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Well I have completed all 3 and I can say the Operating Systems course currently cannot be completed for me, the final assignment is too vague and the course does not prepare you for it, and up to when I took it the sample code provided in C does not compile, even after fixing it, I still dont understand what the assginment is asking to do.

The intro to operating systems however course can be compeled and is very very easy.

If you dont know programming well the discrete math will be challenging, its not a hard course but having programming experience really helps, and not basic programming like professional experience. Even if you are math savvy but not too good with CS it will be challenging since the course took a CS perspective.

The computer architecture course for me was good, but I have experience with electronics and logic design with FPGAs. YMMV though. The final assignment especially will be challenging for someone without prior knowledge and I did a clever 'hack' for the control unit to pass lol. It also relies on what you learned in discrete math.

So if you want my advice do the intro to operating systems, discrete math then comp architecture.

Non CS aptitute people are lucky they have SDC. In a traditional college settings these courses along with data structures are known as weed out courses, and people who are into doing a CS degree because it seems nice or has pay will not make it pass these courses. However with alternative credit its doable.

You can pass just work hard and these are courses you cant half-ass you gotta give 110% and put in the work, understand what is being taught and have a genunine interest else that discrete math expecially half way you may want to give up as it gets complex. You can do it!

And btw this is my opinion having taken all 3 and passed all 3.

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@bjcheng77 what did you think of these courses?

Did you finish the final assignment for Operating Systems? (The non intro version)