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Re-using your own projects in schools ??
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MathWizard:
Say you were in university and had to do some big project like write a computer program, or a poem even. If for some reason you have to do the course over, or perhaps you could use the project in another class......is that normally allowed ?

What if you failed some project and a course or you couldn't finish, so next semester you want to do the same project and fix it or complete.

Or you don't have time, or care about re-using your own project for any reason.

I guess it depends on the school and the people invovled, but I just thought of this so I'm just wondering. I haven't been in school for years, and I never had any projects to do, in the little while I was in university.
ataradov:
It depends on a lot of things. Different countries and universities have different requirements. Doing the same project again for the same course that you failed is probably fine. Presumably you can improve on it, since you have failed the first time. Using for a different class should be also fine, and long as you are adding relevant stuff for that class. In most cases you are not starting from scratch anyway, so starting from your own old project should not be a big deal.

One thing  that may catch you off guard is that at least in the US many universities assert that any IP you have created during the coursework belongs to the university. It is probably not a huge deal in most cases, but if you invent something decent, and then go on to build a business based on that project, you may be in for a surprise.
AlbertL:
The main thing is to talk to your professor so you have a clear understanding of what's allowable under his/her and the school's policies.  When I took some classes at a state university years ago, the rule (as I recall) was that you couldn't re-submit "assessable work" from one course for a grade in another.       
m98:
I guess this isn't not only highly dependent on the universities regulations, but the individual professor. Never had a course that required a project that could be failed unless you actually didn't do anything, but those projects where always new per semester and done in a team, so I guess if a team didn't actually deliver something to pass, they all would've needed to do a new project once they retook the course.
But most professors didn't require you to redo already passed assignments like worksheets or programming assignments if you had to retake their course.
Vovk_Z:

--- Quote from: AlbertL on August 29, 2021, 10:42:04 pm ---the rule (as I recall) was that you couldn't re-submit "assessable work" from one course for a grade in another.     

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This is a general (or typical) university rule all over the world, I think. But there may be a possibility to do it in a "easy way": to change a name of a project but not a whole project (a life-hack from developing countries) :), if a professor is not too strict.
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