 Re: Honors Degrees: Do they mean anything?
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>>   In my opinion, a programming degree is still worth having.
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> Yes, but a CS degree is *not* a programming degree. Does anybody know of
>a computing course where *programming* is taught ? Computer Science is
>a branch of maths .
> I've also done a Software Engineering course - much more practical and likely
>to be the sort of thing an employer really wants, rather than what they think
>they want, but also did not teach programming. The ability to program was
>an entry requirement.

At Robert Gordon University, programming was the main  
start of the course. The first two years consisted of five subjects:
Software Engineering , Computer Engineering , Computer Theory , Mathematics/Statistics and 
Communication Skills .
The third year  was spent working for a computer company 
for a year. The company could be anywhere in Europe .  
The fourth year included Operating Systems, Software Engineering 
, Real Time Laboratory  and Computing 
Theory .  There were also Group Projects in 2nd and 4th Years, where 
students worked in teams to select their own project or decide to work for an 
outside company .
 
In the first four years, there was a 50%:50% weighting between courseworks and 
exams for most subjects. However in the Honours year, this was reduced to a 
30%:70% split between an Individual Project and final exams  - are all Computer Science courses like this?

BTW - we started off with 22 students in our first year and were left with 8 by
Honours year. Also, every course is tutored separately. Not easy trying
to sleep when you are in 8 student class :-). 

Cheers,
  Michael 
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