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Schools Concentrating On Software Engineers For Applications
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Tulsa Community College, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, and OSU Oklahoma City.
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- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Northeastern State, Southwestern Oklahoma State, USAO, and University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Seminole State, Tulsa Community College, USAO, and Northeastern State.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of University of Tulsa, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, and USAO.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of University of Tulsa, USAO, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, and Southwestern Oklahoma State.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at University of Tulsa and University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at University of Tulsa.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at University of Tulsa, USAO, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, and Northeastern State.
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Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
Tulsa Community College • Tulsa, OK
Studying Mathematics (completion in 2009)
• 9/27/2011
"I had good and bad teachers, but if I engaged the teacher I had a good experience. Most of the time I didn't and the teacher generally just lectured, handed out assignments, and left."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | It is all about what you put into it. I put a in a lot for personal projects and extra study time so I got a lot out of it. Others did only enough to get by, hated it, and aren't doing what they like right now. If you can engage you can be successful, if you sit back you aren't going to get very far. |
| Program Reputation | 5 | I don't really know how the community perceives the math program, but from my perspective it is adequate. The depth of topics covered in the programming courses is lacking. |
| Program Quality | 5 | Since my school didn't have a computer science major, classes but no major, I majored in Mathematics. My school was fine for it since Math is mostly theory at that level anyway. |
| Instruction | 3 | I think most colleges are not adequate to equip students for development in the real world. I had a great teacher that taught OOP, but he taught it in theory and none of my programming classes had any assignments where we used OOP. So while most students know what it is most don't know how to use it properly. I spent the first couple of months wrestling with that once I graduated. Also I feel colleges need to have an exit class where they give an overview of what is going on in the real world. |
| How Difficult | 6 | In all honesty things were not that difficult. Math has always been a strong subject for me so as long as I paid attention in class and did the homework I was fine. Many of my fellow students complained about the amount of homework, but I felt it was just enough to get me to remember what I was doing. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | Most of the work we did was book learning and a lot of theory. In the programming classes we usually had one or two programming assignments and the rest were readings from the book and answering questions at the end of the chapters. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 8 | One of the plusses of being at a bigger school is the availability of classes. For all the general ed. classes I could get a great schedule that worked with my work schedule and other classes. |
| Academic Facilities | 8 | There are/were a lot of labs and places to study. They had almost any resource you could possibly want if you knew where to look. In my first semester they added a brand new gym with 18 hour access. Students had access to nutritionists, trainers, and a physical therapist would stop in once a week. There were computers all over the place for student use. There are a total of 5 campuses at TCC spread throughout the Tulsa area and tuition gets you access to all of them. |
| Social Life | 8 | The social experience was as good as I allowed it to be. I am fairly introverted so I didn't do a lot of extracurricular things, but the few that I did were well-organized and fun to attend. |
| Placement Services | 3 | Frankly, the job placement is poor unless you want a "job". For me they found plenty of places to work, but none as a developer. I spent a couple of months on my own and found more opportunities than they did. |
| Alumni Network | 5 | Since my school is large there are a lot of alumni, unfortunately few of them are developers. The school has a big nursing and business program so that is what most people do. |
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