The Open Source Computer Science Degree
The Open Source Computer Science Degree
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As others have said, discrete math is one of the obvious missing pieces. My uni also has C as the first language students learn as a part of their degree, and follows up with Java and Haskell to teach students about OOP and FP as paradigms. It's useful to have something like C so students can learn about memory management. I'm also not seeing anything on Networking and Cyber Security (aside from Cryptography), which my university also taught.
Discreet math, Calculus, and Physics change the way I think about code
Discreet math is a continuation of calculus, so can't have it without that.
I personally hate physics class myself, more of a chem person. Biology can also be an option.
You know what else we're missing? Statistic!
Why is it important in this day and age to learn about memory management? That's like saying it's important to learn cursive, when it really isn't.
Embedded. I’m currently writing software with 96 bytes of RAM. My next project I get to splurge and have 8kB of RAM and 32k of Flash.
I’m more scared with how badly I’ll handle/manage the 8k of RAM.
Also anywhere where a GC is just too slow. Like in videogame engines.
That's a very specific usecase though that the majority of programmers likely will never have to face.
Taking courses which involve subjects that you will likely never encounter in the workforce is a thing in every discipline. Most engineers don't need to manually solve differential equations in their day jobs, they just need to know that they exist and will often require numerical solutions.
Getting your hands dirty with the content provides a better understanding when dealing with higher level concepts.