<p>I want to major in Computer Science. If school has my major for a bachelor's degree, but not for master's or doctorate, does that mean the school isn't so good for that major at the undergraduate level?</p>
<p>How can you tell how good a school's program for a certain major is?</p>
<p>Also, what would be some better tags for this post?</p>
<p>Undergraduate computer science is generally geared more towards industry work, whereas as graduate computer science is research and theory. You’ll probably have fewer graduate TA’s, which I’ve found to be a fantastic resource, and the department as a whole is probably smaller. The actual material won’t be as different from schools with grad programs, although again you wouldn’t be able to take those higher level CS classes and there are probably fewer faculty doing research there.</p>
<p>Try contacting some people, either current undergrads or professors, and ask them what the department is like.</p>
<p>Quality of the undergraduate program can vary whether or not there is a graduate program.</p>
<p>However, students who enter already advanced in the subject of their major may prefer to go to a school with a graduate program in their major, since they may want to take graduate level courses as undergraduates. Math is a common example – a non-trivial number of math majors enter having already completed the freshman and sophomore level math courses through AP and enrollment in local colleges or universities while still in high school.</p>