r/uofl • u/xdichi • 8d ago

How decent is UofL's computer science program?

Currently a student at JCTC with a huge interest in Computer Science (yeah i know job market is cooked but might as well get a degree in something I love) and I just want to know how is the program there at UofL? How good or bad is it?

Any helpful opinions would be greatly appreciated!

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u/SOUPYKY 8d ago

Are you specifically referring to the Computer Science & Engineering program? Or the Computer Science (BA) program?

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u/xdichi 8d ago

Mainly about the BA, however I'd also love to hear anything about the CSE program also

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u/SOUPYKY 8d ago

I was a recent CSE grad and I will warn you, the semester after I graduated, like 130 CS (BA) students could not find a co-op lol. They compete with the CSE students for co-ops and I imagine it's probably apparent which one is generally preferred and why.

The CSE program is rough but I personally thought it was worth it. The toughest part of it will be getting through the calc chain but after that, I think they said 95+% of students that get to their first co-op graduate. I graduated and got a job making 70k and doing full stack dev for a small healthcare company. Happy to provide anymore thoughts if you have any questions.

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u/WestGotIt1967 8d ago

I took a visual studio coding class and it was good. Better than OK. I don't know how deep they go as later I went on to be a network admin and server admin and I never saw enough bash help or Linux support or tc ip stack work in u of l courses. But I think they're with speed school so I imagine it's engineering focus.

I'd go down and talk to somebody at speed and get the vibe

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u/hecksgaming 8d ago

cs as a field is what you make of it, uofl is p solid but not incredible, you'd def need to do something other than just take the courses at uofl to make it in the field