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The other reviews tell the full story, but leave out the subtle bites that make this class truly special.
Professor Rosen's class is Jack Daniels' whiskey. Bold label, burns your nostrils off at first contact.
Just like the other reviews state, the class is an ineffective, roundabout grasp at teaching systems engineering and business planning. There are no hints for team lead organizations, nothing about how to appropriately delegate tasks. These skills are either prerequisite or learned *despite* the class. It's either an ineffective way to teach management or an extremely effective way to waste my time.
We open with a sad story. The syllabus features notes and hints on each project and assignment...
but all the hyperlinks are broken. The *crucial* tips are missing. Hmm. This bodes well.
From there it doesn't get much better.
More often than not, each class was a charcuterie of short presentations from each group. In up to four consecutive hors at a time, we sat through our classmate's identical presentations. I'm not saying I've slept through this class, I'm promising it. And after each presentation(which could last up to thirty minutes per group), the professors gave minimal feedback. Each week effectively became an exercise in futility, with assignments often posted *two days before due*.
Furthermore, the class did not have example slides or help on any assignment- if the TA or professor was asked for input they would devil's advocate your work into the god damn ground. Even if they admitted your project and work was solid. It was like they were sniffing for cracks to hit. I'm sure that some people thrive in this class, and I'm also sure that those people would be better off working in business. I cannot emphasize enough how little I have learned from this class.
In a little anecdote, in order to make class on time I skipped a performance review with my boss, paid $10 for parking...
And then found out that we were slated to "do group work". This happened four times. Each pointless meeting is a waste of my time and money.
Another time, we had a "shark tank" style presentation where other professors would query our presentations and concepts. They also had only one minute to ask questions, and they chose to ask inane questions about their fields of expertise. We didn't get any valuable feedback, and that was a wasted week of work and research.
The worst part? I'm now *less* of an engineer for this class.
Do you have any background in CS/CAD/SysEn/PCB layout? It doesn't matter here. What this class seems poised to teach is... branding. How to sell your project. Internal politick. Bleeding requirements from a stone.
That's valuable and useful, sure. Anyone looking to be project lead or work in the cutting edge needs this lesson sooner than later. But god damn it Rosen, can students at least have their last vestige of soul remain intact?
We assign tasks and give people work on a vague understanding of their skills because the actual engineering deliverables are so far off that we spend our time worrying about the best graphic to put on our slide deck.
TL;DR: A start-up experience for the discerning consumer. Honestly I'm tired of thinking about it. Just be prepared for 0% engineering- one truly cannot stress how awful this class is.
The other review posted here pretty much sums it up. Take any other CAPSTONE class unless you don’t actually want to do any engineering and also hate yourself. Bonus points for Rosen being completely unable to project his voice during lectures and also not having a microphone. I couldn’t even hear him when he was sitting across the same table as me - this is not sarcasm. Great TAs though, best part of the class.
The other reviews tell the full story, but leave out the subtle bites that make this class truly special.
Professor Rosen's class is Jack Daniels' whiskey. Bold label, burns your nostrils off at first contact.
Just like the other reviews state, the class is an ineffective, roundabout grasp at teaching systems engineering and business planning. There are no hints for team lead organizations, nothing about how to appropriately delegate tasks. These skills are either prerequisite or learned *despite* the class. It's either an ineffective way to teach management or an extremely effective way to waste my time.
We open with a sad story. The syllabus features notes and hints on each project and assignment...
but all the hyperlinks are broken. The *crucial* tips are missing. Hmm. This bodes well.
From there it doesn't get much better.
More often than not, each class was a charcuterie of short presentations from each group. In up to four consecutive hors at a time, we sat through our classmate's identical presentations. I'm not saying I've slept through this class, I'm promising it. And after each presentation(which could last up to thirty minutes per group), the professors gave minimal feedback. Each week effectively became an exercise in futility, with assignments often posted *two days before due*.
Furthermore, the class did not have example slides or help on any assignment- if the TA or professor was asked for input they would devil's advocate your work into the god damn ground. Even if they admitted your project and work was solid. It was like they were sniffing for cracks to hit. I'm sure that some people thrive in this class, and I'm also sure that those people would be better off working in business. I cannot emphasize enough how little I have learned from this class.
In a little anecdote, in order to make class on time I skipped a performance review with my boss, paid $10 for parking...
And then found out that we were slated to "do group work". This happened four times. Each pointless meeting is a waste of my time and money.
Another time, we had a "shark tank" style presentation where other professors would query our presentations and concepts. They also had only one minute to ask questions, and they chose to ask inane questions about their fields of expertise. We didn't get any valuable feedback, and that was a wasted week of work and research.
The worst part? I'm now *less* of an engineer for this class.
Do you have any background in CS/CAD/SysEn/PCB layout? It doesn't matter here. What this class seems poised to teach is... branding. How to sell your project. Internal politick. Bleeding requirements from a stone.
That's valuable and useful, sure. Anyone looking to be project lead or work in the cutting edge needs this lesson sooner than later. But god damn it Rosen, can students at least have their last vestige of soul remain intact?
We assign tasks and give people work on a vague understanding of their skills because the actual engineering deliverables are so far off that we spend our time worrying about the best graphic to put on our slide deck.
TL;DR: A start-up experience for the discerning consumer. Honestly I'm tired of thinking about it. Just be prepared for 0% engineering- one truly cannot stress how awful this class is.
The other review posted here pretty much sums it up. Take any other CAPSTONE class unless you don’t actually want to do any engineering and also hate yourself. Bonus points for Rosen being completely unable to project his voice during lectures and also not having a microphone. I couldn’t even hear him when he was sitting across the same table as me - this is not sarcasm. Great TAs though, best part of the class.
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