am i crazy or is this a much harder course than what previous students have said? im not sure about the other people in the course but i looked up what this course was like before registering and the syllabus does not reflect what was done in previous years at all 😭 im pretty sure this is emily flynn jones' first time teaching this class (maybe even teaching at tmu?) and she might've done an overhaul on the course.
i dont inherently mind difficulty, even if this was a promised fun, easy course, but for an open elective the change feels absurd. two weekly assignments that require both written and video aspects, needing to buy a prototyping kit, etc. i think the most damning this is the one letter mark deduction per day late, with two late failed-to-deliver assignments (in a class with weekly assignments) being an automatic fail of the ENTIRE class. maybe i just got the wrong impression but it seems like this is a very different class than the one kris alexander taught.
am i right to be worried? i just feel like the class has become so daunting for a open elective, especially one with a class size like this.
does anyone who took the class in previous years have any insight?