I live in Australia where if you study a particular degree, all (or the vast majority) of your subjects are directly related to that field.
I may be wrong but movies tend to give me the impression that at American universities/colleges, all students study a wide array of subjects, attend random lectures, and students room with people studying different things.
It also appears to be a lot about the lifestyle and not just get in, do your study, get your degree.
Are American studies specialised or more general?
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I can only really speak for the UK system, but in general the ability to take ‘side’ classes will be very degree dependent.
If you are working towards one of the traditionally ‘heavy’ degrees like medicine or engineering, generally there will be a pretty strict set of requirements before your degree is awarded. So your courses will be chosen for you in order to cover all of those individual topics without any room to change – to miss a class could mean missing a requirement for your chosen degree.
But not all degrees are quite so strict in their requirements. Often you will find that to complete you major (or main) degree you will need to complete a certain selection of classes, but these will not make up a full schedule, or provide enough credits to cover awarding a degree. In this case you will need to study additional classes from a larger pool of topics to gain those extra credits.
The exact requirements will vary between degrees and schools, but there can sometimes be a set of general classes every student will take, a pool of related classes to choose from, or other selection system.
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