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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This is why it’s hard to compare education. In the Nordic countries you finish your GE in college before you go to university. In fact you are in Sweden not eligible for university unless you have 12 years of Swedish, 9 years of English, 8 years of maths and 8 years of social science. You are 19 when you’re through those courses.
Because colleges are businesses and they make more money the longer you’re there.
Did you think they functioned any differently than literally everything else in America?
This is why it’s hard to compare education. In the Nordic countries you finish your GE in college before you go to university. In fact you are in Sweden not eligible for university unless you have 12 years of Swedish, 9 years of English, 8 years of maths and 8 years of social science. You are 19 when you’re through those courses.
I went to a large state, public, university. Each college, for example College of Arts and Sciences, had basic course, art, science, math, language, etc. requirements.
I was a Biochemistry major and to earn a Bachelor’s degree I had to take 18 hours, 6 classes, of a foreign language, 16 hours, 4 classes of math, and some other subjects not in my major.
I read somewhere that the purpose of a Bachelor’s college degree was to educate a well rounded person.
I talked to someone who got accepted to Medical School, and he said “Great now I can take the courses I am really interested in. IIRC, he was really interested in Literature. Most of the Biology and Chemistry majors I knew took the minimum non-science course load to graduate or get accepted in post graduate programs.
I went to a large state, public, university. Each college, for example College of Arts and Sciences, had basic course, art, science, math, language, etc. requirements.
I was a Biochemistry major and to earn a Bachelor’s degree I had to take 18 hours, 6 classes, of a foreign language, 16 hours, 4 classes of math, and some other subjects not in my major.
I read somewhere that the purpose of a Bachelor’s college degree was to educate a well rounded person.
I talked to someone who got accepted to Medical School, and he said “Great now I can take the courses I am really interested in. IIRC, he was really interested in Literature. Most of the Biology and Chemistry majors I knew took the minimum non-science course load to graduate or get accepted in post graduate programs.
I’m an American university student in engineering. Out of the 40 courses I have to take, 31 of them are engineering classes (most of which are directly related to what I’m doing, although 1 or 2 are more general science requirements), and an additional 3 are free electives which could be related things if I felt like it
I’m an American university student in engineering. Out of the 40 courses I have to take, 31 of them are engineering classes (most of which are directly related to what I’m doing, although 1 or 2 are more general science requirements), and an additional 3 are free electives which could be related things if I felt like it
I don’t know about Australia, but in many developed countries, there’s a whole year of secondary school beyond what we do in America. Students here usually start university at age 18, but it’s not unusual to meet a 17-year-old university student. That pretty much guarantees a year or so of general education in the university setting before any specialized courses.
I don’t know about Australia, but in many developed countries, there’s a whole year of secondary school beyond what we do in America. Students here usually start university at age 18, but it’s not unusual to meet a 17-year-old university student. That pretty much guarantees a year or so of general education in the university setting before any specialized courses.
I went to a large state, public, university. Each college, for example College of Arts and Sciences, had basic course, art, science, math, language, etc. requirements.
I was a Biochemistry major and to earn a Bachelor’s degree I had to take 18 hours, 6 classes, of a foreign language, 16 hours, 4 classes of math, and some other subjects not in my major.
I read somewhere that the purpose of a Bachelor’s college degree was to educate a well rounded person.
I talked to someone who got accepted to Medical School, and he said “Great now I can take the courses I am really interested in. IIRC, he was really interested in Literature. Most of the Biology and Chemistry majors I knew took the minimum non-science course load to graduate or get accepted in post graduate programs.
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