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Article #20331Re: foreign language requirements for PhDs
From: Dave Smith
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1989 05:10
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1989 05:10
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In article <1989Mar14.165213.204@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >In article <1304@wpi.wpi.edu> lfoard@wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard) writes: >>It would be nice to know a foreign langauge but it would also be nice to know >>a computer langauge, relativity, electonics... > >Actually, for computer science and electronics-type electrical engineering >it would make sense to require Japanese. Not just any foreign language, >but specifically Japanese. (The test of whether the requirement is >there because it makes sense, or just to be another hurdle to jump, is >whether you're allowed to choose a totally useless course to meet it.) > >Of course, the faculty should be required to learn it first. :-) The faculty should have to learn English, first. David L. Smith FPS Computing, San Diego ucsd!celerity!dave "Repent, Harlequin!," said the TickTock Man
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ames!lll-winken!uunet!seismo!esosun!cogen!celerity!whoops!dave From: dave@whoops.celerity (Dave Smith) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: foreign language requirements for PhDs Message-ID: <267@celerity.UUCP> Date: 16 Mar 89 05:10:57 GMT References: <7287@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <2851@eos.UUCP> <401@rb-dc1.UUCP> <21572@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1280@wpi.wpi.edu> <134@cs.columbia.edu> <1304@wpi.wpi.edu> <1989Mar14.165213.204@utzoo.uucp> Sender: news@celerity.UUCP Reply-To: dave@whoops.UUCP (Dave Smith) Organization: FPS Computing, San Diego Lines: 19