Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:50:00 +0100, D wrote:

I shudder at the memory of differential equations and my
electromagnetism course. I quickly came to the conclusion that I found
math and physics boring. I was able to push through some of those
courses by sheer will power, but I realized, why should I spend 4 years
on something that I find is boring?

Each discipline had courses that sorted the sheep from the goats. diff-e
and e-mag theory were two for the ee's. o-chem did in the potential
chemists. iirc thermodynamics weeded out the civil engineers.

When I took diff-e a friend had a bet with the TA for the course on
whether I would pass. My attendance in class was spotty to say the least
and the TA said 'No way'.  He lost. 

So after jumping through legal hoops, and proving to the university that
my idea was correct and theirs wrong, they let me pick my own courses as
long as the course difficulty level (A, B, C, D level) met some
pre-specified levels. So in the end the emphasis was on IT and
philosophy,
with a healthy dose of psychology, business, finance etc.

That was the nice thing about the psychology department. There were a few
required courses but it was mostly a la carte.