I'm taking a 1-credit course and it's INSANE

[thatsright]

Stop your B!itching man. Pull up your pants, and start typing. Get with the program.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Anubis
all my classes in college were 1 credit

I think it's pretty safe to assume your 1cr courses mean something significantly different from the normal meaning of 1cr, because at most places, 1 credit means 1hr/wk for a full semester or 2hrs/wk for a half semester. Most courses couldn't POSSIBLY be structured like that and work.

at my school it didnt matter how many hours a week you met, they were all 1 credit

i had classes that met for 1 hour 2x a week and classes that met for 3 hours 3 x a week all 1 credit

4 classes a semester = 4 credits = 8 credits a year = 32 credits needed to graduate

classes that met for 1/2 a semester were obviously 1/2 credit,

Weird! That's how my high school classes worked, but in college we use credit hours.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: thatsright
Stop your B!itching man. Pull up your pants, and start typing. Get with the program.

Pull up my pants? Dude, I'm on the toilet with my laptop, how the hell did you know that?!?!? You sick bastard.

 

[thatsright]

On the toilet with a laptop? How long ya been there. My condolences, then....

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: wasserkool
what is IST???

This is the one and only thing I've learned in this damned class - how to explain WTF you're majoring in.

MIS + CS + Business + CIS + Engineering + Amusing emphasis on interpersonal skills because they know they're catering to nerdly recluses = IST.

Essentially, a breeding program for consultants and IT management.

I thought it was "In Someone's Tushie"

MIS + CS = CIS BTW your equation was redundant, unless I am misunderstanding the acronyms. That said Engineering takes an extreme amount of time to learn and do well, it's best done as a bachelors, then grab something else after.

Business doesn't hurt if you are planning to be self-employed.

My wife from Japan actually graduated from the college of business in her college for her CIS degree.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Anubis
This one

ahh micheal jackson's alma mater.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: wasserkool
what is IST???

This is the one and only thing I've learned in this damned class - how to explain WTF you're majoring in.

MIS + CS + Business + CIS + Engineering + Amusing emphasis on interpersonal skills because they know they're catering to nerdly recluses = IST.

Essentially, a breeding program for consultants and IT management.

I thought it was "In Someone's Tushie"

It's IT related - how in the hell could you EVER make that connection? IT'ers fail at having REGULAR sex, much less teh buttsechs.

 

[mugs]

2-3 pages double spaced or single spaced? If double spaced, that's a joke.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Anubis
all my classes in college were 1 credit

Mine too, thankfully they gave me three and four credits to help me out.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
*8* papers. Half a semester. 1 credit. What in the name of satan?

This, plus a presentation. Granted, the papers are SHORT (2-3 pages each). But they're such a fvcking pain in the ass. Gotta submit another paper by midnight tonight... I'm growing TIRED of this.

depending on the topic 2-3 pages should take you 5-15 minutes. I'm assuming of course by their brevity that the professor is not asking you to do a lot of research on the topic.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Anubis

at my school it didnt matter how many hours a week you met, they were all 1 credit

i had classes that met for 1 hour 2x a week and classes that met for 3 hours 3 x a week all 1 credit

4 classes a semester = 4 credits = 8 credits a year = 32 credits needed to graduate

classes that met for 1/2 a semester were obviously 1/2 credit,

So your GPA was more or less unweighted? Did you have much leeway in what classes you could take to graduate? Seems like you could load up on easy classes and just coast.

 

[yumychinesefood]

if u have so much work 2 do y u still on ATOT?

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: BriGy86
what are the papers on?

Stupid sh!t that makes my head hurt. You see, this is one of those stupid, required, "Welcome to higher education, here's how things work" courses. No content. It's just a bunch of annoying self-analysis and "learning how to do research" bullsh!t. It's not hard - it's TEDIOUS and totally NOT WORTH THE FVCKING EFFORT.

Careful, all our enterprising college students in here are going to lecture you about how great college is and how much they're gonna make when they get out. I knew drug use and alcohol consumption in colleges was high, but sometimes I wonder what those crazy kids are smoking.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I'm taking a 1 credit hour class right now and it's harder than the 3 credit hour history class and the 5 credit hour physical science class I'm taking combined.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
*8* papers. Half a semester. 1 credit. What in the name of satan?

This, plus a presentation. Granted, the papers are SHORT (2-3 pages each). But they're such a fvcking pain in the ass. Gotta submit another paper by midnight tonight... I'm growing TIRED of this.

depending on the topic 2-3 pages should take you 5-15 minutes. I'm assuming of course by their brevity that the professor is not asking you to do a lot of research on the topic.

Most of them are researchless BS. A few of them, however... ECK.

And yes - they're jokes. It's still RIDICULOUSLY annoying to have to spend more time on this tiny little class than on any of my big ones. My 5-credit CS course, TAUGHT BY THE SAME WOMAN, has cost me exactly 15 minutes of time all semester... And most of that was spent installing the IDE

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Essentially, a breeding program for consultants and IT management.

You can tell yourself that, but somehow I doubt many of the graduates go right into IT management. 22 year old IT managers... that'd be a sight to see.

 

[tennisflip]

All my 1-2 credit courses were fun... music, fencing, tennis.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Essentially, a breeding program for consultants and IT management.

You can tell yourself that, but somehow I doubt many of the graduates go right into IT management. 22 year old IT managers... that'd be a sight to see.

They don't. But that's what the *INTENTION* is.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
*8* papers. Half a semester. 1 credit. What in the name of satan?

This, plus a presentation. Granted, the papers are SHORT (2-3 pages each). But they're such a fvcking pain in the ass. Gotta submit another paper by midnight tonight... I'm growing TIRED of this.

depending on the topic 2-3 pages should take you 5-15 minutes. I'm assuming of course by their brevity that the professor is not asking you to do a lot of research on the topic.

Most of them are researchless BS. A few of them, however... ECK.

And yes - they're jokes. It's still RIDICULOUSLY annoying to have to spend more time on this tiny little class than on any of my big ones. My 5-credit CS course, TAUGHT BY THE SAME WOMAN, has cost me exactly 15 minutes of time all semester... And most of that was spent installing the IDE

Wow, that is a pathetic CS course lol.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
*8* papers. Half a semester. 1 credit. What in the name of satan?

This, plus a presentation. Granted, the papers are SHORT (2-3 pages each). But they're such a fvcking pain in the ass. Gotta submit another paper by midnight tonight... I'm growing TIRED of this.

depending on the topic 2-3 pages should take you 5-15 minutes. I'm assuming of course by their brevity that the professor is not asking you to do a lot of research on the topic.

Most of them are researchless BS. A few of them, however... ECK.

And yes - they're jokes. It's still RIDICULOUSLY annoying to have to spend more time on this tiny little class than on any of my big ones. My 5-credit CS course, TAUGHT BY THE SAME WOMAN, has cost me exactly 15 minutes of time all semester... And most of that was spent installing the IDE

Wow, that is a pathetic CS course lol.

No, I'm just beyond that. It's CS101. In fact, most of the class is beyond that - but we have to take the baby steps to let the n00bs catch on.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Anubis

at my school it didnt matter how many hours a week you met, they were all 1 credit

i had classes that met for 1 hour 2x a week and classes that met for 3 hours 3 x a week all 1 credit

4 classes a semester = 4 credits = 8 credits a year = 32 credits needed to graduate

classes that met for 1/2 a semester were obviously 1/2 credit,

So your GPA was more or less unweighted? Did you have much leeway in what classes you could take to graduate? Seems like you could load up on easy classes and just coast.

thers such thing as a weighted college GPA?

you had to take all the corses for your major, i think it was 10 or 12 for that and then we had a lot of requirements, x # of corses from x# of different departments, and EVERYONE had to take a language till the 3rd corse level, well you coudl test outta that if you were allready that good,

ill list what i had each year as an example

Freshmen Year
Freshmen Seminar
Physics 131
Calc 1
German 1
--
Physics 132
German 2
Stats

Soph Year
Calc 2
Modern Physics
Waves vibrations and optics
German 3
---
Theoretical physics
Electronics
calc 3
art history

junior year
electrodynamics & Plasma
Diff EQ
Discrete math
a poli sci class
-
Quantum Mech
analyses 1
archeology
Music History

Senior year
Senior Research
Wheel work ceramics
Intro to religion
sociology
--
research
digi photo
independent study in ceramics ½ cred
Asian ceramics ½ cred
adv photo

Majored in Physics, minor in math