5.12 is not easy. Nor is 6.01. I know one girl who was in both...and I never really saw her do anything but studying. (Anna from 20.20, actually.) I should ask her how that worked out.
...Really? Somehow I was under the impression that practically everyone was in both of them -- though that's probably a misconstrual because of lots of people being in each one and then my brain thinking the intersection is larger than it is.
Nonetheless, I wasted so much time this semester... 20.20 was the only really worthwhile thing (ok, and 7.013 to a lesser extent).
What motivated me to register for the latter? Nonlinearity is just cool, for one. And I'm interested in alternative forms of storytelling, both for its own sake and as a presentation tool. And plus, it sounds like you get to learn to do shiny interesting things with computer interfaces, which, woot.
The "standard" load is 48 units (4 classes). In practice this is a relatively small load AIUI; I carried 54 last term and 57 this term. One unit is supposed to mean one hour per week of time spent on the course, including class, lab/studio, and homework. It varies of course. Your J-random typical class is 12 units. Some seminars are 6 or 9; some labs get up to 18.
That system makes a lot more sense than the one we have here, where a class is 3-5 units, and units are determined by level. 19 is average, and 25 is the most you can take without special permission, which is almost never granted. I've been taking 25 for the past several quarters in order to complete all my stuff on time, and the death that my advisers warned me about has yet to occur...
"when you went from 5 to 4 this term" -- what? I have 5 classes this term, haven't added/dropped any. Granted, one of them is 9 units. And I am thinking that I'll want to drop one. *shrug* It's only the pre-reg.
I'm taking 9.00 right now. It's a good class, although a bit "touristic highlights of weird / cool / irrational things that brains do", rather than having much in the way of unifying themes or problem-solving. The material is interesting, but I think they do a bad job of testing it (lots of multiple choice, lots of tricky memorization-type questions based on quibbles like "which hemisphere is Foo lateralized to?", blah blah blah). Worthwhile to wait and take it listener, unless you need it as a prereq. Remind me what course you're planning to be?
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Nonetheless, I wasted so much time this semester...
20.20 was the only really worthwhile thing (ok, and 7.013 to a lesser extent).
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One unit is supposed to mean one hour per week of time spent on the course, including class, lab/studio, and homework. It varies of course. Your J-random typical class is 12 units. Some seminars are 6 or 9; some labs get up to 18.
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I have 5 classes this term, haven't added/dropped any. Granted, one of them is 9 units. And I am thinking that I'll want to drop one. *shrug* It's only the pre-reg.
I'm taking 9.00 right now. It's a good class, although a bit "touristic highlights of weird / cool / irrational things that brains do", rather than having much in the way of unifying themes or problem-solving. The material is interesting, but I think they do a bad job of testing it (lots of multiple choice, lots of tricky memorization-type questions based on quibbles like "which hemisphere is Foo lateralized to?", blah blah blah). Worthwhile to wait and take it listener, unless you need it as a prereq. Remind me what course you're planning to be?
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