3/4 years of a B.S. at a large research university, with 1 or 2 grad courses thrown in.

> DS&A classes..at WGU look completely watered down from what is taught in a single semester at the nearby university of Utah.

I agree with that. They do look watered down.

> They are talking about learning about hashmaps (how, at this point in their education???)

I checked the link and don't see what you are describing. One comment is talking about how to use a hashmap. But, I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't know what a hashmap was at all, since I've encountered that in undergrad at brick-and-mortar too.

> More than half the classes in the CS BS degree at WGU look like filler too

That's exactly how I feel about most gen-eds at a brick-and-mortar :)

But, I am actually learning things from these filler courses that were never taught at my university, nor taught at the workplace, which honestly did surprise me in a good way.