A Free Accredited Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science – How Do We Get There?

[sarahmac]

I like this degree no general education stuff like the one from TESU, this one is focusing in a real computer science degree, If i want to learn computer science why do I need to waste my time and money in learning politics, public speaking, psicology, History Art, ethics, philosophy, a bunch of material that you can watch on Discovery Channel.
If I want to be a politician or psychologist or a historian then the degree need to be focused in that kind of stuff, I feel that I missed a lot of computer science stuff comparing a degree from TESU to a Latin American university degree I noticed is only 30% computer related material.

Colleges want graduates to be well rounded students. They want you to have a broadband of knowledge. There's a reason we learn history - so we don't repeat it and learn from our past. No need to become a historian and 1 history class does not make anyone a historian of any kind. Many fields overlap. Computer science can encompass a large number of subjects. For example, gaming can cover art and history depending on the game. Ethics is far from a waste of time. Unethical companies and workers find themselves in legal trouble all the time. Hello Enron!

You are going to find similar comments from many outside the US, because we do Gen Eds too - we just do them 16-18 after graduating the equivalent to US high school at 16 and before starting college at 18. Most will then only study their own chosen subject from then on out. I do agree these classes are important, which is why in most other countries they are funded for everyone and part of the 4-18 system; because universal access is important. Not just those who attend college.

It is just a difference in systems, but many from outside the US do then become frustrated at having to pay college-level fees for classes we would typically have taken before ever arriving at a university.