David G. Nagel wrote:
The CW text requirement is like the requirement for a foreign language
requirement for some college degrees, ...

I carefully avoided any foreign language
requirement for my BS EE.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Cecil Moore wrote:
David G. Nagel wrote:

The CW text requirement is like the requirement for a foreign language
requirement for some college degrees, ...


I carefully avoided any foreign language
requirement for my BS EE.


Computer program was substituted for foreign language where I went to
college.

Dave

David G. Nagel wrote:
Computer program was substituted for foreign language where I went to
college.

At Texas A&M in the late '50's, a BA in EE required a
foreign language but a BS didn't. Don't know why.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:10:39 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

At Texas A&M in the late '50's, a BA in EE required a
foreign language but a BS didn't. Don't know why.

Language is an art?

Al Klein wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:10:39 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:


At Texas A&M in the late '50's, a BA in EE required a
foreign language but a BS didn't. Don't know why.


Language is an art?

Back in the olden days a BA degree focused on art, humanities, language,
sociology, etc.

Back in the olden days a BS degree focused on math, more math, physics,
chemistry, biological sciences, etc.

The basic difference was M A T H ... M O R E M A T H ... then four or more
semesters of C A L C U L U S.

In fifty years I've forgotten most of that MATH and Calculus stuff, but I still
like to read about the humanities, history, sociology. That must mean
something. My degree, like Cecil's, is a BS [That does not stand for Bull S...]

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:19:52 -0400, Dave wrote:

In fifty years I've forgotten most of that MATH and Calculus stuff, but I still
like to read about the humanities, history, sociology. That must mean
something. My degree, like Cecil's, is a BS [That does not stand for Bull S...]

It's only been 43 years for me, but I've also forgotten some of the
math and I also like to read about some of the humanities. But I
still earn my living doing the BS stuff, although being a field
anthropologist does sound interesting.

Al Klein wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:19:52 -0400, Dave wrote:


In fifty years I've forgotten most of that MATH and Calculus stuff, but I still
like to read about the humanities, history, sociology. That must mean
something. My degree, like Cecil's, is a BS [That does not stand for Bull S...]


It's only been 43 years for me, but I've also forgotten some of the
math and I also like to read about some of the humanities. But I
still earn my living doing the BS stuff, although being a field
anthropologist does sound interesting.

I retired from the BS business in 2000.

Now I'm an ordained minister, ordained in 1988 as a Catholic Deacon, and serve
as Chaplain to the incarcerated in addition to parish responsibilities.

Us old hams have diversified interests !!

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:21:22 -0500, "David G. Nagel"
wrote:

Computer program was substituted for foreign language where I went to
college.

Computer programming wasn't (as in, didn't exist), when I went to
college. Except maybe at IBM.