UIUC was the birthplace of the Mosaic browser. It's a very good school, and it still leads in technology development. Easily a top ten choice, imho. On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Ameenah Ghoston wrote: > Hi, everyone! I have been watching the newsgroup for a while, and the > computer science topic grabbed my attention. I am at the University of > Illinois, and the computer science department teaches you theory along with > programming. In fact, the first CS. course you take, you are using Java to > learn concepts such as recursion, and other basic concepts. The next > course, you are using C++ to learn data structures such as link lists, > AVLTrees, and so on. After that, you can pick 300 level courses to try and > focus on a certain aspect of the Cs. field such compilers and programming > languages, operating systems, and the list goes on. There is a hardware > component to being a CS. major where you are using UNIX based program > to design circuits, and you even get to do some assembly programming. If > you want to be strictly hardware, then, you just major in engineering. You > have the choice of being a CS major which is very rigorous, and is similar > to the engineering program. The other option is to be a CS-statistics or > CS-mathematics major. All of the option depends on what you want to do, > and also, how good your grades. The standards here are very high. The > difficult part is trying to stay in the program. > > What makes this school so great in the field of CS is that you learn more > theory then anything else. You may leave this place not knowing how to > program the best in the world but you will know the theory behind all the > concepts. No class is taught with specific focus on a operating system or > programming language. You get a very broad education when it comes to > CS. Our program is equivalent to MIT but a little cheaper. > There have been a number of blind students who have gone through the > department, and are doing very well for themselves. While accessibility is > an issue, the professors here are willing to work with you. > Furthermore, since the programs we use are all UNIX, then, you do not have > to worry about screwing with windows and JAWS. I am actually a > computer science minor and my major is history. I have taken all the > courses that every CS. major has to take. I am not trying to force my > school upon any one who is considering college, but nevertheless, I > strongly recommend that you consider this university. > Well, that is all I have to say. If you further wish to check out the CS. > department go to > http://www.cs.uiuc.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
