Maybe that is the answer - I started out as an EE and switched to CS after 3
semesters.
George
Carl Parrish wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 21:03, Kevin Brown wrote:
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Interestingly appropriate signature :)
> >
> > I just got through ASU with a BSEE and they do teach (at least to CSE and EE
> > majors) bit arithmetic. The class is CSE/EEE120 and goes through binary, octal
> > and hex math. The final project for my class was to design part of a soda
> > machine. Had to count coins and make change.
> >
> > Fun stuff, don't know what the Business students go through, but judging by my
> > friend who switched into it, they only have to deal with base 10 algebra.
> > ________________________________________________
>
> Good to know they still have the soda machine project. I got a
> internship just from showing that project at a conference. From the
> excitment it generated I assumed that most schools don't teach it. And
> this was about 9 years ago.
>
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