If all you want to do is program, then you don't need a Computer Science degree; in fact, you don't need a degree at all. A reasonably intelligent person can r

If all you want to do is program, then you don't need a Computer Science degree; in fact, you don't need a degree at all. A reasonably intelligent person can read all the free tutorials on the web and develop a decent sense for programming. If what you want to do is think critically, write better programs, and possibly even tackle problems that have never before been solved or even addressed, then you need a Computer Science education.