What do you study in General Studies?

Colleges & Universities Texas A&M University
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<p>I’ve been admitted to the Blinn Team program with General Studies.</p>

<p>Can someone tell me what courses do we have to study in General Studies?</p>

<p>Don’t direct me to a website please… list courses here…</p>

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<p>You study exactly the same courses you would if you had been admitted directly to your major, get the grades, and then apply to change major, usually sometime before your junior year.</p>

<p>At the school I went to, everyone had to do this. No freshmen were admitted directly to their major.</p>

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<p>The Core Curriculum requirements for Catalog 130 are:</p>

<pre><code>* Communication (6 hours)

  • Mathematics (6 hours)
  • Natural Sciences (8 hours)
  • Humanities (3 hours)
  • Visual and Performing Arts (3 hours)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)
  • U.S. History and Political Science (12 hours)
  • International and Cultural Diversity (6 hours)
  • Kinesiology (2 hours)
    </code></pre>
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<p>What is Catalog 130?</p>

<p>I am considering the University of Maryland, and they dont have any such compulsary subjects (Kinesiology, Cultural Diversity, U.S. history, etc.)</p>

<p>Do I have to give these subjects in General Studies if my second choice major is Computer Science?</p>

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<p>Catalog 130 is just (hopefully) the number of the most recent edition of the course catalog. </p>

<p>“Core Curriculum” is just a list of types of courses that everybody has to take. The intent is to ensure the individual is well-rounded. They had the same kind of thing when/where I went to school. I’m inclined to think that most places have a similar requirement, even if they call it something different or administer it in a different way.</p>

<p>[University</a> of Maryland CORE Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies Program](<a href=“http://www.ugst.umd.edu/core/]University”>CORE Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies Program)</p>

<p>I believe the norm is you try to knock off as much of the core curriculum as you can your freshman year, although I personally didn’t finish all my humanities electives until right before I graduated. Sophomore year one would probably be starting to knock off prereq’s for courses in your major and maybe a few basic courses in your major as well. Then you would apply for admittance into your major for junior year.</p>

<p>I would think that the only thing that changes for Blinn TEAM is that you’ll be taking some courses from Blinn and some from TAMU. Might require a little more work cross-checking course equivalents than a full-time TAMU student but that’s what, an hour’s worth of work per semester? Plus the Blinn TEAM has been in existence for a while now so I’m sure the academic counselors have it all down to a science.</p>