US university offers StarCraft course Comments by Robert Purchese

29 January, 2009

Oh no not homework.

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Benno

29/01/09 @ 10:16

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/moves to san fran

Meho

29/01/09 @ 10:30

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This sounds like an April Fool joke... but in january???

Thalanos

29/01/09 @ 10:44

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I was thinking the same thing as Meho. Crazyness.

hiddenranbir

29/01/09 @ 10:50

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This is why academia is failing.

Darkedge

29/01/09 @ 10:52

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no I think the line "Other classes include There Be Dragons, The Ethics of Star Trek and Beginner's Scrabble: Strategy, Knowledge, and Fun" MUST be taking the piss..

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29/01/09 @ 11:15

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I essentially did a StarCraft course at college 8 years ago. It was supposed to be an IT course, but we just played SC over the network instead of doing any coursework!

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Eraysor

29/01/09 @ 11:15

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Awesome.

actionfitz

29/01/09 @ 11:42

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cool. wonder how that will look on a CV?
BA Hons Mastering the Zerg?

Nithron

29/01/09 @ 12:17

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The key part is this: "The University of California, Berkeley has begun offering a StarCraft course that rewards students with college credits they can put towards graduating."

It's not a principle course, you just get some credits for doing it. We do something similar at my decidedly UK-based university, where except with especially heavy-duty courses, you need to take little mini-courses like that one in order to get enough credits to pass your first year.

Nobody really takes them seriously.

Xerx3s

29/01/09 @ 14:24

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Education levels down the drain.

DannyInternets

29/01/09 @ 16:10

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I did a little research and it's a hoax. There are no courses being taught by Alan Feng at UC Berkeley nor is there anything in the course catalog:

http://www.counterfeitculture.com/index....

Caspar_Esq.

30/01/09 @ 17:56

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Well if it really is a hoax you should really email EG and tell them to check their facts better next time...

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