Comment by nebula8804

I could concede that the "History or Humanities" elective in the 4th year could include an option for history of computing but I think the rationality of including that course in the first place is partly due to politics and accreditation requirements.

Its also possible that the department wanted to round out the students education by providing something not related to STEM each semester.

Note: these reasons I listed are just a guess based on my experience with the university.

I still find it difficult to justify the placement of this course as a hard requirement because of how the rest of the STEM courses are structured. YWCC 307 is a very fluid course so maybe it can be squeezed in there? Anyway my point is that it is tough and I still feel that way.