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Originally Posted by Mobelizer
I would say those %10 weren't really interested in computer science. But that was then and alot of things have changed in the computer science field.
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The course was taught by the CS department - but learning a few windows applications is a long way from actual computer science! It was taught to the general student body, and did not count toward a CS degree. I agree absolutely that those who failed weren't interested.
And the tests in actual CS classes were free-response. For example, programming tests gave a programming problem, and then required students to write the code to solve the problem. The test generally provided a method declaration for each class.
And you're right about things changing, too.
Now I will say that in the actual computer science courses - from programming through architecture and algorithms courses - that the standards were quite high. The CS majors were well prepared, and hence sought-after in the job market.
Are you learning JAVA and object oriented programming?