[anon946]

We have had a compiler elective before, but it was never required, and currently we don't offer it. I don't think there is a lot of demand from students for it, for better or worse. We also don't do networking fundamentals as a requirement, like sliding window protocol, CSMA/CD, how routing works, etc., but we do have an elective that I believe covers these things.

We do require architecture, and still even do Karnaugh maps. I do believe that every CS person should have a fundamental understanding of cache, instruction fetch, decode, MESI, etc., but probably don't need a semester's worth of architecture. If I had my druthers, I would consolidate a number of separate courses into maybe a 2-semester sequence that would basically be: "What every computer scientist should know", and basically cover the coolest and most seminal topics from different areas of CS.