Timeline for What should I do if I've enrolled in a badly organized course?
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Nov 5, 2014 at 9:12 | vote | accept | Village | ||
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Oct 16, 2014 at 16:13 | answer | added | David Hill | timeline score: 2 | |
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Oct 11, 2014 at 3:21 | answer | added | Adrienne | timeline score: 5 | |
Oct 10, 2014 at 21:16 | answer | added | J.R. | timeline score: 7 | |
Oct 10, 2014 at 20:45 | comment | added | J.R. | To piggyback on what @Davidmh said, there's not even a guarantee that it won't be the same instructor next year. Then what would you do? | |
Oct 10, 2014 at 2:29 | answer | added | jakebeal | timeline score: 3 | |
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Sep 23, 2014 at 11:54 | answer | added | Benoît Kloeckner | timeline score: 3 | |
Sep 23, 2014 at 11:23 | history | edited | aeismail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 23, 2014 at 10:22 | comment | added | emmalgale | Personally I would complain. You are paying money for this course and if there is no correspondence between what you are being taught and the exams, then there is no hope of any of the students doing well. Take it higher. The instructor needs to know what is and isn't acceptable - it shouldn't matter that they are new to the job. You wouldn't forgive a nurse or doctor for doing their job wrong just because they are new! | |
Sep 23, 2014 at 2:49 | comment | added | Compass | If it is consistently like that and everyone gets 40% Fs at the end of the semester, that is grounds to complain to the school. Classes should never be impossible, and a failure rate that high is both impractical for the student and the school. | |
Sep 23, 2014 at 1:53 | answer | added | earthling | timeline score: 16 | |
Sep 22, 2014 at 21:50 | comment | added | Village | If it is unpassable, what should one do? Multiple-choice exams are 90% of the grade. No correspondence with lectures and homework content and exams. No study guide. Syllabus information about the exams is wrong. Small class size, but no homework feedback, just low marks. Instructor ignoring or setting aside important questions for later. Instructor has no clear plan of course. I spend much time waiting for information, then rushing to do work when it is finally available. | |
Sep 22, 2014 at 18:46 | comment | added | Davidmh | And to add to the other two comments, there is no guarantee that next year instructor is going to be better! At this level, you should be able to learn by yourself anything that is useful for you. | |
Sep 22, 2014 at 15:24 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAcademia/status/514072746297675776 | ||
Sep 22, 2014 at 13:14 | comment | added | Compass | I had a similar situation in grad school. I initially hated my last class, an elective intro course that had a 50-page paper requirement. You need to weigh the costs and benefits of such a decision as delaying graduation. When you say "another year" is not a big deal, I would like to counter that it is. That's a year's worth of potential salary you're throwing away. Compare that to the worst you'd get out of this class if you finish through with it, which is likely at most an inadequate learning experience you can supplement with your own studying time. | |
Sep 22, 2014 at 13:05 | history | edited | aeismail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Sep 22, 2014 at 13:01 | comment | added | Alexandros | Since it is required course, do your best to pass it this year with a reasonably good degree and move-on. It is not worth another year just for a single course. | |
Sep 22, 2014 at 12:57 | history | asked | Village | CC BY-SA 3.0 |