>He did not have much intention of actually learning anything. I strongly disagree, you are missing the point of competency based education. It's important to

>He did not have much intention of actually learning anything. I strongly disagree, you are missing the point of competency based education. It's important to understand that an undergraduate CS degree needs to be accessible even to people without much IT experience. Some people come in with no experience with computers at all. Look at the names of the first four courses: C182: Introduction to IT C172: Network and Security - Foundations C779: Web Development Foundations C173: Scripting and Programming - Foundations Most people on Hacker News would be bored out of their minds taking these courses. Do you know what a computer is? Do you know the difference between HTML and Javascript? Can you write basic scripts using Bash or Python? That's what foundational courses are for. If you are already beyond this level- which the author clearly was- you can just test out of them. Pass an exam to prove that you already know this stuff, so then you can move on to more advanced material that's more appropriate for you.