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The Death Of CS In Education?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the give-it-bawls-for-life-support dept.

JohnnyKimble writes "A provocatively titled article recently appeared in the 'Future of Computing' section of the British Computer Society website. 'The Death Of Computing' was written by a lecturer at De Montfort University in the UK, and considers the problem of falling interest in computer science courses in the UK and what needs to be done to encourage more students to take the courses." This ties in well with our discussion last night about Why Software is Hard.

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  1. Don't worry about it by Lazerf4rt · · Score: 4, Funny

    More job security for those of us already in CS.

  2. Re:If their CS programs are like ours... by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who woulda thunk that "computer" science would have something to do with math.

    KFG

  3. Re:Computer science is a branch of mathematics. by CastrTroy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I took software engineering in university. We used to say, that if you couldn't handle software engineering, you took computer science. If you couldn't handle that, you took Information management systems. If you couldn't handle that, you took Management information systems (yes, there was a differnce), and finally if you couldn't hand that, you took some business administration course.

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  4. Re:The way it works at my "/." account. by Short+Circuit · · Score: 2, Funny

    As opposed to the quarter ton who let their CS "gene" go to their heads, and they think they're God's gift to computing. A quarter-ton is 500 lbs, right? So that's what, two programmers? I can compete with that.
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  5. Re:Maths? What maths? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you know what O(1) really mean? (No it does NOT mean constant time)

    O(yes it does).