http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2009/07/how-parents-can-help-college-students-understand-general-education-requirements/ Information for the parents of college students Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2009/07/how-parents-can-help-college-students-understand-general-education-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Nancy Mullen Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:18:35 +0000 http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/?p=584#comment-966 As a parent of a freshman, you are right on target with your observations and parent recommendations. Having conversations with your child about the importance of General education courses is an effective way to embrace the academic requirements by teaching institutions. This can only prepare them for the “dislikes” they will encounter after employment. General education courses also develop critical thinking skills and bring value to a diverse society. Although these courses are important, so is having a plan to graduate in a timely matter. Looking for the connections between majors and liberal art courses in a course catalog is not only time consuming….it often requires an Excel spread sheet to find the answers! . With the help of <a href="http://www.myedu.com/save" rel="nofollow"></a> we developed a <a href="http://www.myedu.com/save" rel="nofollow">graduation roadmap</a> and planned the courses needed for graduation. Having tools that allow us to customize a <a href="http://www.myedu.com" rel="nofollow">class schedule</a>, <a href="http://www.myedu.com" rel="nofollow">balance fall and spring semesters’</a>, and track <a href="http://www.myedu.com" rel="nofollow">GPA</a> , has allowed us to look past the General education courses, to see the BIG picture… graduation As a parent of a freshman, you are right on target with your observations and parent recommendations. Having conversations with your child about the importance of General education courses is an effective way to embrace the academic requirements by teaching institutions. This can only prepare them for the “dislikes” they will encounter after employment. General education courses also develop critical thinking skills and bring value to a diverse society.
Although these courses are important, so is having a plan to graduate in a timely matter. Looking for the connections between majors and liberal art courses in a course catalog is not only time consuming….it often requires an Excel spread sheet to find the answers! . With the help of we developed a graduation roadmap and planned the courses needed for graduation. Having tools that allow us to customize a class schedule, balance fall and spring semesters’, and track GPA , has allowed us to look past the General education courses, to see the BIG picture… graduation

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