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<p>Wrong. Start comparing our 200 majors’ and degree requirements, and their respective flexibilities, to other universities. It’s impressive.</p>
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<p>Higher than what? They’re 20 credits more than the required minimum to graduate–and these numbers include transfer, AP and CLEP credits. These credits have nothing to do with UW’s course registration system. It’s simply an issue of whether the AP Euro, US, and World history classes from high school were all useful for gen ed requirements–along with many other factors like a student’s interest in outside electives that the chemE department barely includes, etc.</p>
<p>Course lockouts would imply that residence credits are unusually high for locked out students. There’s no indication that they are. You have one guy complaining about one course (Calc III–which he GOT IN TO and didn’t like the lecture times) over 10 months ago. It’s rare. Trust me–I’m the one with access to course registration, not you.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t give UW undue credit. If there was a problem, I’d want it fixed too. I don’t know the exact issue underlying graduation rates, but you’re not offering reasonable explanations.</p>