Slashdot Mirror
Northface University - Computer Science in Half the Time?
prostoalex writes "Associated Press runs a nationwide story on Northface University. The school, founded by a pair of venture capitalists and former technology chief found a niche with its highly intensive curriculum and corporate software development specialization. For example, a BSCS degree can be completed in a little over 2 years, and it comes with IBM's WebSphere and Microsoft's MCSD certification. Northface is also promoting its corporate partnerships, which allow current students to feel more secure about future employment. Grady Booch from IBM is quoted to be 'jazzed up' about the program, although there are many who oppose such approaches to college education."
As if it wasn't hard enough for computer people to learn social skills. There's gonna be a new crop of CS people graduating from a total-immersion CS program with nothing to talk about except computers. Wait, that's what we do now. Hooray for nerds!
12:50 - press return.
Oh my god, another Devry
Right, because Physics, Calculus, Economics, and even Latin have no bearing whatsoever on real-world employment.
Apparently that's their secret -- double the caffeine, halve the time needed for a CS degree. Or is a 52 ounce Mountain Dew now a standard beverage for normal college students?
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Their textbooks are the "Teach Yourself XYZ in 24 hours" series?
You're right!
And my friends who finished their BA in fine arts have very little knowledge that a BACHELOR ARTIST should have.
Like my Retail Manager Wife, who will never know how to survive as a single male oil painter.
There is such a thing as being too literal. Sure you weren't an literary major?
It is more productive to voice thoughtful opinions (reply) than to judge (moderate) others.
I really don't think that I could have built up an acceptable level of tolerance to alchohol in only two years. Heck, it took me over five years (but I did get a MS out of it too).
Wanted: witty unique signature. Must be willing to relocate.
...dealing with idiots...
That would be business psych.