College Degree
Associates and Bachelors
What is Undergraduate Program?
What is the abbreviation for having a doctorate in Philosophy?
Ph.D
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0
What is Grade Points?
Anthropology, Art History and Sociology fall under which Bachelors Umbrella
Bachelor of Arts
What is Factors to Consider When Selecting a College?
Size, Location, People, Academics, Social Opportunities, and Cost.
120 coursework hours/credits
What is Bachelor Degree?
Public or private: non-profit or for-profit institutions.
What is Four-year colleges/Universities?
A G.P.A of 3.28 would fall under which letter grade?
B
What are the four systems of higher education?
Community Colleges
State Universities
Public Universities
Independent Colleges & Universities
Graduate degrees consist of which degrees?
Masters and Doctorate
Degrees specialize in a specific field.
What is Graduate Degree?
Schools that are private, non-public institutions that are in business to make money for owners and shareholders.
What is Proprietary Schools?
2.00 is a requirement for what?
What is graduate high school?
True or False: It should take 4 years to complete an undergraduate degree if the student is attending school full time.
True
What is the different between Federal Pell Grant and scholarship?
Gifts of money to students from state, federal, or private sources. While state and federal grant programs are based on financial need, scholarships may be based on a variety of factors, including need, academic excellence, leadership qualities, heritage, or extracurricular interests.
The largest pool of federal grant money. You must apply for a Federal Pell Grant, using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), to be considered for the Pell Grant and other forms of aid. Students are not required to pay the grant funds back.
Most advanced type of degree program available.
What is Doctorate degree?
True or False: The first two years of college is similar to the first two years in an university
True
What does G.P.A stand for?
Grade point average
What are the three types of Doctorate Degrees?
Research, Professional, Honorary
What are the top 3 majors according the the video shown in class
1. Computer Science
2. Medicine
3. Finance
What is the difference between Bachelors of Arts and Fine Arts?
Bachelor of Arts degree track will require that you have a lot more of the basic Liberal Arts classes, such as, English, Math, a foreign language, along with the area of work you plan to go into. With a BA, you will spend more time on the liberal arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts you would spend most of your time on the visual arts such as dance, music or theater
Schools that operate for the benefit of the general public without shareholders or profit motive.
What is Non-Profit Schools?
Add the G.P.A for each quarter and divide by the number of quarters
What is overall G.P.A?
What are the pros and cons of dual enrollment?
Pros:
Gives ideas of what full-time college coursework will be like
Be able to take classes not offered at high school
Take classes in interested area
Accumulate college credit to graduate college earlier
Do not have to pay for classes when in dual enrollment
Cons:
College classes may interfere with your high school course work
May interfere with college GPA if not ready for college level class
There are 11 alternatives to college according to the article, “Is College for Everyone? 11 Alternatives to a 4-year college.” Name at least 5 alternatives.
1. Start a business
2. Attend community
3. Get into a trade
4. Be an artist
5. Take online classes.
6. Take a job. Any job.
7. Sell real estate
8. Volunteer
9. Join the military
10. Become an apprentice/fellow
11. Attend a work college