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Where Should Comp Sci be? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by pineapplelover@lemm.ee to c/compsci@lemmy.ml

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From to school to school it could either be in the Engineering college or Science college. Some say it's a Math.

Is having it in a different college going to affect how you're going to be taught? I'm going to Cal Poly Pomona and comp sci there is located in the college of science but at Cal State Long Beach it's in the college of engineering. Does this matter and how?

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even among universities where it's in the same school, the way it's taught varies. As a guy who hires a lot of CS folks, my impression is that when it's in a college of engineering they tend to focus a little more on the process of developing code (requirements, design, and test, not just the coding part), and when it's in a college of science, there's a bit more theory. But the that's not necessarily true at every university. I actually prefer it when folks have had more of the process part (it's even sometimes a Software Engineering degree).

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hate theory I kinda but as I understand at. Cal poly unis are more hands on so I expected more doing and less lecturing.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a great school, we've hired a lot of folks from there. Which one are you at?

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well I'm from a community college and I'm looking to transfer to CPP

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Well good luck, it's a great school