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<p>Firstly, let’s be clear. OP is an undergrad (it’s implied). At that level, there is no absolutely difference in reputation. I do think UWaterloo is on the same tier as UIUC. Understand that UIUC is considered to be a tier below MIT/Stanford/CMU/Berkeley, and that UWaterloo is the best CS school in Canada. I work in Silicon Valley. That is my perception. We may disagree.</p>
<p>How many math courses and cs courses do you have to take? What about the electives? How many of those electives can be math/cs courses?</p>
<p>The universities have web sites which list the required and optional courses for their CS major degree programs.</p>
<p>I don’t really understand the site as it lists the hours instead of the classes required. Can someone please explain? Thanks</p>
<p>Which site don’t you understand?</p>
<p>like the site states the hours required instead of the number of classes. How do you convert hours to classes?</p>
<p>can any UIUC cs students comment</p>
<p>Courses may be of varying “size”. Some courses are 3 credit hours, others are 4 credit hours, and still others are (less frequently) other numbers of credit hours (like 1, 2, or 5 credit hours).</p>
<p>At most schools using this method of counting credits, most courses are 3 or 4 credit hours. The course catalog will show what credit hours each course is.</p>
<p>The nominal workload is that 1 credit hour = 3 hours per week of work in and out of class, with usually around 1 hour in class. So a 15 credit hour course load is supposed to mean about 15 hours of class time and 30 hours of out of class time on school work.</p>