Several years ago, around the time the IT program was created, there was a push to create a unified "School of Computing" at BYU, that would have included ECEN (EE and CE), CS, IT, and possibly IS. I've heard rumors (though that's ALL they are; I have no substantiation of them), that one of the colleges involved refused to play ball since it would involve losing their most popular program (meaning with the most students), to the new organization. Since at least some funding from the University is often tied to enrollment within the college or department, they had a strong motivation toward the status quo.
Lloyd Brown Systems Administrator Fulton Supercomputing Lab Brigham Young University http://marylou.byu.edu On 08/06/2013 10:43 AM, Bryan Murdock wrote: > It sounds like EE and CS are collaborating on more classes now than > when I was there, which is good. There is a lot of overlap, and at > other Universities EE-CS is a combined department. Not sure why they > aren't combined at BYU. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
