The department confirmed the assignments are being adjusted. Thanks to all 176 of you for speaking up. We are finally being heard.
March 21, 2018
Final supporters
Sign this petition if you believe that the difficulty of assignments in the CIS*2500 course are not proportional to the weight of the assignment in the course, that the CIS*1500 course did not prepare the students of CIS*2500 well enough for these assignments, that the length of time given to complete these assignments is not enough with the presence of other courses, and that the content of the lectures did not prepare the students well for the assignment content.
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February 7, 2018
The stories you are sharing about the workload are fueling our case. I am finalizing a document for the department head based on your feedback.
Reached 100 supporters
February 7, 2018
43 Comments
I don't think the course difficulty is necessarily the issue, but rather it's the organization. The material isn't timed in an appropriate fashion, for example,command line arguments were in the lab the week after the assignment was due.
Friend showed me the assignment, it's requirements and the assignment page. It's way outside the scope of what a first year student should be learning. I feel there must be more building blocks before drilling students with these sort of complicated assignments.
As someone who has experience programming, I find the assignments to be at the proper level to push our skills. On the other hand, many people did not have the opportunity to learn programming prior to university. After cis 1500, where the concepts were only touched upon briefly, I completely understand the difficulties others are having.
Would really appreciate if the class material correlated with the assignments and explanations of the code blog days. I can not begin to express how much time and effort I spend on the tiniest things just because I have no clue on how to use them.
If he could just teach us enough for this assignment first before he gave us. (E.g. makefile, he teached after assignment 1 due)
It would be wonderful if we were taught to do the things and given the basic knowledge needed to complete the assignments in the time frame without relying on TAs who don't have time for everyone... Too bad this information is being treated as common knowledge. Might as well be teaching myself to code.
I told you this course would be difficult...
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The department confirmed the assignments are being adjusted. Thanks to all 176 of you for speaking up. We are finally being heard.
March 21, 2018
Final supporters
Sign this petition if you believe that the difficulty of assignments in the CIS*2500 course are not proportional to the weight of the assignment in the course, that the CIS*1500 course did not prepare the students of CIS*2500 well enough for these assignments, that the length of time given to complete these assignments is not enough with the presence of other courses, and that the content of the lectures did not prepare the students well for the assignment content.
Updates
February 7, 2018
The stories you are sharing about the workload are fueling our case. I am finalizing a document for the department head based on your feedback.
Reached 100 supporters
February 7, 2018
43 Comments
It is unreasonable to expect first year students with CIS*1500 as their primary programming experience to succeed in CIS*2500 given the time restrictions and other course work to be completed. Without the necessary prerequisite skills, it's extremely difficult to complete the assignments.
I don't think the course difficulty is necessarily the issue, but rather it's the organization. The material isn't timed in an appropriate fashion, for example,command line arguments were in the lab the week after the assignment was due.
Friend showed me the assignment, it's requirements and the assignment page. It's way outside the scope of what a first year student should be learning. I feel there must be more building blocks before drilling students with these sort of complicated assignments.
As someone who has experience programming, I find the assignments to be at the proper level to push our skills. On the other hand, many people did not have the opportunity to learn programming prior to university. After cis 1500, where the concepts were only touched upon briefly, I completely understand the difficulties others are having.
Would really appreciate if the class material correlated with the assignments and explanations of the code blog days. I can not begin to express how much time and effort I spend on the tiniest things just because I have no clue on how to use them.
If he could just teach us enough for this assignment first before he gave us. (E.g. makefile, he teached after assignment 1 due)
It would be wonderful if we were taught to do the things and given the basic knowledge needed to complete the assignments in the time frame without relying on TAs who don't have time for everyone... Too bad this information is being treated as common knowledge. Might as well be teaching myself to code.
I told you this course would be difficult...
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It is unreasonable to expect first year students with CIS*1500 as their primary programming experience to succeed in CIS*2500 given the time restrictions and other course work to be completed. Without the necessary prerequisite skills, it's extremely difficult to complete the assignments.