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> At university, the furthest I could deviate from a pure CS module, was "Russian for Scientists" and a few maths/stats modules. Lucky you. I was not allowed t
by aianus 11y ago
> At university, the furthest I could deviate from a pure CS module, was "Russian for Scientists" and a few maths/stats modules.
Lucky you. I was not allowed to take any more Math/CS courses by my last semester because I had already taken 'too many' and needed to fulfill my 'non-math' credit requirements. No joke -- the requirement literally just said 'non-math - 5.0 credits'.
What a load of bullshit.
- chris_wot 11y agoI'm a guy who is teaching himself mathematics so curious to ask: is there a point where you can't just teach yourself and someone has to actually teach you in person?
- aianus 11y agoIf you have the discipline, no, not at the undergrad level at least. But it's a lot more fun with classmates to collaborate with and compete against.
- charlieegan3 11y agoI don't think you ever need to be taught in person - if you get a good teacher it just makes it faster. There are loads of great math videos on YouTube - this is where I've best learned new math concepts recently.
- charlieegan3 11y agoWe also have a similar requirement. There are CS courses I'd like to take but can't because then I'd not have fulfilled the 'discipline breadth' requirement. I came to uni to study CS and I'd have thought that by the time I'm in my final year I'd be able to do just that. I think it's ok to have a requirement in the first year but after then it's just a pain.