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Don't the requirements for CRIM 135 DE seem a bit high for a first year course?

DesolateDesolate
edited January 2011 in General
I mean, I get that the only components of the course are the four assignments, then weekly discussion posts, but the lengths seem insane compared to every course I've taken so far.

Assignment 1 (10%) - 1500 word essay.
Assignment 2 (35%) - 4000 word essay.
Assignment 3 (10%) - 1500 word essay.
Assignment 4 (35%) - 1500 word essay and 2500 word essay.

Just kind of sucks that the term just started and I think this is going to be more work than all of my other classes, all of which are higher than 100-level (BUS 254, BUS 303, and BUS 381).

Am I crazy? xd

Comments

  • siuying
    wow.. they really upped their game since i took the course.. back then we didn't have weekly discussion posts.. just the essays..

    and yes you are crazy.. but we all are.. just a tid bit.. ;p
  • Ether
    Well, to ask that question you just wrote about 100 words. It probably took you less than five minutes. Assuming you know something about your topic, you should be able to find 5 or 6 things about twice that long to talk about. Add introduction and conclusion. Bam, paper done.

    For 10% of your grade, that's fair. No?

    You're right though. It seems like a lot of writing for a first year course.
  • jay
    i looked up on the calendar and it seems criminology upper division class is quite less compared to other department, so i think the school of crim is combining lower division classes with upper division..so then the majors can do a joint degree in their 3rd and 4th year with sociology or psychology...since crim is a branch from those major fields...and thus, crim 135 is undoubtedly one of those "combining" course.

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