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ACTIVITY 6.3

Developing an Educational Plan

Learning skills: clarifying expectations, prioritizing, managing resources

WHY

In college, you will need to declare a major. Unless you want to stay in college for a long time and for even
more money than you had thought, you need to develop a plan for meeting the requirements for that major.
In addition, most colleges expect their students to meet general education requirements, sometimes called
“core courses.” These requirements reflect a school’s beliefs in what constitutes a strong educational
foundation. An understanding of these requirements is especially helpful for the planning and scheduling
what you do during your first two years at college. With this knowledge you can avoid scheduling mistakes
and unnecessary delays in meeting course prerequisites.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Understand what is meant by general education or core curriculum requirements.
2. Know the specific general education requirements for your school as well as the major requirements

for your chosen major for this exercise.
3. Become more familiar with your college catalog.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Criterion #1: the General Education Requirements Table you complete
Attributes:
a. completeness (all requirements are identified)
b. accuracy of the responses

Criterion #2: the Educational Plan you complete
Attributes:
a. completeness
b. how well plan meets your stated goals

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