New college credit policy
Recently, the Illinois State Academic Senate approved a new policy requiring general students to choose a major by the time they reach 75 hours of college credit-including transfer hours.
Effective Jan. 1, 2007 this policy will apply to all incoming ISU students.
I'm happy this policy has been implemented. By the time a student reaches 75 credit hours they are a second semester junior. School's almost finished. They should have a major!
However, many students fear that once they choose their major there is no turning back. This is a huge misconception.
The policy is intended to impel students to decide a plan of action and explore a path of study. If students evaluate their interests at the start of their freshman year, they should easily choose a major by the time sophomore year approaches.
The university offers a wide variety of services such as, "Find Your Major" meetings, career festivals and daily academic advising contact, which can aid in decision making.
In addition, ISU's 75 hour credit cap is extremely generous when compared with other universities. The University of Illinois has a 60 hour credit cap and Western Illinois University caps at 45 hours. When we look at the break down, it is obvious that incoming students have nothing to worry about.
If newbies exercise some responsibility and figure out what subjects they enjoy studying, there will be no problem when it comes time to choose their major.
Seventy-five hours is plenty of time.
Effective Jan. 1, 2007 this policy will apply to all incoming ISU students.
I'm happy this policy has been implemented. By the time a student reaches 75 credit hours they are a second semester junior. School's almost finished. They should have a major!
However, many students fear that once they choose their major there is no turning back. This is a huge misconception.
The policy is intended to impel students to decide a plan of action and explore a path of study. If students evaluate their interests at the start of their freshman year, they should easily choose a major by the time sophomore year approaches.
The university offers a wide variety of services such as, "Find Your Major" meetings, career festivals and daily academic advising contact, which can aid in decision making.
In addition, ISU's 75 hour credit cap is extremely generous when compared with other universities. The University of Illinois has a 60 hour credit cap and Western Illinois University caps at 45 hours. When we look at the break down, it is obvious that incoming students have nothing to worry about.
If newbies exercise some responsibility and figure out what subjects they enjoy studying, there will be no problem when it comes time to choose their major.
Seventy-five hours is plenty of time.
Kim Behrens Junior Journalism Major
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