Units - Revision history

Xanderao at 08:34, 7 May 2011

2011-05-07T08:34:26Z

Creidieki: +vendetta

2007-06-12T07:08:59Z

+vendetta

Ed at 21:07, 29 April 2007

2007-04-29T21:07:27Z

Arwong at 21:02, 29 April 2007

2007-04-29T21:02:36Z

Eeyore at 20:25, 29 April 2007

2007-04-29T20:25:54Z

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Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "credits". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend in class. [[CMU]] however, uses "units". A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong.

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	That whole "units are time spent working" thing is actually written in the course catalog. That's one of the vendettas I never got around to making trouble about. For fun, try taking OS or BVW, and complain that you're spending more than the "correct" number of hours per week. -- [[User:Creidieki\|Creidieki]] 03:08, 12 June 2007 (EDT)		That whole "units are time spent working" thing is actually written in the course catalog. That's one of the vendettas I never got around to making trouble about. For fun, try taking OS or BVW, and complain that you're spending more than the "correct" number of hours per week. -- [[User:Creidieki\|Creidieki]] 03:08, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
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		+	Some popular units include:
		+	*centimeters
		+	*grams
		+	*kilometers (fuck you, miles)
		+	*volts
		+	*a sweater
		+	*trogdors of awesomeness
		+	*[[Go Dennis\|Dennis]]

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	'''Units''' are the units by which [[CMU]] classes are measured. Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "[[credits]]". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a [[students\|student]] in that course will spend in class. CMU however, uses "units", which are sometimes advertised as the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend both attending [[class]] and doing [[work]] related to the course. A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong. One might also naively assume that "units" will actually correspond to the amount of work one will put in each week. That is almost certainly wrong.		'''Units''' are the units by which [[CMU]] classes are measured. Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "[[credits]]". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a [[students\|student]] in that course will spend in class. CMU however, uses "units", which are sometimes advertised as the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend both attending [[class]] and doing [[work]] related to the course. A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong. One might also naively assume that "units" will actually correspond to the amount of work one will put in each week. That is almost certainly wrong.
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		+	That whole "units are time spent working" thing is actually written in the course catalog. That's one of the vendettas I never got around to making trouble about. For fun, try taking OS or BVW, and complain that you're spending more than the "correct" number of hours per week. -- [[User:Creidieki\|Creidieki]] 03:08, 12 June 2007 (EDT)

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−	'''Units''' are the units by which [[CMU]] classes are measured. Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "[[credits]]". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a [[students\|student]] in that course will spend in class. CMU however, uses "units", which are sometimes advertised as the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend both attending class and doing work related to the course. A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong.	+	'''Units''' are the units by which [[CMU]] classes are measured. Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "[[credits]]". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a [[students\|student]] in that course will spend in class. CMU however, uses "units", which are sometimes advertised as the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend both attending [[class]] and doing [[work]] related to the course. A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong. One might also naively assume that "units" will actually correspond to the amount of work one will put in each week. That is almost certainly wrong.

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−	Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "credits". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend in class. [[CMU]] however, uses "units". A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong.	+	{{true}}
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		+	'''Units''' are the units by which [[CMU]] classes are measured. Most colleges and universities give each course a value in "[[credits]]". Credits usually represent the number of hours each week that a [[students\|student]] in that course will spend in class. CMU however, uses "units", which are sometimes advertised as the number of hours each week that a student in that course will spend both attending class and doing work related to the course. A course at another institution that would be "worth" 3 credits is worth 9 units at CMU. The naive will assume that "units" are merely 3 times the number of credits. That is probably wrong.