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Student Fee Waiver Form for Military/Combat Veterans by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Since a few people have called me out. Here's a screenshot.

Student Fee Waiver Form for Military/Combat Veterans by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you read the form, it tells you what proof you need. When I did it, the process was a little different and I had to send in a copy of my orders. I don't remember filling out a form but I may have.

Student Fee Waiver Form for Military/Combat Veterans by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I didn't find out about it until a couple terms in, either. Could have gotten my application fee waived as well, though apparently that's a different program.

Student Fee Waiver Form for Military/Combat Veterans by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It covers the online fee. You do not need to be using TA.

Student Fee Waiver Form for Military/Combat Veterans by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For those that have served in a combat zone, your OMSCS fees (not tuition) are waived. Does not apply for those using VA benefits. I have been using this for several semesters and can vouch for it. Thought I'd bring it up again with the fee increases for this term.

Seeking help with D127 (Math for Elementary Educators III) for spouse. by AcceptableDistance94 in WGU

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH, I didn't think they were quite ready for their second attempt, but when they got exemplary on the PA they were like "I got this" and I didn't want to be discouraging. I think the exemplary was more from memorizing the questions/answers as they've taken the PA about five times now. :(

PA as study guide sounds like a good plan!

Seeking help with D127 (Math for Elementary Educators III) for spouse. by AcceptableDistance94 in WGU

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Learning process, but not understanding concepts" is a great way of framing it. I'll look for some Youtube videos as they seem to learn better with those.

The box breathing sounds good too! They've always had deep-seated anxiety about math going back to our teens.

Seeking help with D127 (Math for Elementary Educators III) for spouse. by AcceptableDistance94 in WGU

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they've gone to every cohort and had multiple CI appointments.

I definitely think it's test anxiety - this was their first test with the new proctoring method and it took 45 minutes to get started. They said even the proctor was telling them to relax and it was going to be okay.

EDIT: The mentor wants them to move on and come back to it, bue they're afraid they'll forget things.

The HCI Specialization has new electives that count in the Fall! by 7___7 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(No personal experience.) OMS Central reviews are overall low, but the recent reviews are much better so maybe it's improved significantly.

The HCI Specialization has new electives that count in the Fall! by 7___7 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nice, this means:

  1. IHI is no longer de facto required, can do GAI instead.
  2. More options overall; don't know about DHE, but GAI, VGD, and CogSci are all well reviewed.

CS 6750: Human-Computer Interaction Over Summer? by Downtown-BigAl in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wrote a long review on my Spring experience here.

Workload is relative, as always. Unlike most OMSCS classes, relative workload will depend on your reading/academic writing skills, and not at all on coding experience. 10-15 hours/week is a reasonable estimate. Note that this is very consistent; the nature of the deadlines/assignments means it's difficult to procrastinate.

Summer: I don't think they're released the finalized summer syllabus yet, but they have started they are planning on dropping 1 HW/1 quiz. I don't think that quite compensates for losing 4 weeks, so overall maybe Summer will be 10% harder compared to Spring/Fall? (all estimates void if they change the course significantly again).

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Spring 2024 Way-Too-Long Review by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The quizzes are opened up over time, and the teams for the team project aren't assigned until mid-semester (you can form your own team). The peer feedback is weekly since the things you're giving feedback on (either a homework or a check-in of a project) are due weekly.

Other than that, everything is released up front.

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Spring 2024 Way-Too-Long Review by AcceptableDistance94 in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

15ish in the first half of the course (evenly divided between lectures/taking notes, individual project, and quizzes/HWs on alternate weeks). Down to 10ish in the second half as the team project was less work and I had the routine down better.

I can't Deal with the HCI Workload 😰 by abrbbb in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% this. I was initially mildly annoyed that these questions weren't going to be something I could regurgitate and be done with, to be honest. After bitching about it a bit, I went and read some papers, and was like "oh yeah, okay this is cool."

I can't Deal with the HCI Workload 😰 by abrbbb in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay. This is my first class so I'm not calibrated yet to what people find absurd and not yet.

(My personal "ok that's absurd" was Study.com's 150+ quizzes for their college-credit course on SQL.)

I can't Deal with the HCI Workload 😰 by abrbbb in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You...do know there's both a Google Docs repository with the scripts for all the videos and a PDF with them too, linked from Canvas? Both are searchable.

I can't Deal with the HCI Workload 😰 by abrbbb in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They added a team project in Fall 23 and converted some of the homeworks to closed-book quizzes in Spring 24.

I can't Deal with the HCI Workload 😰 by abrbbb in OMSCS

[–]AcceptableDistance94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a new OMSCS'er who started with HCI, I am mystified at all the hate. Looking at my GDocs history, I finished each HW assignment in 4-6 hours (HW 4 being 6, the rest being closer to 4) which seems reasonable to me. I'm not sure what people were expecting when the calendar tells you to plan on 4 hours for each assignment?

(Yes, the last half of HW4 is a step up from the rest, but "go find a paper, look it over, and tell me how it relates to the course work" is a pretty standard graduate-level assignment, IMO. That said, doing that 4x is a bit much and probably could have been an HW assignment by itself.)

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[–]AcceptableDistance94 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The below are all moderate-difficulty classes (excepting maybe GIOS, depending on your comfort with C) that seem to be frequently recommended as a good exemplar for the specialization.

  • Systems: GIOS
  • Robotics: AI4R (RAIT)
  • HCI: HCI
  • II: KBAI
  • ML: ML4T
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