SDC 306 - Computer Architecture

[Zachcleigh]

I just finished this course (CS306) last month. I found building the CPU in logisim to be really quite fun. I was really proud of the solution I came up with. However, from the notes I got back from the grader, I suspect the grader isn't really qualified for their job. Based on their feedback, they seemed to not understand my circuit at all. I got a decent grade regardless.

I would recommend you do the exercise to your satisfaction and have some fun with it. I'm guessing you'll get a passing grade as long as the circuits look impressive. If you aced the quizzes, you only need to get a combined 55% on the assignment and final exam anyway.

Off topic, but the grader for CS201 was absolutely horrible. I implemented the (very, very easy) program they requested, exactly as they specified. The grader completely misunderstood it and knocked off a bunch of points. It was still passing, so I didn't bother to resubmit. I just felt the grader had no idea what they were doing. Pretty disappointing.

I got a 90 on that assignment.  The instructor took off 10 points for the documentation category of the rubric even though I had documentation literally after every single line of the code explaining what commands were doing, etc.  

Grading was a joke. Seemed like they just didn't want to give a 100.  

P.S. I work as a data systems analyst.