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Brick and motor universities vary in quality and I’m not sure where you attend or what level classes you took - intro classes are typically weed out in stem and

Brick and motor universities vary in quality and I’m not sure where you attend or what level classes you took - intro classes are typically weed out in stem and aren’t very fun. However, I think it’s pretty easy to see that the DS&A classes (not sure why it’s split into two courses, seems like WGU does that for every slightly challenging class) at WGU look completely watered down from what is taught in a single semester at the nearby university of Utah. Just look at this reddit post from students taking this class and you'll learn everything you need to know https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/comments/maty9w/c950_data_structures_and_algorithms_ii_need_help/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/comments/maty9w/c950_da... They are talking about learning about hashmaps (how, at this point in their education???) and it looks like the class can be completed by doing a single project. So yes, this is very unimpressive. Example DS&A course at Utah: https://www.cs.utah.edu/~miriah/teaching/cs2420/ https://www.cs.utah.edu/~miriah/teaching/cs2420/ Following Algorithms course: http://theory.cs.utah.edu/fall18/algorithms/ http://theory.cs.utah.edu/fall18/algorithms/ More than half the classes in the CS BS degree at WGU look like filler too: https://www.wgu.edu/content/dam/wgu-65-assets/western-governors/documents/program-guides/information-technology/BSCS.pdf https://www.wgu.edu/content/dam/wgu-65-assets/western-govern...

_caw 4y ago
> Brick and motor universities vary in quality and I’m not sure where you attend or what level classes you took 3/4 years of a B.S. at a large research university, with 1 or 2 grad courses thrown in. > DS&A classes..at WGU look completely watered down from what is taught in a single semester at the nearby university of Utah. I agree with that. They do look watered down. > They are talking about learning about hashmaps (how, at this point in their education???) I checked the link and don't see what you are describing. One comment is talking about how to use a hashmap. But, I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't know what a hashmap was at all, since I've encountered that in undergrad at brick-and-mortar too. > More than half the classes in the CS BS degree at WGU look like filler too That's exactly how I feel about most gen-eds at a brick-and-mortar :) But, I am actually learning things from these filler courses that were never taught at my university, nor taught at the workplace, which honestly did surprise me in a good way.

_caw 4y ago

> Brick and motor universities vary in quality and I’m not sure where you attend or what level classes you took 3/4 years of a B.S. at a large research university, with 1 or 2 grad courses thrown in. > DS&A classes..at WGU look completely watered down from what is taught in a single semester at the nearby university of Utah. I agree with that. They do look watered down. > They are talking about learning about hashmaps (how, at this point in their education???) I checked the link and don't see what you are describing. One comment is talking about how to use a hashmap. But, I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't know what a hashmap was at all, since I've encountered that in undergrad at brick-and-mortar too. > More than half the classes in the CS BS degree at WGU look like filler too That's exactly how I feel about most gen-eds at a brick-and-mortar :) But, I am actually learning things from these filler courses that were never taught at my university, nor taught at the workplace, which honestly did surprise me in a good way.