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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:20 pm
Should students be required to take unrelated coursework to their major? Why/why not?
I personally believe that the requirement is just a money scheme for the colleges. More hours needed = more time spent in college = more money spent.
I personally believe that the requirement is just a money scheme for the colleges. More hours needed = more time spent in college = more money spent.
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:26 pm to WareagleTD
I think you should have some foundational classes that touch a lot of areas in your first 2 years for a couple of reasons.
1. Not everyone goes to college and already know what they want to do. For some, this gives exposure to other areas and those maybe interesting to the kids to pursue.
2. College isn't ONLY about training you for your occupation. It is also about enrichment. I love the things I learned in some of my oddball elective classes.
1. Not everyone goes to college and already know what they want to do. For some, this gives exposure to other areas and those maybe interesting to the kids to pursue.
2. College isn't ONLY about training you for your occupation. It is also about enrichment. I love the things I learned in some of my oddball elective classes.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:31 pm to WareagleTD
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Should students be required to take unrelated coursework to their major?
Yes. College isn't job training, it's an eduction.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:33 pm to WareagleTD
No. Because an Accounting Major like myself shouldn't have to take an GeoScience Lab where I look at rocks and distinguish between classes by studying the cleavage of a certain crystal.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:38 pm to pivey14
Well then don't sign up geology.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:39 pm to WareagleTD
Sure. It can open your mind to different areas, and it keeps the mind sharp focusing on different things.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:39 pm to Masterag
I have to take 8 hours of science with lab and I'm not going to take Biology because (while easy) it is still substantially harder than Geology.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:40 pm to pivey14
Geo 2 is a lot more interesting. Just get through this first one.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:41 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
I won't be taking a second one. Plants and Humans was my first credit. This is the last science I'll ever have to take in my entire life. 
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:43 pm to pivey14
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Plants and Humans was my first credit.
Odd, usually biology and zoology are separate.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:24 pm to WareagleTD
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Should students be required to take unrelated coursework to their major? Why/why not?
Yes because you should have basic knowledge of math, science and literature even if you're going to be in a totally unrelated field. You're a better contribution to society if you don't know just one thing.
I had to take at least 6 hours of Spanish above the 200 level before I could graduate. I hated it at the time but I'm glad they made me.
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:01 am to tiger114
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I think you should have some foundational classes that touch a lot of areas
Me, too. College blew my mind. I couldn't get enough. I took classes in many different fields. Science classes had the biggest appeal to me and I still take at least one or two a year. Online classes are the tits.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 6:44 am to WareagleTD
Colleges should require a certain level of basic coursework for cultural literacy. I'd be embarrassed if someone exited UA not knowing what 1984 was or how evolution works because all they took were accounting classes. If all you care about is a job and not an education, go to trade school. You can make more money as a welder than an accountant (at least starting out).
Posted on 4/14/15 at 7:14 am to jbond
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If all you care about is a job and not an education, go to trade school.
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Posted on 4/14/15 at 7:31 am to WareagleTD
I hated school and extra electives, but I was working 40+ hours and skipping meals days at a time because I was so poor. I was looking for the fastest way out.
That being said, I'm glad I took a few courses out of my field. History or Rock and Roll was great, 12 hours of Spanish was good for me, computer classes piqued my interest enough to make a career out of it.
That being said, I'm glad I took a few courses out of my field. History or Rock and Roll was great, 12 hours of Spanish was good for me, computer classes piqued my interest enough to make a career out of it.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 7:40 am to Henry Jones Jr
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You're a better contribution to society if you don't know just one thing.
That may be true, but society is a better contributor to you if you are a master of one thing as opposed to a jack of all trades.
I think a 4-year school that minimized core-curriculum in favor of more specialized study would do well.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:16 am to WareagleTD
It depends on the student, in my opinion. Does the student know what they want to do? If they meet with their advisor and say "I want to be X and need the skills and knowledge to make that happen. I have no interest in Y.", then the student shouldn't have to waste money on classes they don't want or need. If a student is really there to figure out what they want to do or to get a well rounded education, then they can take the general requirements. Sure, there needs to be an aptitude test to make sure that a student can write in complete sentences and thoughts, and perform basic algebra that one will need throughout life, but I don't think you should force someone to be well-rounded if they don't want to be. The college debt bubble will burst if something isn't changed soon.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:16 am to jbond
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If all you care about is a job and not an education, go to trade school.
If they offered a "trade school" specifically for education certs I'd be happy to do so. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way if I want to do what I want to do.
I don't mind taking classes outside of my major/concentration. But sometimes the number of electives they request is a little ridiculous. At the very least offer electives that could tie into my major in some shape or form and offer it with a schedule that's not going to limit me to a sociology course on native americans because I'm taking classes in the evening.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 8:19 am
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:45 am to WareagleTD
Yes. Not everybody knows what they want to be, and taking diverse courses exposes students to new fields of study that they might find appealing.
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