[argonaut]

Security is not a required class for pretty much all CS degrees, including at other top CS schools like MIT, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. And from my experience, academics at these schools know exactly what professional practice is, given how many professors start startups out of these universities.

Students are not dumb. I personally think no specific classes should be required of a CS degree (other than a specific number of classes), and while the department should make recommendations, they should trust the intelligence of their students and give them freedom to pick the right classes.

[enraged_camel]

>>Security is not a required class for pretty much all CS degrees, including at other top CS schools like MIT, Stanford, and UC Berkeley.

Next time a bunch of credit card data is stolen from a high-profile retailer, or credentials with plaintext passwords leaked from some company's database, you should think long and hard about what factors may have contributed to it.

>>Students are not dumb. I personally think no specific classes should be required of a CS degree (other than a specific number of classes), and while the department should make recommendations, they should trust the intelligence of their students and give them freedom to pick the right classes.

Wait, hold on. You are expecting a bunch of 19-23 year olds to make intelligent and wise decisions about what classes they need to take in order to succeed in their field?