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by dzonga 391 days ago
most computer science programs in the US - are just "applied math". I'm from a 3rd world country but did CS in the US at a state school - you only do programming for the first intro programs like C then OOP that's it.

DataStructures, Databases, Operating Systems, Discreet Math etc are usually done without any programming at all. besides one or two assignments

The rest of the program it's mostly Math stuff. The only other time you do programming is if you choose an elective towards your graduation.
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hansmayer 391 days ago
Well, thats the reason its called computer science, and not "computer vocational training".
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rester324 391 days ago
Interesting. I wouldn't have thought that.

I have an MS in CS from a small Eastern-European state run university, but the curriculum looked very differently: a ton of applied math yes, but also assembly programming, graphics programming, networking, databases, programming intro I-I, advanced programming I-II, project management, artificial intelligence, all kind of specializations, algorithms and data structures I-II, etc.

Is this not how it is in the US?

Edit: and most of those courses had practical lab sections with hands-on programming

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