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> You're not generally required to take any specific course as a graduate student. When you come back, take classes that interest you, not what you require to p
by masterme 11y ago
> You're not generally required to take any specific course as a graduate student. When you come back, take classes that interest you, not what you require to pass the exams.
Sadly, all my classes are compulsary, except one, which we get to choose. They're also really interesting, in a field I love, and I've enjoyed them thoroughly. What has been a real struggle is the work load. I've effectively worked 10 hours a day, 7 days a week for the past 8 months (with some time off at Christmas). At this stage, I am mentally and physically exhausted.
> I damn near committed suicide. The depression lasted for three years. It was a struggle just to survive.
I'm very sorry to hear that. If I am honest, depression is not really something I have ever suffered from or something I ever felt: something that I am very grateful for.
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoIf you don't pass your exams, I expect you could still stay in school. At that point you might not be required to take any particular courses. I don't know about your school, and I was not a CS major. But at UCSC, the qualifier exam is given just once a year, shortly _before_ the start of classes in the fall. That's meant to enable really smart students to get out of taking any classes at all - if you pass the quals, you get an instant Master's Degree. But yes, before we took the quals we did have specific course requirements. Very difficult ones. I left graduate school because I became psychotic, not because of my grades. I'll tell the story but not just now.