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).
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.
It's a great school, we've hired a lot of folks from there. Which one are you at?
Well I'm from a community college and I'm looking to transfer to CPP
Well good luck, it's a great school
I went to a school in Michigan for Comp Sci in college of engineering. The curriculum was in my opinion poorly organized. I had to take a lot of english, physics and math prereqs while taking intro programming classes. With my ADHD, i failed to apply myself to these classes adequately. I ended up programming personal projects when I should have been studying (so glad I'm medicated now). By the time I was taking courses that interested me, my GPA was garbage and I was burnt out.
From people I know at another Michigan school, which had Comp Sci in college of science, courses were immediately engaging and relevant. This anecdote has a sample size of n=2 so take it with a grain of salt. These may not be related variables at all.
Have a look at the degree requirements, you can see what looks more interesting: http://catalog.csulb.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=8&poid=3752&hl=%22computer+science+%22&returnto=search
https://catalog.cpp.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=36&poid=9570
Funny they both use the same catalog software
Cpp's most up to date catalog is this:
https://catalog.cpp.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=65&poid=17141&returnto=5347
That being said, I have checked their catalog and requirements and they're pretty much the same.
Engineering college or Science college. Some say it's a Math.
It is all 3 lol. Computer is a product of engineering, it is science bc you can program on computer to verify the prediction of a computational theory, it is also maths bc automata is mathematical construct.
Yeah I get that. So I guess colleges don't know what to do with comp sci. It's so vast.
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