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Why is getting your degree important?
Why Is College Important? College is important for many reasons, including long-term financial gain, job stability, career satisfaction and success outside of the workplace. With more and more occupations requiring advanced education, a college degree is critical to your success in today’s workforce.
How your attaining a degree contribute to your community?
Through volunteer work, leadership, and philanthropic contributions, public university graduates enrich the civic and economic life of their communities. They also contribute more in taxes and are less reliant on government services than their peers whose highest degree is a high school diploma.
What advantages do universities bring to society?
Universities are economic engines. Universities are hotbeds of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Should I major in math or computer science in college?
Many schools have a CS bachelors degree with a math/science emphasis that, once you’ve taken the required math courses for the CS degree, will leave you only a few courses away from the double major in math. If your eventual goal is to study computer science, then I think you should study computer science in college.
Do you need advanced math to program a computer?
However, we have not wandered away from computer science. These skills and concepts are just as important to computer science as they are with every other engineering discipline. It is confirmed then, you do not need advanced math to be able to program a computer, nor do you need a degree in computer science.
How hard is it to get a good degree in Computer Science?
Rigorous computer science programs typically require you to take a large amount of math anyways, so many of the math requirements are knocked out. Further, you should realize that many upper division computer science courses are very proof based and “mathy”.
Do you need a PhD to be a computer scientist?
Law says that a Ph.D. degree is typically necessary for research-intensive computer science positions, but many computer science careers are attainable with only a bachelor’s or master’s degree.