Software vs Electrical Engineering

[BCEagle91]

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<p>And somebody said there are a lot of CS majors who are terrible at math.
I concur. I think this is a travesty and think these students are in the wrong
major. I don’t blame them, though, because it’s the universities’ fault for
watering down the theoretical content of CS courses so they can pass.</p>

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<p>It could also be individual professors or a few in the math department.</p>

<p>I’ve seen students that did poorly in math courses receive passing and sometimes
a B grade where they really can’t do the material. I don’t necessarily know if this
is bad as I think that most CS majors go into programming and the theoretical math
is not required for the vast majority of programming work out there.</p>

<p>Should they get the degree? I don’t know. The degree is marketed in a fuzzy way.
Most CS students do not know what they are in for when they sign up for CS.
How many times do we have to explain the math aspect to those asking about
CS on this board? The ACM guys should do a video.</p>