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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
That's the real problem, in my eyes. Why would anyone be seeking a degree in something they've no experience with, or shown an aptitude for?
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I think it's quite possible. Someone may like computers. They may have tinkered around with some stuff like the Scratch programming environment, or the Lego Mindstorms set, using the block diagram programming interface. Maybe then they'd like to learn the real thing.
I wouldn't expect someone going to medical school to know half of the course already. He/she may be able to dissect a frog or something, be good with biology and such, but no more.
Still, I do think that CS courses start too far down the ladder and spend too much time on the easy parts. "What is variable? What is a constant? How to write a function?", that sort of stuff. It has to be in there, but it can be one lesson, not an entire course in programming basics.