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Raknarg

Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:11 pm


Difference between different streams

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Do employers see a big difference in what your degree's stream was? Im interested in game dev, but to take their classes I have to be in their stream apparently. Does it make a difference whether im in the game dev stream or the general stream? They seem to have mostly the same classes


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d310

Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:04 pm


Re: Difference between different streams

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I don't know if employers will think much, but just sharing a course code doesn't guarantee that the content will be the same between sections.
An example was Math 137 at Waterloo where there was a section specifically for mathematical physics or something similar; they had slightly different exams.


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Tony

Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:29 pm


RE:Difference between different streams

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Is the degree title still the same?


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Raknarg

Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:43 pm


RE:Difference between different streams

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I dont know if this is exactly what the title is: http://calendar.carleton.ca/undergrad/undergradprograms/computerscience/

"Computer Science - B.C.S. Honours" vs "Computer Science - Computer Game Development Stream B.C.S. Honours"


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Tony

Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:01 pm


RE:Difference between different streams

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Looks like the same "Bachelor of Computer Science Honours" degree from either option.


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rdrake

Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:06 am


RE:Difference between different streams

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Here we refer to the programs as "comprehensive" vs. "_____ specialization."  The former is of course vanilla CS, complete with electives.  The latter is basically vanilla CS with a number of electives chosen for you.

Like Tony said, the same degree is granted.