<p>Does anyone know what the CompSci department/major at Wesleyan is like?</p>
<p>I don't know what the etiquette is regarding the revival of old threads, but I'd really like to know as well.</p>
<p>I'd also like to know... and is it ridiculous to think about a double major of compsci plus a nonscience like history or humanities?</p>
<p>This is one of those times that I hate to be honest, but the computer science department at Wes is not its best department. Don't get me wrong - there are some great professors and some great classes, and graduates go on to get great jobs. But still, it's not a computer engineering major; it's a liberal-arts computer science major. And while some of the professors are very good, some are... less so.</p>
<p>But, double majors with comp sci & nonsciences are easy; the comp sci major requirements are not overly strict.</p>
<p>Ps. the students in the compsci major are awesome, though! it's a great community.</p>
<p>Good to know... thanks so much madjoy for honest opinions.</p>
<p>Also, I think other advantages of Wesleyan make up for the weaker department offerings, even if you're fairly sure you want to do a comp sci major. It's not a <em>bad</em> department, just not a great one. Don't rule it out just because of this! When I was picking colleges, I almost didn't choose Wesleyan because we didn't offer Cognitive Science, which is what I was sure I wanted to study; now I'm a math and sociology double major, absolutely love it here, and am really glad I didn't write off Wes right away.</p>