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UCLA&#8217;s computer science curriculum fails to teach applicable skills in the field

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One of UCLA’s greatest ironies is that its computer science curriculum is just a series of textbooks. So much for building the next Facebook. Computer science students have long complained that their curriculum is not practical enough.

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UCLA’s computer science curriculum fails to teach applicable skills in the field

By Patrik Bauer

Feb. 25, 2019 10:28 p.m.