Quote:Original post by jfclavetteQuote:Original post by ktuluorion
Erm.. I dunno. I guess it depends on where you go.
This semester, for instance, in one class I had probably about 5-6 LARGE pieces of code to write, including one group piece of code.
My experience at two schools has been that coding is the means of evaluation (assignments and on tests), while the emphasis in class is on the science behind it and the design/algorithms etc.
No no no. You don't code 5-6 big pieces of code in a semester. Anything under 20K lines is ridiculously small. We're talking about real world software here. Maybe a team of 4 or 5 talented people could pull a moderately interesting piece of software in a semester if that was all they spent their time on. And that's where Digipen and Full Sail shine. You have to write software.
I don't know if I agree here. I guess it depends. I'm in an interesting situation in that I have been coding for most of my life at the time of starting a second degree in Comp Sci. I suppose it is hard to compare -- i mean, i've written so much code in my life (started at 5 years old), and have been coding C for ~10 years at this point. I don't have what one might call a "typical" experience.
I must say though, that I have always been of the opinion that comp sci is so difficult to start in college. It just seems like people that begin that late in life never quite "understand" on the same level. Many do just fine, don't get me wrong, but it just seems like sometimes they just don't have the level of understanding that people get when they start young.
I can say that it has been pretty intensive for most people in the class (the average SAT score at the school that I am at is somewhere ~1350, so it is a pretty good school that draws talented individuals)
Also, don't forget, this is for ONE class.