pre-requisites and such.General education.

Grad is when you are taking classes that are designated as your major whatever it may be.after your first degree.

You usually take what ever classes you want, based on what you THINK you want to major in, and also based on what your counselor advises you if you don’t know your major.

I suggest you go to your community college first and take some classes you think are interesting, and get used to college. GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO FIND YOURSELF AND SAVE SOME MONEY.

You have to take it seriously though.

If you are going to go to a different school than the one you are taking these classes at, you should go to THEIR website, and see what classes they require. After that, you should find out what courses will transfer over from the school you are attending. (Some classes will transfer as the GER but some will just transfer as an elective. You don’t want that, if you are going to get the “basics” out of the way. You want to make sure it transfers in as the requirement you want to fulfill.

A little personal advice: It is a good idea to spread these courses out. If you don’t know what you want, take some courses in different areas to figure it out. You should start your major’s program BY your second year. Otherwise, you end up with all your major requirements at once, which is REALLY difficult. I didn’t start my major until my junior year (could not decide what I wanted), so now I am here an extra semester, simply because I did not have enough time to complete the remaining courses.

Undergraduate: Post secondary education up to your bachelors degree. Ex. Associates, Bachelors….

Graduate: Masters program. You usually have to take an entrance exam, and this program is more focused, very specific. It usually plays off of your bachelors degree (EX. English BA, 17th Century Literature study for masters).

The first program you do is the undergrad, and if you choose to, you can go on to get your masters.

An Undergrad student is going for and Associates(2 year degree) or a Bachelors(4 year degree), a Grad student is going for a masters(5-6 years) and a Doctoral Student is working toward their doctorate(8+ years)

There are 4000 different colleges in the USA, so they all have their own idea about what is “basic.” You need to go to the college you are thinking about and check to see what they consider “basic.”

Most Freshmen take four or five courses in the Fall and another four or five in the Spring. These would include a science course such as biology or geology, a history or social sciences course such as psychology or sociology, a math course, and a couple of English courses probably including Composition. At a big college there might be hundreds of courses to choose from, so you would have to meet with an advisor who would give you some tips on what courses you probably need to take.

There are some very good books that give advice on how to choose a college and what to expect when you get there. If you go to your local library and ask the librarian for help, she will be able to find one for you.

In some majors: studio art, music, theater, etc. where there is big time commitments for courses, spreading the general education requirements through the four years is better because those classes “balance” timewise against studios and labs.

Assuming you have some idea of a major or two that you want to consider, I would talk to faculty and advisors in those areas rather than just assuming it is smart to do the basics first. Good luck!

The basic would cover College Math, English 1 or 101, Political Science, A science course which can be baby or hard, depending on you, baby would be observational astronomy, Psychology 1 or 101, hard would be Chemistry or Physics, very hard would be ORganic Chemistry or Astro Physics.

That’s 12 units minimum. That’s a first semester of SOILDS or REQUIREMENTS to get a degree, no electives or art courses.

YOu want to make it easier, drop one of the solids and take an Art course, as that is alos required. Music Appreciation, Pantomime, History of the Theater, History of TV Cinema

Those are all cush courses and they fullfill an Art requirement.

As far as basics it depends on where you go. College English, Math, U.S. History, U.S Politics, maybe a Science. I would go to a couple of the websites for the colleges you are interested in and see what they suggest for a major you think you may be interested in.