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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Could it be that students in these faculties are just a lot dumber than you're giving them credit for? Having to take any class 2-3 times usually means the student does not have the aptitude for the content, not the content is too difficult or the faculty is grading extraordinarily hard. Faculty members in all disciplines grade using rubrics and student work is graded against that standard. Faculty are not allowed to randomly assign grades, or give students breaks, because they have to maintain rigor in their grading behaviors. Failure to do so results in academic challenges and law suits. Institutions have to enforce these behaviors so the school is not put at risk. The measurement of the student work against the rubric determines the grade, not some arbitrary system where the faculty get to play God. |
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Engineering typically attracts a very high level of aptitude and intelligence. It's an objectively harder degree to get than just about any other undergrad degree. I did fairly well in biology, but may not have had the drive to complete an engineering degree. It was just harder.
Your premise that all programs have more or less equal standards is absurd.
I do think you do make a point about intelligence generally, and that there are different kinds of intelligence and aptitude, and that one is no better than another, just different. Hence, why I would state that anyone excelling in any degree is intelligent in some way. However, certain degrees can be attained by floating by and doing the bare minimum. This isn't true of any science degree, especially engineering. For example, I would not call graduating with a C average with a BA in sociology all that impressive. Of course that ignores challenges that a person may need to overcome in their personal life out side of the academic realm. I'm talking about your average Canadian university student with an average upbringing.