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So this is an article about Berklee in particular having a superfluous amount of coursework? This would be the first response that answered any of my questions

So this is an article about Berklee in particular having a superfluous amount of coursework? This would be the first response that answered any of my questions, thanks!

zamadatix 4y ago
Whether or not the coursework is superfluous is a per student question not a per university question.
- braingenious 4y ago
  This is confusing to me. If this article is about Berklee, wouldn’t it necessarily be university specific?
  - zamadatix 4y ago
    It wouldn't necessarily be so as other universities are also able to have students who learn at different rates despite the article being about a student that went to Berklee. Regardless, even in the case the article only applied to Berklee it still wouldn't be a university specific question as not every student that goes to Berklee will be able to learn at the same rate. This is what makes it a per student question instead of an answered property you can apply to Berklee itself.
    - braingenious 4y ago
      Wait if the article only applied to Berklee it wouldn’t be university specific? When I read the article it was about somebody that graduated early because of the rules at Berklee that allowed them to do so. Is this actually a universal thing for universities? Usually (in the US) a “speed limit” is generally a term that relates to maximum speed, whereas a minimum speed is called… a minimum speed. I’m pretty sure there is an actual lower “speed limit” for most universities in that it’s difficult or impossible to take (for example) 15 years to finish a BA. Who is this for?
      - zamadatix 4y ago
        Even if we took all of those in the most leaning way we still wouldn't arrive at a way to remove the student specific portion from whether the coursework is superfluous so I'm not sure the questions would do more than further confuse you from what people were saying. I'd say this the target audience is anyone looking at or working on a degree. Even if you're a slow learner already at a university that doesn't have any form of testing out it can be helpful to know learning the material strictly via the course schedules may not be the most efficient way to absorb it. For others in the target audience it has some good advice about seeing if you can test out to finish sooner too.

So this is an article about Berklee in particular having a superfluous amount of coursework? This would be the first response that answered any of my questions, thanks!

zamadatix 4y ago

Whether or not the coursework is superfluous is a per student question not a per university question.

braingenious 4y ago
This is confusing to me. If this article is about Berklee, wouldn’t it necessarily be university specific?
- zamadatix 4y ago
  It wouldn't necessarily be so as other universities are also able to have students who learn at different rates despite the article being about a student that went to Berklee. Regardless, even in the case the article only applied to Berklee it still wouldn't be a university specific question as not every student that goes to Berklee will be able to learn at the same rate. This is what makes it a per student question instead of an answered property you can apply to Berklee itself.
  - braingenious 4y ago
    Wait if the article only applied to Berklee it wouldn’t be university specific? When I read the article it was about somebody that graduated early because of the rules at Berklee that allowed them to do so. Is this actually a universal thing for universities? Usually (in the US) a “speed limit” is generally a term that relates to maximum speed, whereas a minimum speed is called… a minimum speed. I’m pretty sure there is an actual lower “speed limit” for most universities in that it’s difficult or impossible to take (for example) 15 years to finish a BA. Who is this for?
    - zamadatix 4y ago
      Even if we took all of those in the most leaning way we still wouldn't arrive at a way to remove the student specific portion from whether the coursework is superfluous so I'm not sure the questions would do more than further confuse you from what people were saying. I'd say this the target audience is anyone looking at or working on a degree. Even if you're a slow learner already at a university that doesn't have any form of testing out it can be helpful to know learning the material strictly via the course schedules may not be the most efficient way to absorb it. For others in the target audience it has some good advice about seeing if you can test out to finish sooner too.