CS 161 – Computer Security – Syllabus and important notes [pdf]

Re:CS 161 – Computer Security – Syllabus and important notes... by deepblueq on Thursday August 29, 2013 @08:57PM (#6299609)

It looks like it has quite a few more students than it should, and he's using every excuse he can to drop people. This isn't very nice, but I can at least understand his position. Then I saw this bit:

"If you miss a class or are late to a class or section (without prior approval from the instructor) you will be considered to have dropped the class and will receive a failing grade."

It's practically a lottery for bad GPAs.

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Re:CS 161 – Computer Security – Syllabus and important notes... by fallinghawks on Thursday August 29, 2013 @09:29PM (#6299719)

"you will be considered to have dropped the class and will receive a failing grade."

You can't have both. Can you?

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Re:CS 161 – Computer Security – Syllabus and important notes... by Bartweiss on Thursday August 29, 2013 @09:52PM (#6299788)

This is what through me off most - I assume he means that you'll be dropped from the class and is just trying to ramp up the fear factor even farther.

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Re:CS 161 – Computer Security – Syllabus and important notes... by deepblueq on Thursday August 29, 2013 @09:34PM (#6299729)

It probably depends on the school, but where I am it sounds most like a WF - withdraw while failing. For almost all purposes it counts as an F.

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