I am a computer engineer and found out I need two more technical electivesto graduate, and I am debating CS 428 and CS 456, as two 3 credit classes would hopefully be easier than two 4 credit EE classes. Those of you that have taken them, how much time did they take, how difficult were they, would you reccomend them, etc...?I did CompE for my undergrad and I took 428. I really enjoyed the class a lot. We learned a lot about general management techniques, although the specific examples were tied to software. Also, I never felt the work was busy work, but it was unconventional. Working in groups and coming up with plans for software architecture or test suites was totally new for me so I learned a lot. Some of the work wasn't the most exciting but there was a lot to learn about group dynamics and the like.
I'm a big fan of classes that teach brand new things - things that I've never considered before. ECEn 212 was like that, as was 380. So was this class and that made it a lot of fun. Dr. Knutson taught it my semester and he was great. So, I'd recommend 428 to anyone. I haven't taken 456 so I can't say anything abou that.
Devin Pratt
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