Student review [#41198]
for Computer Science
at University of Pretoria - UP
Pretoria, South Africa
Facilities Classroom campus
The is nothing to complain here university of Pretoria offers quality in these areas
Course
The BSc Computer Science at Pretoria id argue is the best in the country content wise but comes with some flaws.
The computer science department can be extremely unreasonable with the way they carry the course. most universities computer science degrees have about minimum 140 credits that need to be completed in a year but Pretoria is a bit excessive having about 170 in first year which translates to 1700 study hours for the year.
Some modules presented by some notorious lectures can be excessively difficult for no reason. In 2022 a hardcore lecturer presented the into programming course which had a high failure rate because he wanted to filter out the weaklings. A large group on students had to add a year to their studies because of this one module.
The n 1 requirement puts too much pressure on students to complete their degrees as they only have 4 years to complete it but on average it takes 4.5 years to complete a computer science degree at UP.
To some it all the BSc computer science degree is great but has some flaws. the curriculum is the best for anyone who has a passion for computer science related modules only and doesn’t want to major in other irrelevant modules.
