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Computer Science is not a liberal arts major. It's a STEM major and is accepted by companies who hire entry level computer programmers. Classes like Data Structures are important for software engineers and applicants are usually questioned on their knowledge of Data Structures(Linked Lists, Recursion, Binary Trees, ADTs, etc)
Liberal arts majors don't take 2-3 semesters of Calculus and 2 semester of Physics along with Discrete Mathematics. It's a rigorous major. The upper level CS classes are no jokes either.
Computer Science is not a liberal arts major. It's a STEM major and is accepted by companies who hire entry level computer programmers. Classes like Data Structures are important for software engineers and applicants are usually questioned on their knowledge of Data Structures(Linked Lists, Recursion, Binary Trees, ADTs, etc)
Computer science is a science degree. Hence, it's a liberal art.
I have a computer science degree, btw.
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Originally Posted by Ant131531
Liberal arts majors don't take 2-3 semesters of Calculus and 2 semester of Physics along with Discrete Mathematics. It's a rigorous major. The upper level CS classes are no jokes either.
You do realize that math majors require 2-3 semesters of calculus and discrete math, right? Math is a liberal art. You do realize that Physics majors require more than 2 semesters, right? Physics is a liberal art. No one said that liberal arts programs are easy.
Computer science is a science degree. Hence, it's a liberal art.
I have a computer science degree, btw.
You do realize that math majors require 2-3 semesters of calculus and discrete math, right? Math is a liberal art. You do realize that Physics majors require more than 2 semesters, right? Physics is a liberal art. No one said that liberal arts programs are easy.
Can confirm. I have a BS, MS, and PhD in Physics (a hard science, so a liberal art). I had to take several maths, including calculus along with several (way more than 2) physics courses for my liberal arts degrees (along with some unrelated degrees).
Computer Science is not a liberal arts major. It's a STEM major...
Many of the STEM majors are liberal arts majors. Maths? Sciences? Technology has some liberal arts. Engineering is the only one that stands out not being a liberal art.
Computer Science is not a liberal arts major. It's a STEM major and is accepted by companies who hire entry level computer programmers.
A lot of computer science graduates downgrade to become computer programmers. Companies like this because they get someone with a computer science degree for the same price as someone without the degree. However, a computer science degree really shines when you go into computer science.
I see where the confusion is. A computer programmer, software developer and software engineer are not the same. A software developer is a computer programmer, but not all computer programmers are software developers. Software engineers don't program or develop, so it's strange to equate them to the other two.
I don't really get the distinction. Alot of coders say there're "software developers" or "software engineers" because it sounds better than "coders". And I think there's some truth in it. Anyone who touches code with any modicum of success must have some engineering / software development skills. Even if they're not academically learned. Granted, their degree of skills will be highly variable, but that's true with academics as well.
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