Computer Science, Liberal Arts or Tech School?
This question was raised on slashdot today:
I’m a high school senior who is trying to pick a college to attend. I’ve been accepted by two comparably selective schools. One is a highly regarded tech school, and the other is a highly regarded liberal arts institution. I prefer the liberal arts college, but the computer science program is small, graduating about a dozen students a year. The course load is heavily theory based; programming languages are taught in later years. How much would the tech school vs. non tech school matter? Are CS majors from non-tech school considered inferior? What would an HR department think? What would you think if you were hiring?
There is a good series of responses on slashdot about this topic and its very interesting to hear what people have to say from big universities as I’ve gone the liberal arts route.
I don’t know about you JT, but it seems like the last five years of Bowdoin CS grads has been pretty awesomely strong.
I agree completely. I think liberal arts was totally the way to go for me as it prepares you to think and learn whatever the subject may be. That said, some liberal arts programs don’t have a large enough CS crew to cover all the areas. If you want to learn though there’s nothing stopping you.