correct me if I am wrong, but imho CIS is a semi-business degree. Therefore economics would have a place, especially viewed from a management perspective. You could always do computer science at Maryland...
Dana On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:20:11 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You're looking at the entire thing wrong. The purpose of college is to > > to produce a well rounded and educated citizen. > > Maybe undergraduate... maybe. Again, this is just my take on things. I was > fortunate enough to go to great catholic schools (catholic not necessarily > being the great part!) my entire life and get a first class education... so > I guess I should have maybe mentioned that first. That being said, the well > rounded parts come from Hihgh school. I did take psychology in high school > and enjoyed it... as well as all the sciences, accounintg, math out the > wazooo and spanish until I was blue in the face. College should have been > more about the disclipline I was interested in, IMO anyway. > > You are right, certain dimenions of CS tie into Psychology nicely, mainly > "Human Factors"... an area that we did happen to cover in CS. > > > philosophy teach more than what some dead white guy said over 2000 > > years ago. It teaches methods of logic, argument and thinking. > > I totally agree with you, and that was great to learn in HS. Psychology was > not my focal point post high school so my interest and desire to be involved > with it was minimal. > > > > In other words therer are reasons for these extra courses. If you > > wanted only a vocational school, well there's always places like > > community colleges and Strayer. > > While there may be reasons for the "other classes"; at the graduate level I > would have to disagree 100%. A masters level computer science degree program > does not need to touch psychology anymore... nor general sciences or foreign > languages. > > Again, this is just my take on the higher education system. It seems a > little watered down and at the high prices we pay to go, we shoulde be able > to keep the material focused more around our degree at all times. > > By the way... I am at Strayer. :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145415 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
