chess course in University
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I think it would be a good idea implementing chess at university for credit.
I would think that Chess is mentally challenging enough to be a class at a University and worth 1 credit. Perhaps the grading system suggested by this post is a bit too harsh? You have to take into account the fact that beginners could be in the course, and it would be detrimental to punish them because they have a beginner's ignorance.
I fail to see how you can grade a player's performance at chess, but then I also fail to see how you grade them at table tenis. Let's be serious... table tennis? To be honest I think sports should not be graded unless you are at a special school where you are playing to be a professional, e.g. a gymnastic school.
If there were such a course, I would take it just because it would be fun. If you take a class about something you like it is often a good class.
Chess should be required academic material starting at the first-grade level. Just like math and reading, only more useful.
Why even allow sports credits to begin with? I find that useless; university should be based on academics, in my opinion. Sports and chess should remain exclusively as a club activity, not a class, ESPECIALLY not in grade school.
If you are forced to do it, you tend to pull away from it. Chess would become a chore, not a game; why ruin it?
Why not give A's to students who improve 100+ points of rating in a year, B to students who improve 70-99, etc.
Jan 15, 2009
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Phelan wrote:
Why not give A's to students who improve 100+ points of rating in a year, B to students who improve 70-99, etc.
That'd be kind of unfair if you were say, Magnus Carlsen.
Then again, Magnus Carlsen taking a university chess course would be unfair in and of itself.
Jun 2, 2011
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I teach chess at the University of Zagreb as an elective course. Students get 2 credit points.
Why would you want to study chess at university? It's a hobby turned professional activity, not an academic subject.
kmalaric wrote:
I teach chess at the University of Zagreb as an elective course. Students get 2 credit points.
What do you teach them? Chess rules/basics? Or more advanced?
Really nice opinion about chess. If there will be such university then I will definitely join for chess courses.
Nice idea , most universities have chess clubs , a local university I was gonna visit had the "campus ninjas" who ran around the campus dressed in black doing parcore
Aug 31, 2014
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I took chess in university, it was worth 2 credits.
The teacher tried to reward improvement.
He gave tactical exercises and gave a simul at the beginning and at the end of the semester.
I would like to have such a course at my University 
I decided to learn how to play chess and the professional players I knew promised to help me. I also ordered several essays on papersowl.com on how to develop a classroom environment and develop strategic thinking in students. This is a service that I found thanks to the reviews I read. I also read a lot of guides and manuals, maybe you can advise something else? For example, some kind of video tutorials or channels? I would be very grateful for your advice as I want to implement this among students of the university.
I would think that chess would be enough of a mind building exercise in a classroom environment that it would at least be worth a 1 credit general course at any college.
Mez