UMD Cuts Computer Science Class by 50%

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Anonymous wrote:Did they explain why they are doing this?

CS is popular and the CS department isn't big enough. They could expand to meet demand, but there are tenured humanities professors who need students

They keep increasing the enrollment without increasing the department size of its budget. This becomes a problem. Glad to see they're addressing it.

Department budgets should follow students. If Art History can't attract students, they should have to shrink

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they explain why they are doing this?

CS is popular and the CS department isn't big enough. They could expand to meet demand, but there are tenured humanities professors who need students

They keep increasing the enrollment without increasing the department size of its budget. This becomes a problem. Glad to see they're addressing it.

Department budgets should follow students. If Art History can't attract students, they should have to shrink

Sure it should but it doesn't. Just look at Berkeley. They've doubled the number of CS majors but dept budget is constant which is why they can't even afford TAs for some classes now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

Yes they do. I interview engineers and CS grads. Many put down course names like algorithms etc. its helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

Yes they do. I interview engineers and CS grads. Many put down course names like algorithms etc. its helpful.

Not so sure, anyone who majored in CS had to take algorithms and data structures if not their degree is worthless.

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Is limited enrollment due to fact that people in CS can make more money outside of academia? It’s a good part of why nursing programs (yes I realize nursing is not as competitive) have become so hard to get into nowadays. Not enough people to teach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

Yes they do. I interview engineers and CS grads. Many put down course names like algorithms etc. its helpful.

They usually do for the related courses to their majors and minors for the first job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is limited enrollment due to fact that people in CS can make more money outside of academia? It’s a good part of why nursing programs (yes I realize nursing is not as competitive) have become so hard to get into nowadays. Not enough people to teach.

It's due to the fact that CS is a popular major, in part, because yes, there's good money to be made with just an undergrad degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

Yes they do. I interview engineers and CS grads. Many put down course names like algorithms etc. its helpful.

I don't care what your major is. I'm looking at your experience. Most new grads don't have a lot of work experience outside of internships so they detail about the projects they've worked on. The project could have been either as an intern at a company or as school assignment. When I interview you and I talk to you specifically about what YOU did on the project, I can figure out if you have the knowledge and experience that I'm looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

Yes they do. I interview engineers and CS grads. Many put down course names like algorithms etc. its helpful.

I don't care what your major is. I'm looking at your experience. Most new grads don't have a lot of work experience outside of internships so they detail about the projects they've worked on. The project could have been either as an intern at a company or as school assignment. When I interview you and I talk to you specifically about what YOU did on the project, I can figure out if you have the knowledge and experience that I'm looking for.

I don't care about how you pick your employees.

[Anonymous]

Also looking ahead, other than UMBC, does anyone have any CS school suggestions for a current underclassman that will likely have a 3.8 UW GPA and mid 1400 SAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

Yes they do. I interview engineers and CS grads. Many put down course names like algorithms etc. its helpful.

I don't care what your major is. I'm looking at your experience. Most new grads don't have a lot of work experience outside of internships so they detail about the projects they've worked on. The project could have been either as an intern at a company or as school assignment. When I interview you and I talk to you specifically about what YOU did on the project, I can figure out if you have the knowledge and experience that I'm looking for.

I don't care about how you pick your employees.

Different poster. You don’t seem like the sharpest tool in the shed.

[Anonymous]

CS majors and classes are enot important for the high paying jobs the unwashed masses are clamoring for. It's not a big deal. programming is the easiest skill to learn for free on the Internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also looking ahead, other than UMBC, does anyone have any CS school suggestions for a current underclassman that will likely have a 3.8 UW GPA and mid 1400 SAT.

DS #1 choice is UMD CS. He did also apply to UMBC. Peer schools applied to: VT, Penn State, NC State. Stretches applied to: UNC, GT. Planning a few privates Jan. RD. (Central MD public, 1550, 4.0 UW, APs, solid ECs). Within 6 hours of DC with that profile you can also find decent CS programs at UDel, a couple of the SUNYs, Ohio State, Purdue (similar to UMD, very hard to get into CS), Rutgers, Indiana. and many on DCUM are bullish on GM.

We went into the process in Sept. feeling pretty good about UMD. Even if direct admit was a shakier prosect, that wasn't an issue because it wasn't hard to transfer in. Now there is a possibility of not getting the direct admit and having to look at one of his other (much more expensive) options. Anyway, fingers crossed it will all work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U can still take the core CS classes ..just not graduate as a CS major. Employers care about which classes you took and do you know your stuff

Do college grads put down what classes they took in college on their resumes? That's new. I don't think I did that. I just put my degree, GPA and experience.

I put the languages that I could program in and the skills I have in networking and certifications I had.