and at least in the science/math/tech courses they work pretty hard and apparently that's the norm.

That's just it... there are almost no science/math/tech courses in my degree track... despite the fact that it's Management Information Systems.

There have been no science classes at all. As far as math, there was a Statistics course, and technically the degree requires a Calculus class, but my engineering degree had enough math to more than satisfy the requirements. The most intensive class I've taken to date, Quantitative Methods for Business, was basically just applied statistics. When I went through orientation, the advisor I saw actually had me dreading that class because I hadn't used any calculus since I graduated in 1994, and she made it out to be some kind of applied business calculus mixed with statistics and said that 75% of students took the class at least twice. It turned out to be a joke, and every semester they send me e-mails congratulating me on being one of the few students in recent history who got an A in the class, and recruiting me to be a tutor.

The MIS classes I've taken so far included an "Intro to Computing" class that I tested out of, an "Intro to Programming" class I got a waiver on based on several years of software development experience, a Microsoft Excel/Access class that I practically taught (I spent most of the class going around the room, helping the professor answer students' questions), and a Database Analysis and Design course that I crushed (I ended up with something like a 96% when the class average was in the 70s). I'm currently taking an Information Security class that uses the Security+ exam prep guide as a textbook, and a System Analysis & Design class where I have the latest group project I was bitching about. The last two MIS classes I have left to take are Security Management and Computer Forensics - Forensics is probably about the most technical class there is in the track.

I can't remember when an exam (including finals) took me more than 30 minutes, or I got less than a 90%. And even then, there's either a curve or extra credit. In my System Analysis & Design class right now, I have a higher than 100% grade. I'm seriously considering asking the teacher to just give me the A and let me skip the rest of the semester.