<p>how good is the computer science program in Rochester? just wondering
thx</p>
<p>lol anyone?</p>
<p>If you’re looking for answers from students, you’re probably asking at the wrong time. It’s finals week and move-out time at UR.</p>
<p>lol oh ok
well I’m asking anyone who knows about their program, not just students</p>
<p>Sorry, son’s a chemistry major there----why not PM dweinerman and ask him if he can put you in touch with anyone from the department and/or current students in the department?</p>
<p>Waitatshu, sorry for not responding earlier, but I wanted to see if any students would answer. Comp. Sci. at UR is obviously very good, but you’re probably wondering what separates it from other Universities. Our department is small, in the number of students and faculty members, so there are lots of opportunities to do graduate level research on the undergraduate level. When the Chair of the department Ted Pawlicki came to speak with us recently he stressed the development of “Research Groups” which consist of a Professor, two graduate students, and one or two undergrads. You get to do the Professor’s research as part of a team. </p>
<p>With regard to employment, Ted said we’ve done well with placing undergrads at top-notch companies like Intel, Microsoft, Apple, and Google. One of my friends currently works at Google and a former CFO of Apple did his undergrad at UR. Another of my friends is completing his PhD at Carnegie Mellon after he double majored in Computer Science and Computer Engineering as an undergraduate.</p>
<p>About half of the faculty focus on artificial intelligence, so if you’re interested in robotics this is a good place. Two years ago UR did really well at an international competition in Toronto. Pawlicki credits that performance as one of the reasons we’ve done well in job placement (Intel, Microsoft and other major companies attended the competition).</p>
<p>Feel free to get in touch with Ted Pawlicki (<a href=“mailto:pawlicki@cs.rochester.edu”>pawlicki@cs.rochester.edu</a>) or the Undergraduate Coordinator, Marty Guenther (<a href=“mailto:marty@cs.rochester.edu”>marty@cs.rochester.edu</a>). Hopefully they will be able to answer more of your questions.</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>wow that’s very detailed!
thx a lot XD</p>
<p>how is the rochester cs program compared to the boston university cs program?</p>
<p>yeah it’s a pretty good small program. if you already have a lot of experience in CS (AP in high school or whatever) you may very well get bored your first year or so. 171 (java) and 172 (data structures) are the freshman CS classes and they’re alright if you don’t have experience, but if you’ve already done it before in high school, i’d highly recommend trying to place out of them (talk to the dept, use AP credits, etc.) just cause they take so much time with all the labs and workshops and projects and so on. 173 (typically fall of soph. year) is often a class where people either decide to continue with the CS major or not do CS and change to something else. after that, you’ll have more flexibility with course scheduling and the courses get more interesting.</p>
<p>they’re changing the curriculum, though… in 108 they’re introducing some html, they’re getting rid of 170 which was html+javascript, and introducing 161/162 which is basically the same as 171/172 for nonmajors (but the 160s will be using python, I believe.) i’ve also heard they might be removing the requirement of 173 for the major, but that could just be a rumor. i’m pretty sure the other requirements for the major will stay the same.</p>
<p>if you have specific questions, feel free to drop me a pm. i was originally a CS major but dropped my sophomore year, but I know the department real well. Also, I can get you in touch with cs majors if you want to talk to them.</p>
<p>I was going to ask this question myself! Would I have time to major or minor in something else while majoring at CS?</p>
<p>This thread was 5 years old. </p>
<p>Yes, you can minor in something else. That’s common. As to another major, it depends on what it is, but the answer is yes. </p>