What should computer science degree students learn?

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

Published on
March 10, 2016
Last updated
February 16, 2017
David Matthews
Man recreating Tom Kilburn's computer, The Baby, Manchester Science Museum
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#1 Submitted by Noreply_280932 on March 10, 2016 - 11:24am
This is just another in the long line of attempts to police innovation and dumb down academia. The idea that learning a software programming language is superfluous could only be suggested by a business graduate with no understanding of mathematics nor science. Perhaps instead of complaining we should be sending business graduates on computer software courses... Particularly seeing as how we are increasingly the business and they the un-needed hindrance standing in the way of progress.

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