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I'm curious about the practical side of these courses as well as the intellectual side.

How much time does the course use up? I expect everyone is different - so it's a personal question of your time. Are there homework assignments or exercises? How are the practical aspects handled for example with learning a programming language?

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With regards to the current classes, it typically takes 2-3 hours to consume the lectures (unless you have ADHD like me). 20 minutes to finish weekly exercises. 1-2 hours to finish the programming exercises in the ML class. The ML class also gave a crash course in programming Octave, which handled any language issues you may have for that course.

I took 2 classes, which is a huge time-sink (I can't even go through the textbooks). I think for a person with a full-time job, 1 course would be enough for a particular semester.

Thanks, I've signed up! I think I can spare enough time to make it worthwhile - reading the textbooks will probably be a stretch though.

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