Elective courses are classes that are available to students in order to provide them with more in depth material regarding a specific subject. They range in subjects, and at times are classes that have nothing to do with academics. Students are usually not required to take these classes in k-12, universities and institutions but are encouraged to do so. Students are given the choice to take an elective to further their understanding for a subject or passion they want to continue to learn about. They are designed to encourage students to pursue a hobby, expand their knowledge, and allow them to begin to process whether the elective they are taking could one day turn into a career. Electives are courses that you can "elect" to take purely out of interest--because they are not something that you need in order to fulfill a major, CORE, or minor requirement. [1]
Computer science: programming, graphic design, web design [4]
English: journalism, creative writing, speech and debate [5]
Family and consumer science: nutrition, child development, culinary courses [6]
Math and Science: environmental science, zoology, astronomy, statistics [7]
Social Studies: psychology, anthropology, economics [8]
Visual and Performing Arts: drawing, painting, photography, choir, band [9]
K-12: From Winnie Hu from The New York Times said “these are two of the 17 electives added this year to the curriculum in this affluent Westchester County suburb, redefining traditional notions of a college-preparatory education and allowing students to pursue specialized interests that once were relegated to after-school clubs and weekend hobbies. Now, budding musicians take guitar lessons, amateur war historians re-enact military battles, and future engineers build solar-powered cars — all during school hours, and for credit.” For students to get more involved in school and for them to use elective courses to keep them in school. [10]
College: Daniel Regan from Johnson State College stated that “electives should also be an explicit subject of advising conversations. Will a student use electives to explore a potential interest that may (or may not) turn out to be a lifelong passion? Discover a career path she had not anticipated? Be exposed to a new pleasure? Explore part of a major that isn't required?Perhaps your college or university already does all this. Mine doesn't. But colleges everywhere should. At a time of justifiably heightened concern over the fortunes of American college students, serious attention to electives can improve their college educations, their life chances, and their lives in general." [11]
Elective courses are classes that are available to students in order to provide them with more in depth material regarding a specific subject. They range in subjects, and at times are classes that have nothing to do with academics. Students are usually not required to take these classes in k-12, universities and institutions but are encouraged to do so. Students are given the choice to take an elective to further their understanding for a subject or passion they want to continue to learn about. They are designed to encourage students to pursue a hobby, expand their knowledge, and allow them to begin to process whether the elective they are taking could one day turn into a career. Electives are courses that you can "elect" to take purely out of interest--because they are not something that you need in order to fulfill a major, CORE, or minor requirement. [1]
Computer science: programming, graphic design, web design [4]
English: journalism, creative writing, speech and debate [5]
Family and consumer science: nutrition, child development, culinary courses [6]
Math and Science: environmental science, zoology, astronomy, statistics [7]
Social Studies: psychology, anthropology, economics [8]
Visual and Performing Arts: drawing, painting, photography, choir, band [9]
K-12: From Winnie Hu from The New York Times said “these are two of the 17 electives added this year to the curriculum in this affluent Westchester County suburb, redefining traditional notions of a college-preparatory education and allowing students to pursue specialized interests that once were relegated to after-school clubs and weekend hobbies. Now, budding musicians take guitar lessons, amateur war historians re-enact military battles, and future engineers build solar-powered cars — all during school hours, and for credit.” For students to get more involved in school and for them to use elective courses to keep them in school. [10]
College: Daniel Regan from Johnson State College stated that “electives should also be an explicit subject of advising conversations. Will a student use electives to explore a potential interest that may (or may not) turn out to be a lifelong passion? Discover a career path she had not anticipated? Be exposed to a new pleasure? Explore part of a major that isn't required?Perhaps your college or university already does all this. Mine doesn't. But colleges everywhere should. At a time of justifiably heightened concern over the fortunes of American college students, serious attention to electives can improve their college educations, their life chances, and their lives in general." [11]