Old school professors => bad curriculum. (by assignment) its equivalent to wine, wineskins, old and bad.... On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:49 AM, One Murithi <o0murithi@gmail.com> wrote:
My brief views on this:
- The curriculum could be leaner (see the UoN-SCI course bronchure, available at the reception)
- The end result of the programme is largely up to an individual -- At UoN-SCI, there was (I suppose this is still the case) sufficient literature (books) for any student with the intention of empowering self in useful CS skills. -- I actually found a course like Automata actually useful (Did some reading after classes)
- A missing element "might" have been lack of pulse with the "CS in practice". I suppose first years should be baptized with the fire of skunkworks or similar communities or the experiences of past students instead. (Maybe Phares can arrange to have meetups within campuses - there is more room)
--- Also, since universities are keen on keeping down costs, it is only practical that labs run on open source (or free) operating systems - UoN felt like another enterprise stuck with Windows.
On 2/24/11, Kamiru Mwangi Samuel <samuel.kamiru@gmail.com> wrote:
Andrew ...exactly my point....
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Andrew Wachira <washirah@gmail.com> wrote:
Peter - thats because they are not I.T graduates.. Computer Science is more of the fundamentals behind the tools and not necessarily usage of tools like in I.T courses.. stop wasting your sadness!
On 21 February 2011 17:48, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Some interns at my place of work, fresh from campus, didn't know how to install centos. They also didnt know that one can install virtualbox and install centos on top of it without touching the guest windows 7, made me rather sad coz I assumed these were basic skills.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello techies,
I have been invited by my Alma Mater for a brainstorming session with a view to improve their Computer Science degree program. I thought it would be a good thing to first of all hear from employers and supervisors of Computer Science degree holders what they think most graduates lack that would be worth considering when coming up with a computer science degree program.
Your thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Muchas gracias,
Me.
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