[kilburn]

The 5-year degrees that existed in most of Europe before bologna were not centered around being a "well-rounded citizen". They were centered around being a "well-rounded" major.

In CS, this means that you were taught courses ranging from basic Electrical Engineering all the way to Artificial Intelligence, including physics, algebra, calculus, signal processing, theory of computation, algorithms, databases, computer architecture, compilers, computer networks, robotics, etc.. That is, you got introductory-level courses on everything that makes "computer-stuff", and then there were a number of optional courses where you specialized.

I really don't think you can cover all that material in 3 years...