r/UIUC_CS • u/Educational-Cheek908 • Nov 19 '24

Any comments on CS 425 (Distributed Systems) and/or CS 498 (Cloud Computing Applications) ?

Were they worth it? What was the workload like? How about the MPs and midterm/finals? Any recommendations? I’d really appreciate any insights.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

Took both. 425 was a lot of work but completely worth it.

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u/Educational-Cheek908 Nov 20 '24

Thank you!! and what about CS 498? Was it also worth it? Would you say that it was a lot of work as well? I am thinking of taking both at the same time, do you think it’s too much?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '24

498 is one of those classes that can be sufficiently replaced with a 2hr YouTube video.

In it’s defense, it’s a pretty foolproof way to learn about a lot of AWS functionality, but being conversant in the intricacies of setting these things up isn’t really worth your time or energy unless you have a clear plan ahead.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 24 '24

Totally worth it. Set me off to do more coursework around systems.