I can't imagine adding classes like this to the curriculum being a novel idea. Someone needs to explain to me why MIT is ranked #1 for undergrad in EE and this is just getting implemented into their core classes. I guess school name has more to do with those U.S. News and World Reports rankings then actual usefulness to the real world of the program. At the U of I the program doesn't stop with the hands-on at the freshmen introductory course. There are continuing lab classes required throughout the 200 level classes to make sure you still remember how to use a bread board when you get to senior design and the 300 level elective labs. It seems silly to me to have a program that doesn't balance the hands on with the theory. In this case the traditional Orange Crush chant usually heard at basketball games comes to mind: OVER-RATED!
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I can't imagine adding classes like this to the curriculum being a novel idea. Someone needs to explain to me why MIT is ranked #1 for undergrad in EE and this is just getting implemented into their core classes. I guess school name has more to do with those U.S. News and World Reports rankings then actual usefulness to the real world of the program. At the U of I the program doesn't stop with the hands-on at the freshmen introductory course. There are continuing lab classes required throughout the 200 level classes to make sure you still remember how to use a bread board when you get to senior design and the 300 level elective labs. It seems silly to me to have a program that doesn't balance the hands on with the theory. In this case the traditional Orange Crush chant usually heard at basketball games comes to mind: OVER-RATED!