How does Penn State define an elective credit?!

bbonds007
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:18:41 +0000

I just got back from orientation, where an “academic adviser” sat down with us and scheduled our classes together. This adviser told me "only General Education classes qualify to count as elective credits, so only classes designated as GWS, GQ, GHA, GN, GA, GH, and GS. I think this is dead wrong. I can’t find any official definition on Penn State’s website saying what an elective is, but the orientation video you are suppose to watch has this definition.

“Elective credits must be completed, but a student can choose to satisfy these credits by taking any course that bears Penn State credit.”

Am I just stupid, or does that not mean any class offered by Penn State can be taken as an elective?

I can not speak to another adviser until tomorrow at 1pm. My brain is going to explode if I can not figure out what is going on here.