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| DATE | 2005-05-17 |
| FROM | Contrarian
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Back to school
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> I was thinking that it would be good to nail down a Masters in Computer
> Sciences, and I know others on this list have made similar expressions.
> So I'm looking at the Brooklyn College Web site and I'm thinking, we can
> do this like the Oriental students, if 3 or 4 of us go together. We can
> sort of collaborate our way though the program (and spread the NYLXS
> net). Is anyone else willing to do this?
Well.... I asked about that program a few years ago (before NYLXS
was in existence.) The odd thing about it, and I believe many
CS master's programs is that one is required to take the masters
program if one has a BA or BS in anything, whether one has any
programming experience or not, i.e. pay graduate rates. I don't
think Brooklyn is unique in that respect. ISTR some other
programs requiring some programming competence (i.e. prior
coursework)
One of their professors said that he thought the undergraduate program
was better. I doubt he will go on record with that though.
In the one course I started to take, the midterm was "write
a program that prints out its command line arguments" That's
doesn't require great expertise. Getting a degree like this
might be not be a terribly bad idea for ppl in Civil Service
positions where they look more and more for "education and
experience" because the credential, no matter what is behind
it, is what counts.
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