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Courses for 3rd/4th year students tend to build upon knowledge from the first two years. Especially in fundamental subjects like mathematics and formal methods,
by johndoe0815 4y ago
Courses for 3rd/4th year students tend to build upon knowledge from the first two years. Especially in fundamental subjects like mathematics and formal methods, I would doubt that this would work for students coming into year 3 without any previous formal CS education. These students might know some programming or other basics, but - as you certainly know - CS is much more than programming.
"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
- amichail 4y agoWhy do you assume that they haven't learned some CS on their own?
- jqpabc123 4y agoWhy would you assume they have? Maybe they have and maybe they haven't --- it hasn't been proven --- unlike those who completed the first 2 years with a passing grade. Bottom line --- you and I don't make the rules --- the colleges/universities do. If you want what they got, you play by their rules.
- amichail 4y agoThe point is these students would be willing to learn on their own so they can fill any gaps they have from the first two years of CS.
- johndoe0815 4y agoHow long do you expect this to take them... two years? :) Students with significant previous knowledge and/or self-motivation can just join a regular CS program and take the exams early if they have the prerequisite knowledge, so they won't lose a lot of time.
- amichail 4y agoI mean they can learn on their own topics from the first two years of CS that are required in the 3rd/4th year subjects that they are taking. They don't need to learn everything from the first two years of CS.
- jqpabc123 4y agoI mean they can learn on their own topics from the first two years of CS And they are free to continue learning on their own the last 2 years of CS. If you want a degree in CS, you have to earn it --- under the rules of those who can endow you with one. Does this seem unfair to you?
- jqpabc123 4y agoMore unproven assumptions? See the bottom line above.