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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I had multiple engineering courses that gave projects instead of finals, pretty much a different way of accomplishing the same thing. It's actually probably harder to bs your way through a project.
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Yup. Also gives the student examples of work to share with prospective employers, lets them do something that is interesting to them, and is a LOT easier to come up with and grade than a 100 question exam - most of my exam questions are short essay style (2-3 sentences to answer) or exact commands.