A Fine Arts Degree in Computer Programming

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Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, or just change the curriculum?

Nifty Fifty — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:34:08 GMT

Alfred Thompson discusses the concept of a Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, and I have been working

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Surf4Fun — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:21:47 GMT

This is an indication of the change in the student needs at corporations, other than Aerospace corporations. Students in the US have to contend with a curriculum that is chock full of "General Education" courses that serve little or no purpose in the modern world. To have a student waste time with a language like scheme, for most students is a waste of time. Corporations definitely have needs, hobbyists have needs, lifelong learners have needs. The need is object oriented languages that use libraries. The amount of actual work out there that uses non-object oriented languages is quite small.

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Luke Gedeon — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:07:52 GMT

I think of programming more as a craft because the result, if done correctly, is both functional and beautiful instead of something just to be seen or heard.

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Alfred Thompson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:22:59 GMT

Ben, you ask good questions and I don't have a good answer myself. I would be happy is more programs just taught with some focus on elegance and something about code "looking good." I use looking in the sense of having some appeal to the mind for the way it is structured and logical and not thrown together.

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Ben Chun — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:30:52 GMT

How is this "art" different from software engineering with an emphasis on applications? Or is the function of the software being developed specifically artistic? There seem to be a number of graduate programs focused on the intersection between design, information visualization, and programming (ACG, ITP, etc). Were you imagining an undergraduate version of this sort of thing? Or just advocating that software engineering be taught with a greater focus on elegance and applications as opposed to proof?

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Brandon — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:09:40 GMT

I totally agree that there should be a BFA in Programming. Programming is an art with a scientific (logical) background. I have always heard that musicians make some of the best programmers because of their ability to apply an artistic spin to their code and their understanding of music (hence math and logic).

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Noli San Jose — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:58:51 GMT

Hmm... Interesting idea. I wonder if my case is an example of this, ie, a Fine Arts graduate who's now a programmer for nine years. And I'm definitely moving more and more in favor of the idea that programming is more of an art than a science.

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