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Computer Science is a very beautiful science that will always continue to awe a layman beyond her/his imaginable limits. Some of its manifestations have completely changed the way we shop, search, watch videos, look for directions, listen to songs and so much more..

However, ever wondered why the curriculum can be so boring ! Being a computer science student trying to make sense of all the material, I would always wonder where in the real world would such problems have an application.

A thought just came to my mind with regards to this issue - Since most of the technologies get invented with a view to addressing the real world's problems , wouldn't it be nice to have the computer science curriculum follow a case study pattern similar to the MBA curriculum?
Introducing case studies to address topics like Web Search (Using Google's Search example), maps (using Mapquest, Google Maps), Distributed Systems (using Amazon's or most of the financial companies' working example), file formats and efficient transfer of file formats including streaming (using Adobe Flash and Youtube's example) and so on...