Timeline for Can different departments offer similar courses?
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| Nov 3, 2015 at 2:49 | vote | accept | Thomas Lee | ||
| Oct 30, 2015 at 21:48 | comment | added | liori | Wroclaw University of Technology has full 10-semester-long BSc/MSc programs in Computer Science on three different faculties (Faculty of Electronics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Management). These programs differ, but they also have lots of similar classes… organized by each faculty on their own. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 18:04 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/660155355331231744 | ||
| Oct 30, 2015 at 9:17 | comment | added | Bakuriu | Well, all science-related degrees need at least an exam about mathematical analysis, and each one may need a slightly different approach (e.g. engineer versus pure math degree wont do exactly the same things in exactly the same way). Would you provide a single course for, possibly, tens of thousands of students? It's simply impossible and even if it was possible it would be worse because although the topic is similar the approaches to the topic can be significantly different. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 4:38 | comment | added | DLS3141 | During grad school, I had an Optics class that was taught as a Mechanical Engineering class and an Electrical Engineering class. So students in the same room listening to the same lecture taking the same exams, quizzes and homework were taking two different classes. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 3:27 | comment | added | Thunderforge | To give another example, my university had three Statistics classes: one from the Math department, one from the Business department, and one from the Psychology department. The difference was largely on what the focus of each was (mathematical theory, finances, and applicability to psychology research respectively). Students also perceived them to be of different difficulties. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 1:33 | comment | added | Peter Olson | That happens fairly frequently. For example, at my university there was a large overlap between the Discrete Math course offered by the math department and the one offered by the computer science department. Similarly, there was a large overlap between the Differential Equations course in the math department and the one in the engineering department. | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 0:15 | comment | added | yo' | This is a non-sense question. The university can teach whatever they wish, as long as someone funds them. And this depends on who funds them and how. And that depends on the country, type of school etc. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 23:26 | answer | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 23:10 | answer | added | paul garrett | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 22:40 | answer | added | Fomite | timeline score: 12 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 21:35 | answer | added | D.Salo | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 21:16 | answer | added | Bill Barth | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 20:55 | history | asked | Thomas Lee | CC BY-SA 3.0 |