Levi Pearson wrote:
Technically, the distinction that a University has is that it grants post-graduate degrees. 'Theory' doesn't come into the picture, especially at the undergraduate level. Thus we have schools like MIT, which has an excellent CS program, but strives to be grounded in practical applications. Theory is taught in order to enable students to better create things. Other universities will focus more on theory, depending on the particular interests of the faculty and the vision of the department.
When you say that MIT's CS program is grounded in practical applications, are you referring specifically to the fact that a student can complete the MIT CS program without coding anything except Lisp? Because that's what came to my mind. Grounded in practical applications? I don't think so. Valuable? Absolutely.
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