How to talk about coding experience for Computer Science programs

[billrach]

I have a little computer science background.  In one of my statistic courses we did significant data analysis with SAS and R coding.  I'm getting this professor to write a LOR for me.  He wants me to draft the LOR for him.  How should I write this letter so I don't come across as someone who confuses computer science with coding?  In other words, I want to convey how this course makes me a good candidate for a computer science graduate program, not just a good programmer.

 

[xolo]

How about "While creating the program I was able to explore programming from a hands-on perspective and what started as a chore quickly became a much bigger exploration of what goes into a good program. I then designed the framework for the data collection and this pushed me to learn about the architecture and organization of data"... There is just so much you could do with this!