 2015 @10:31AM (#9878276)
I'm talking from a graduate perspective, but the courses I TAd for undergrad were not what I would call 'primitive engineering' as there is an emphasis on analysis and rigor.

It is a science to be able to build programs and prove things about them. It is way more abstract maths than anything in engineering (linear algebra still has some physical grounding in reality, where category theory is more for the organization of mind).

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