Adventures in Ethics and Science 2008-05-14

Why it's so hard to get that course you need.

There's an article in Access (the glossy magazine put out by our School of Journalism and Mass Communication) about why so few of our students manage to get their degrees in four years. Part of it has to do with the fact that most of our students work -- many the equivalent of full time (or more) -- and many have long commutes to get here. As well, many who start out taking courses at community colleges discover that some of those credits don't transfer. But a lot of the challenge, it turns out, has to do with lining up all the classes to fulfill all the major and general education requirements: SJSU academic advisor and instructor Michael Randle, who has been working at SJSU since 1998, believes that understanding the requirements, knowing the prerequisites and organizing one's priorities can ...

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