<p>I checked the school's web site and the only CS program is through continuing ed and that's more like an IT degree. I thought I read somewhere that Tulane was working on establishing a CS major. Does Tulane have plans to offer a CS major in the near future?</p>
<p>Yes, I have written about this before. See this <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1493510-so-d-fence.html?highlight=computer+science[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1493510-so-d-fence.html?highlight=computer+science</a> and this <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1498606-bu-khc-vs-tulane-honors.html?highlight=computer+science[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1498606-bu-khc-vs-tulane-honors.html?highlight=computer+science</a> (post #2, 3rd paragraph). Bottom line is that Tulane is rapidly expanding their offerings here, and not through continuing ed. [Tulane</a> University - Department of Computer Science](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/sse/cs/]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/sse/cs/) I also encourage you to call or write Dean Altiero, he is extremely nice and very happy to talk to people with questions about this.</p>
<p>I was just wondering when Tulane will again have the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, etc?..just wondering.</p>
<p>thanks fallenchemist, so it looks like CS is just something called a Coordinate Major at this point and not a true major. Looks like they have a plan in place but its going to take several more years to build up the department before a legitimate major and graduate school will be established.</p>
<p>Yes, collegedadnh that is true. There are several coordinate majors like that. In fact my one of my D’s majors, China Studies, is a coordinate major but that has not impacted her in any way. She has been able to take plenty of courses in her areas of interest such as the language itself, the history of China, the politics, etc. Not saying it is perfect, more courses in areas such as Chinese literature would have been nice. But grad school will fill that area for her.</p>
<p>I suppose it really depends on what you (or your child as the case may be) wants to focus on. If the interest is in using the computer science expertise in a particular area of endeavor, then the coordinate major can work perfectly well by majoring in that other field and emphasizing the CS aspects of it. If the interest is more “pure” and theoretical, there are likely better choices at this time than Tulane.</p>
<p>But I am not the expert, so if Tulane continues to be of interest for other reasons I strongly encourage a visit where you make appointments to talk with Dean Altiero and at least one of the CS faculty members. After all, a visit to New Orleans and Tulane’s beautiful campus is never a bad idea. Or at a minimum set up a phone call.</p>
<p>Okla - to the best of my knowledge there are no plans to bring those two engineering majors back, nor Civil Engineering. Barring some major event, such as a $100 million donation specifically targeted to resurrect those majors (and frankly I bet even that would not be enough) I cannot see Tulane going in that direction.</p>
<p>If not EE, MechE or CivE, perhaps Computer Engineering can be reactivated…</p>
<p>Not sure if that is a direction they are going either, although I would intuitively think there is a better chance of that one than the other three. But again, I am not nearly knowledgeable enough about the nuts and bolts (no pun intended) of that field to know what factors into making such a decision. I guess I just don’t see that as being a field in which Tulane would be very competitive, barring a targeted, sizable investment/donation. CS has a much lower barrier to (re)entry, I think.</p>