tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post204091351295369650..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: Computer Science Should Be Its Own RequirementAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-25655883503210226872016-08-01T14:32:47.553-04:002016-08-01T14:32:47.553-04:00Being the devil's advocate here is CS needed f...Being the devil's advocate here is CS needed for college? Being able to operate Office pretty much is but only the uninformed would call that CS. (Notice I did not use the word "idiot" there. I am mellowing in my old age.) I have to say the same for 4 years of math. If a student is taking high school calculus and is actually going into a major that needs it odds are they are going to repeat it anyway. Would they have been better served to take CS instead of the calc considering that almost any major requiring calc also requires knowing some programming? If we look at the real world job market how much requires knowing how to solve integration by hand as opposed to manipulating a computer to do the integration? Being able to solve tasks with a computer is the ONLY way that makes sense for most jobs that use math or science. Back to the original point; is CS needed for college? Nope, but it is sure handy for science and math, maybe more handy than that AP math or science course that was designed when the slide rule was popular.Garthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-62812103115771664102016-08-01T06:43:54.704-04:002016-08-01T06:43:54.704-04:00College curriculum battles are just as much of a z...College curriculum battles are just as much of a zero-sum game. We don't have legislators adding constraints to the system, of course. On the other hand, we have professors with monster-sized egos --- which may or may not be worse.Jim Hugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511601437999143700noreply@blogger.com