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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
CS and Engineering is the new Ivy[/quote]

CS and Engineering hand out Cs though. Weed out classes are real! [/quote]

Primary reasons for weed-out courses (in no particular order and often a combination of several reasons):

1) STEM professors are more focused on research and are not awarded for the quality of their teaching.
2) Need to limit the number of majors in the department due to resources such as classroom/lab space, faculty, etc.
3) STEM professors sometimes make entry-level classes more difficult, i.e., teaching at a graduate level. 
4) Early elimination of students who will eventually fail and, therefore, less likely to graduate on time (by six years) or drop out. 
5) Need for students to master the material before moving to upper-division courses.

-- STEM dept chair[/quote]

^This.  Starting in August 2024, UMDCP will cut the number of students in CS to less than half the current enrollment, probably due to es such as classroom/lab space, faculty, etc.[/quote]

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