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> “Serious” students are largely only found in degree programs that have weeder courses. I went to a top 20 university, even higher ranked CS program. There we
by colinmhayes 5y ago
> “Serious” students are largely only found in degree programs that have weeder courses.
I went to a top 20 university, even higher ranked CS program. There were plenty of weeder courses. There were also plenty of students that were only there to get the piece of paper they believed, probably rightly, was necessary to get the job they wanted. All of the CS courses were recorded, attendance never mandatory for lectures. It was not uncommon at all for lectures to be less than half full due to students watching a months worth of lectures right before exams.
- grogenaut 5y agoI'm not sure this is out of alignment with being a serious student, it's just out of alignment with how the uni wants to teach classes. This is how I did school in 2000, even when classes were not recorded. This is a problem I have with online classes as well, the material is all done already, why are we running it temporally, instead of DVR style. You can still weed people out and have a strong "certification" program without requiring real time in person attendance. I'm a serious viewer of Better Call Saul, but I watched it all right before exam time.
- kennethologist 5y agoWhich Uni? I would like to shared this with soon to be university students who want to pursue a CS major.