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I had the opposite experience, but I did an undergrad in CS in university, not college. Learned lots of theory and algorithms, and low-level programming, but ha

I had the opposite experience, but I did an undergrad in CS in university, not college. Learned lots of theory and algorithms, and low-level programming, but hardly did any practical stuff like app deployment.

chowells 4y ago
In the US, there is no distinction between "college" and "university" like some places have. Here the difference is solely that a university is collection of colleges that share admittance and funding to some extent. I attended the college of arts and sciences at my university, but I easily could have taken (some) courses offered by the college of architecture and allied arts, had I been so inclined. I wouldn't put much stock in word choices like that. Connotations vary so immensely around the world, it's best to presume they're synonyms unless context says otherwise.
- gtk40 4y ago
  There are also plenty of 4 year institutions called "Colleges" here that are smaller too. Bowdoin College is a random example which even has a CS degree.
- aklemm 4y ago
  A university offers graduate degrees. Colleges offer only up to bachelor degrees. There may not be a distinction in how people use the words, there is a difference in actual fact.
  - psalminen 4y ago
    Can you provide a basis for this belief? N=2 googles of colleges show graduate programs. See Williams College: https://www.williams.edu/academics/graduate-programs/#:~:text=Williams%20offers%20two%20outstanding%20master's,and%20one%20in%20development%20economics https://www.williams.edu/academics/graduate-programs/#:~:tex....
    - aklemm 4y ago
      Google also has your answer: https://blog.tesu.edu/college-vs-university-whats-the-difference https://blog.tesu.edu/college-vs-university-whats-the-differ... https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/what-difference-between-harvard-college-and-harvard-university https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/what-difference-be... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/university https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/university https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/college https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/college
JamesBarney 4y ago
I had the same experience as you with a CS undergrad. Spent way more time learning number theory and sets than on coding.

chowells 4y ago

In the US, there is no distinction between "college" and "university" like some places have. Here the difference is solely that a university is collection of colleges that share admittance and funding to some extent. I attended the college of arts and sciences at my university, but I easily could have taken (some) courses offered by the college of architecture and allied arts, had I been so inclined. I wouldn't put much stock in word choices like that. Connotations vary so immensely around the world, it's best to presume they're synonyms unless context says otherwise.

gtk40 4y ago
There are also plenty of 4 year institutions called "Colleges" here that are smaller too. Bowdoin College is a random example which even has a CS degree.
aklemm 4y ago
A university offers graduate degrees. Colleges offer only up to bachelor degrees. There may not be a distinction in how people use the words, there is a difference in actual fact.
- psalminen 4y ago
  Can you provide a basis for this belief? N=2 googles of colleges show graduate programs. See Williams College: https://www.williams.edu/academics/graduate-programs/#:~:text=Williams%20offers%20two%20outstanding%20master's,and%20one%20in%20development%20economics https://www.williams.edu/academics/graduate-programs/#:~:tex....
  - aklemm 4y ago
    Google also has your answer: https://blog.tesu.edu/college-vs-university-whats-the-difference https://blog.tesu.edu/college-vs-university-whats-the-differ... https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/what-difference-between-harvard-college-and-harvard-university https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/what-difference-be... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/university https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/university https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/college https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/college

JamesBarney 4y ago

I had the same experience as you with a CS undergrad. Spent way more time learning number theory and sets than on coding.