SYS 3055

Companies come to talk to you about their careers and experiences. The only grades are attending the seminars and then writing discussion posts about them. The meetings usually last only 1 hour and the discussion posts at an absolute maximum are a paragraph. Super easy, just show up and it is a guaranteed 100%.

Out of all the classes I've taken, this has been one of the most useful! It consists of just one 50-minute lecture per week from UVA Systems Alumni in various career paths. I appreciated the diversity in speakers we had -- although 80% of UVA Systems graduates end up working in consulting, we were also able to hear from Systems graduate students, CEOs, data and analytics professionals, sales engineers, business analysts, and product managers. In terms of grading, as long as you show up to each seminar (you have to sign in on an attendance sheet) and respond to one discussion post per seminar, you are guaranteed an A. My only gripe with this course is that it meets at a somewhat undesirable time -- 5:00 pm on Thursdays, and if you miss even one seminar or discussion post, you are bumped down half a letter grade (with exceptions only for illness). If you like having Thursday evening plans (sunset series, weekend trips), you'll have to plan them around this class.