This is true even at large engineering schools with decent reputations. Ran into this for Master's level MIS courses. Admittedly they were the pre-req / must

This is true even at large engineering schools with decent reputations. Ran into this for Master's level MIS courses. Admittedly they were the pre-req / must take courses, and were mostly overviews of X, where X = Java, Assembly, Mid-level Linux, etc. But cookie cutter Pearson material. You could search some of the slide bulletpoints and find the same presentation archived at Duke, or UNM, or other schools. Ditto for most of the test questions / homework. They'd change a few of the numbers but it's clear that the course was 100% manufactured. The instructor was mostly there to answer questions and give a low effort recitation. Some classes were great and had teacher than went above and beyond, but others were clearly a phone-in. edit: worth noting that plenty of the courses weren't cookie cutter and were very bespoke -- and challenging. Some of the CE and Assembly stuff was clearly designed by specific professors and was quite rigorous.