I don't believe that all CS students plan to be something other than a computer scientist, but that most of them do. I believe people like you to be the excepti

I don't believe that all CS students plan to be something other than a computer scientist, but that most of them do. I believe people like you to be the exception. That's why I don't really believe in killing the theoretical side (as the title might suggest) but in splitting off a vocational track that would be better for most students. I think it would be better for people like you, as well, because courses could be more difficult and focused. There is overlap between the two proposed split degrees, just as there's overlap between, for example, engineering and business. That's why my University has separate calculus and statistics classes for each. But everyone knows if you really want to learn calculus, you should take the course for engineers, not the course for business majors...