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Here in Europe a typical course could be 5 CP, equalling 150h of work. One semester should average you 30 CP or 900h of work. In CS, we regularly had courses w

• fho 4y ago
  And, to finish your calculations, 30CP/900h are basically a full time job. In practice, students start to complain once a course tries to enforce their full "hour contingent".
  • interactivecode 4y ago
    indeed because the deadlines are rigid and the work load estimates are inaccurate.
    • fho 4y ago
      We have this discussion basically every new semester, honestly it's tiring. On the one hand we _are_ removing more and more content from our courses, not because we want ease the load on the first year students, but because we have to catch a increasingly large portion of students up to speed on topics that should have been covered in school. Related: one of the faculties here recently announced the introduction of a threshold grade. If you were bad at school, you are not taken into consideration, even if there are available places.