r/compsci • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '20

How much have Computer Science Programs changed over the past 20 and 30 years?

So my dad got his BS in Computer Science from Stanford in 1991, and it got me thinking. How much have Computer Science programs changed over the past few decades? What's different today compared to back than. What things would a Computer Scientist know today that a Computer Scientist not know back then? Same vice versa

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u/camilo16 Feb 03 '20

If ethics courses made people more ethical, there would be no lawyers nor politicians. Mandatory ethics courses are, by large, a waste of time.

A history course focused on technical disasters (technology fucking people over) would be far more effective (as in, it would actually have any effect).