Dazed and Confused!
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Dear Diary,
For many of our students at the local community college I work with, this is the first time any member of their family has had a college experience! In addition to the actual coursework, information about classes needed, credits, registration, graduation audits, etc. are all areas needing attention. These issues are covered in our New Student Orientation.
At the end of a recent spring semester, one student came in wanting to know about graduation procedures. As I began an audit process I noticed that he had taken only one class per semester for the past two years. In our conversation I noted that he had only four classes under his belt for a total of 12 semester hours, and that an associate’s degree consisted of 62 semester hours.
He was in shock.
He said, “This is a 2 year college, right?’
“Yes,” I replied.
“Well, I’ve been here two years and I want my degree!”
Needless to say, this student had missed orientation!
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What was he NOT thinking … Thanks for sharing!
I have so many students come in to ask how many hours it takes to get a degree. I have to explain that it isn’t just how many random hours, a degree requires specific courses for a total of x number of hours.
Perhaps we should stop referring to community colleges as “two-year” colleges.
I have never heard of a 2 (or even a 4)year college! What we, as advisors, need to do is get away from telling students that community colleges are 2 year schools and start informing them that we offer 60 -62 semester hour associates degree, regardless of the amount of time it takes to complete (especially important for the non-traditional students). It’s not the students fault, he / she is just repeating what we (the institutions) have told him / her.
If a student isn’t with it enough to realize 12 hours wouldn’t give him a degree, he shouldn’t be in school – a “two-year” or “four-year”. This was really funny!
I had a student say the same thing to me because he was unemployed and needed to finish his training in a year but he had placed into developmental courses so he would take longer. Even doing the academic plan for him and laying out on paper he still didn’t get it. Thanks for sharing.