Bachelor's Degree Question?

Question

When you are in college and are going for a Bachelor's Degree, do you take just the courses for your major or do you also take core courses like in high school (math, science, english, history) even though they aren't your major?

Answer 1

Your 1st 2 years comprise your General Education courses. You generally do not start focusing on your major until your 3rd year. Many of your G.E classess are prereq's for the courses required of your major.

Answer 2

When you are going for your bachelors you have to take prerequisites that have NOTHING to do with your major but are necessary for you to take.

Some schools have test so that they can properly place you in a level math or English course while others have an outline of how many English, math, history course you have to take before you take courses dealing with your major.

Usually it's only a handful of general courses before you get to the best part: classes dealing with your future career choice.

Answer 3

You take everything within your major that the college your major is in requires.
You have to take so many hours of math, science,English, history, etc. along with classes for your major which generally you will take in sophomore years and up. Contact the university you are interested in. Go to their website, go to the academic section, search for your major, and they will probably have a degree requirements page showing which classes and how many hours in each you will need to take.

Answer 4

All accredited bachelor's degree programs require core courses in arts and sciences such as the ones you listed. It's intended to give you a well rounded education. However, some career schools allow you to get a degree in a focused field of study without general education requirements however, they don't award a Bachelor's degree.

Answer 5

You still have to take courses that are not in your major. For example, probably at least half of your classes will consist of your Required Courses that aren't actually in your major depending upon what your major is and what college you are going to. Your Masters is different.

Answer 6

Yes, these extra classes are usually called "breadth of knowledge" classes. You can expect to take about 50 or so credit hours (almost half of the total required to graduate) of these classes, depending on the university. It's very important to space these classes out so that you're taking two or three degree-related courses and two breadth of knowledge courses at one time; otherwise your senior year, you'll find you're taking all upper level classes related to your degree, which is a lot of work, especially when you have Senioritis.

Answer 7

Yes, you need to take classes outside of your major, it makes you a "more rounded individual" supposedly. lol Depending on your university you may also have to meet something called "Gordon rule" classes, which make you write long essays to show your competency in other areas. They are really annoying classes but you're done with them in the first 2 yrs.

Answer 8

It depends on the university. Most colleges require you to take a broad range of subjects. Some have minimal requirements -- so technically, you could take most of your classes in your major.

Typically, students take four to six classes per term -- and take two in their major each term.

Answer 9

I tried to round it out with more advanced classes that were not in my major. If you plan on proceeding past a BS into a Masters, it helps that you took more difficult classes than Underwater Basketweaving 101.