Flouse

Anyone here have any experiences with this class? I'm trying to fix my schedule and I need to take another 200 level lib art.

towerpumpkin

I took this last year, the first time it was offered. Kleinberg is a great professor (one of the best in the CS department) and a great lecturer. If you find the material interesting, definitely take it; its not too hard, even if you study on your own. I never went to class, learned all the material the night for homework/prelim, and managed B+ average (don't know for sure as I took it pass/fail). Do you have any specific questions?

Flouse

A.) Is it extremely popular and/or do a lot of people drop mid-semester? I am trying to add it during add/drop and if I can't get in for the first week, is it just possible to attend lecture until somebody drops?

B.) I am also taking econ 313, do you know if econ 204 prelims conflict with other econ prelims?

C.) Does the material apply much to engineering? I am thinking of AEP/ECE.

Thanks!

towerpumpkin

People will drop; even if they don't, just talk to the professors and I'm sure they'll let you in if theres a cap. I don't know about conflicts with other econ classes, but you can look that up online or deal with it when it comes up (check Spring 2008 Evening Prelim Exam Schedule and http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/EXSP.html). Actually, now that I think about it, the prelims were in class so as long as you don't schedule conflicts into your schedule you'll be fine. The most this class has to do with engineering is CS (so no, not really); in fact, I'd say that at least 1/4 of the students were CS majors (myself included).