Even deeper than that, computer science is about the theory behind computation and what we can discover & create with it. Or, as Dijkstra said, "Computer scien

Even deeper than that, computer science is about the theory behind computation and what we can discover & create with it. Or, as Dijkstra said, "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." Computers are a tool for this discipline, and programming is a way to manipulate and control that tool. If all somebody wants to do is sling code, CS is even more than they need. But they probably will want to do more than that someday, so the foundations of CS can serve them well.