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Ironically enough, our lecture halls were simply not big enough. The space capped out at around 300-600 people and for popular topics such as programming 101 ev
by stanford_labrat 2y ago
Ironically enough, our lecture halls were simply not big enough. The space capped out at around 300-600 people and for popular topics such as programming 101 every semester would easily have 1500+ enrolled.
- alasdair_ 2y agoThe difference is that in Europe, you apply to take a specific subject at university, like Computer Science, and there are only so many spots available so that effectively caps the class sizes. You don't have a bunch of other people taking the class that are not working on that specific degree.
- vineyardlabs 2y agoThis is also the case in the US. The majority of college courses are limited to people within a given major and can't be taken by outside majors with limited exceptions.