18+ [Higher Ed] How many computer subjects did you have in college?

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lindbergh

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I took up Bachelor of Science in Accountancy in college. Most of our subjects were about accounting and business and entrepreneurship and finance and economics and law and taxation. And we also had 4 computer subjects. They were as follows:
  1. Intro to Information Technology (Word, PowerPoint) - it was mainly about typing though. Boring stuff.
  2. Intro to Excel - the basics of Excel were taught
  3. Advanced Excel - more complex operations in Excel
  4. Database Management - we learned about Microsoft Access
Yep, our computer subjects were pretty basic. I would have liked to learn about web design and SEO before. Sigh. What computer subjects did you take up in college?
 
It may be hard to believe, but none! We learned some basic PC usage that never went beyond basic knowledge, like how to start the PC , open notepad and create a text file. Considering the impact of technology on our lives and education, I think this was a really bad move. We need to properly educate our kids on the new technologies if we want them to have a chance in the future.
 
I had learnt some fundamentals in C and C++ and got an intro into the java language.Apart from that,i have never really got any exposure to computers as my stream was completely different.(major in mechanical).
 
netedu said:
It may be hard to believe, but none! We learned some basic PC usage that never went beyond basic knowledge, like how to start the PC , open notepad and create a text file. Considering the impact of technology on our lives and education, I think this was a really bad move. We need to properly educate our kids on the new technologies if we want them to have a chance in the future.
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Whoa, really? What major did you take up in college? That's just too bad. Well, at least, that didn't stop you from using a PC as you still learned on your own or else you wouldn't have been able to post here right. :)

Still, look at the bright side, not having PC subjects saved you from high computer laboratory costs. ;)
 
None. Then again, it was the early 90s and the Internet had just barely made an entrance into our lives and as an "older" student, I wasn't at all familiar with computers. When classes did become available, they weren't mandatory. Have you ever seen a Dot Matrix printer? Well, that was the first printer I bought.

My son had to take a computer class in 8th grade. Times have changed.
 
I had two, one included C++ and VisualBasic and the other had basic programming of the 8085 microprocessor . C++ is really useful while learning other languages but the 8085 programming is totally useless.
 
My course in college is not directly computer related. But if I remembered it right, I have two subjects that are computer related. One involved binary coding and the other was functions of some online sheets.
 
I did not have any computer courses in college, and its weird.
I studied sociology and film studies, so we would use computers of course but did not have one certain subject that was about just technology and communication like ICT, it was more like something you already had to know when arriving to college.

I had my full ECDL license at the age of 17 already, so it wasn't such a big problem for me.
 
Well, as an English student i had none. I felt like that was unfair and more importantly not a very smart move from my university. On the other hand a had two subjects about usage of computers in my high school. I was attending a high school for civil engineering so it was useful for a job that we were supposed to do when we graduate. First one was basic skills on computers and it was in our first two years. Second two years were different because we had something that was named '' Usage of Computers in Civil Engineering''. Now that was a serious business because we had been working on Auto Desk programs like Auto Cad. Beside it was a lot of fun it was very useful.
 
My course in college was B.S. Psychology. I think I only had like two computer subjects back then, I cannot remember accurately. But they're mostly about MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel. There's nothing about them that I didn't know already as well. Anyway, since my course isn't computer related at all, maybe that's why. I imagine that IT students will have far more computer subjects than me. I did enjoy them though since it's a laid-back and chill class mostly, haha!
 
I took Electrical Power Engineering in college, and I had two computer subjects there. One is for the basics of PC and another is for programming and coding. The first one was really easy to learn since I already knew most of it, but the second one was a bit hard for me to learn and master but I eventually manage to grasp the concept of the subject.
 
In college (though I'm still technically in college), I learned "Fundamentals of Windows," though that was a moot point, growing up with it. I also got experience in Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, that Statistics program everyone hates and that has a name I can't recall, and basic HTML coding that now seems obsolete.
 
I didn't in high school, we used to have computers but we had maths programs that ran on them, we didn't have any subjects on programming. It was only in university that I really started to learn a programming language.
 
I was a Bachelor of Science student and 2000 was my final year of study. The digital revolution was still in the primordial stages. We were not required to take computer courses yet. I completed an entire course in biostatistics which requires computation manually. This improved our work ethic and research skills. However, there was a computer lab which one could learn. The main programming language was Lotus.
 
I'm a mathematics major - and there's only one computer class in my curriculum. The class is an intro to programming class, and I learned the basics on Python. I don't have to take any other computer class besides that, and I don't think I can freely take any others either even if I would want to.
 
djordjem87 said:
Well, as an English student i had none. I felt like that was unfair and more importantly not a very smart move from my university. On the other hand a had two subjects about usage of computers in my high school.
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I feel you and I agree with your assessment. The education process regarding information technologies should permeate all levels. If anything, it should go deeper in each educational stage. From pre-school to university there should be a logical connection being taught incrementally; from introduction to computers to computer programming.

People should finish their education process having basic notions regarding the use and programming of computers. Even deeper notions when their chosen career specialization is technical in nature.
 
I took up Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Each semester there was always a computer subject. I had a subject for computer hardware and programming subjects. I learned how to make a system in Java and Visual Basic.
 
Computer subjects on college depends on your course. If you are under a computer related major course then every or 90 percent of your subject you will take are all computer subjects. But for some course that's not computer related, a basic subject for computer and a little bit subject for complicated parts are being offered as computer subjects. Because in works todays, one must know how to atleast operate a computer and know its uses as a requirement.
 
when i was in college my course was hotel and restaurant management but if i can remember correctly i have 1 computer subject back then . I forget what is the exact course but it just teaches us basic computer skills.
 
I am a Computer Engineering student and I think this is such a perfect question for me to answer.
1st year college: I had 2 computer subjects which are Office Productivity Tools 1 and 2.
3rd year college: I had my first major subject. It was Data Structure & Algorithm Analysis
4th year college (present): My computer subjects are Computer Systems Organization with Assembly Language, Computer System Architecture, Advanced Logic Circuit Designs, Embedded Systems, Computer Hardware Fundamentals, Object Oriented Programming Languages, and Digital Signal Processing.
Next year will be Microprocessor Systems, Operating Systems, Design Project, Microelectronics, Computer Networks, Systems Analysis and Design, Seminar and Trips, Design Project Implementation, Engineering Ethics and Computer Laws, and lastly Instrumentation and Control.

All in all, I have20 computer subjects in my 5 years in Computer Engineering.
 
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