In defense of graduate school

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 28 Mar 2008, at 13:28, Bart Whiteley wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Levi Pearson <levi at cold.org> wrote:
>
>> Steven Alligood <steve at bluehost.com> writes:
>>> And yet, it is exactly the same degree.  Nobody will ever ask you  
>>> "Did
>>> you go the harder route and do the thesis, or wimp out and take  
>>> three
>>> more classes?"
>>
>> Actually, there are two degrees there, MS of CS and MCS.  MCS is the
>> non-thesis route,
>
>
> Not quite.  Look more closely.  There is a MCS, and a MS/CS.  For  
> the MS/CS,
> there are three ways to get it, and only one requires a thesis.
>

And don't forget MCSE.  ;)