Wow. So I wonder who it is that comes up the class requirements for these programs - obviously they're not exactly clued in to the real world needs of a CS grad.

>A "good" computer science program, IMO, is meaningless. The University of Utah has one of the best rated CS departments in the country, but when I look at the program, it is VERY heavy on what academics think they should be teaching and VERY little on what is really needed today. For example, somewhere between 80% and 90% of CS graduates will end up developing business software, yet the UofU program does not require a single business class.
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>>Athletics budget is ~$100M, CS budget ~$1.5M
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>>Sounds like the CS program is a joke - the school says it has an enrollment of 50,000: http://www.ufl.edu/about-uf/facts-and-rankings/
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>>Maybe the thinking is, if they can't provide a *good* CS program, don't do it at all.