Interviews

When talking to people about the computer engineering program I asked one main question: What is the biggest benefit that computers have brought to people. Zack Johns, a former computer teacher, told me that “Computers have undoubtedly led to many scientific breakthroughs such as landing something on Mars or finding treatments for diseases” (Johns). He went on to say that “Any university that is thinking about cutting computer engineering is pushing itself back too far in terms of technology.” When I asked student Marcel Hardy the same question, he responded with “I think that cutting the major isn’t going to solve any problems, and there could definitely be fewer requirements for the degree” (Hardy).

Going off of what Johns stated, if the University of Kentucky is striving to be a top twenty school, how can it possibly do that if it doesn’t keep up with the technological needs of society?  Computers in the upcoming future are going to become more and more complicate, so why not produce the students that can make these machines, but the only way to do that is to make some changes within the major.