Harvard's CompSci Intro Course Boasts Record-Breaking Enrollment

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 12, 2014 @07:59AM from the i-bet-you-liked-programming-before-it-was-cool dept.

alphadogg writes: Harvard College's CS50, the school's Introduction to Computer Science course for undergrads, has attracted about 1 in 8 students this fall — a new record for the school and yet another sign of just how hot this field is becoming for the job-hungry. Overall, 818 undergrads (or 12% of the student body) signed up for the challenging course this semester (PDF), and nearly 900 students are registered when factoring in graduate and cross-registered students. Topics on the syllabus include Linux, cryptography, HTML and JavaScript. David Malan, a Harvard CompSci grad, teaches the course.

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Re:They will all get an A by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-12 09:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Especially if they're girls. Girls girls girls. Females must learn how to code! Girls, gotta take CS courses! Girls, free money, just sign up for Intro to C. Here is 100 million dollars, just get the girls to sign up. Please, girls, the political correctness is out of balance. Girls girls. It's all about the girls because that's where the grants are. The money says girls ought to sit in server rooms. Wait, you're a boy and you want a BS in CS? Sorry, no scholarship for you. Do you have a sister?
ENOUGH ALREADY, GIRLS DON'T CODE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO, ANYMORE THAN BOYS WANT TO TAKE CROCHET CLASSES.