Hans Fugal wrote: > Tell that to my CS 142 instructor. I knew a hint of C++ and good ol' > GW-BASIC, so I breezed through the class, but it was very obviously > geared at never-before-programmers and honestly I wasn't too far ahead > of that pack either. If by "know how to program" you mean "has had some > minimal exposure to thinking like a computer" then I may agree, but by > no means do you have to have any real, useful experience in programming. > At least, not in 1997 and 1999.
CS 142 for me as object-oriented programming, in Pascal. Except they didn't really teach Pascal per se. They just expected us to pick it up. We did learn about object-oriented concepts, though. The CS 142 as it exists now is pretty useless. It shouldn't be considered a CS class so much as a general class, in my opinion. CS majors should not be required to take it, either, provided they have a certain level of programming expertise. > >> If you're planning to get a BS and then just go be a software developer >> in the industry, you probably don't want the BYU program. But if a >> masters is in your future, maybe consider it. > > Or PhD. :) I for one feel like my BYU BS in CS has done an excellent job > in preparing me for grad school. It's hard to match BYU's level of > bringing research to the undergrads (those that want it, anyway). If > you're any good and have half an inkling to, you can get a job as an RA > and even publish as an undergrad. This isn't very common, though I admit > I have no idea if other schools in Utah do the same. > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
