Final Assignment
GU101 Student Success
Assignment W8 (70 points)
“Degree Planning”
This week, we introduced the idea of general education – the core courses you will take
before you jump into your program of study. In this assignment, you will explore the
Grantham University catalog to determine which general education courses you will be
taking, along with the elective courses that round out your education.
You will definitely need to read the online catalog in order to complete this assignment.
Review Section 7 in the catalog for the General Education program description,
categories, and list of courses. Make sure you understand why we require students to
complete the General Education slate of courses.
Then look for your degree program in Section 8 of the catalog. You will see each
program listed by college (School of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of
Engineering and Computer Science, School of Nursing and Allied Health). After reading
the description of the program and the student learning outcomes, you will see the
tables that list the General Education courses, the Program Core, and the electives.
Once you have read these sections in the catalog, you are ready to start this
assignment. Your job is to write a response to each of the following four prompts:
Prompt 1: General Education Requirements
A. To start this assignment, write a paragraph explaining the reason why we require
students to complete the General Education courses (you may need to refer to
section 7 of the catalog for this rationale).
B. Then using this template list and then describe the courses you will take to
complete the General Education requirement for your program. In some programs,
you have choices – in other programs, you do not have choices (they tell you which
courses to take).
Prompt 2: Program Core Requirements
A. In a paragraph state your degree program and explain why you chose your program
of study. In your answer explain how will this program of study will help you in your
career advancement?
B. Next, in the same template as Prompt 1, list and describe the courses you are
required to complete for the program. Be sure to point out which courses are pre-
requisites for more advanced courses. This is important because you must enroll in
these courses in sequence – you have to pass the pre-requisite before you can attempt
the higher course.
Prompt 3: Electives
Each program has a different number of electives that you can select to complete your
degree. Take note of special requirements, such as the fact that some electives have to
be chosen from the program (versus those that can be chosen from any course listed in
the catalog). Also note whether the elective must be a course numbered 300 or above.
A. In the same template as Prompts 1 and 2, include the courses you choose as
electives
B. For each elective include a statement explaining why you are interested in the
course in the table
Prompt 4: Sequencing of Courses, Credit Hours and Graduation Requirements
This is the truly important part of this assignment. Some courses have pre-
requisites, which means you have to take a designated lower-level course before you
can take the advanced course.
A. In your template, make sure to designate all classes that have pre-requisites in
your template.
How to set up your assignment for submission:
Include your written paragraphs for Prompt 1 and Prompt 2 above the table in the
template. Then, once you’ve completed both the written prompts and the table contents,
submit the entire assignment as a single file to the dropbox.
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Here is the grading rubric for this assignment.
MEETS OR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS (7 TO 10 POINTS)
DOES NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS (1 TO 6 POINTS)
ABSENT (0 POINTS)
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Properly identified the general education
Did not identify appropriate program
Did not attempt this aspect of the assignment
requirements per the selected program of study
of student general education courses
PROGRAM CORE Correctly list and describe the courses required in the program core
Did not correctly list and describe courses specified for the program of study
Did not attempt this aspect of the assignment
DESCRIPTION OF ELECTIVES
(up to 20 points) Provided a thoughtful explanation of why the student is interested in the selected electives
(up to 14 points) Explanation lacked sufficient detail about why the student wanted to take the selected electives
Did not attempt this aspect of the assignment.
SEQUENCING OF COURSES (PRE- REQUISITES)
All pre-requisites are identified
Not all pre-requisites are identified
Did not attempt this aspect of the assignment
CREDIT HOURS Correctly listed the credit hours for each course
Did not correctly list the credit hours for each course
Did not attempt this aspect of the assignment
MEETS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Includes appropriate number of credit hours needed to graduate with the selected program of study
Did not include the appropriate number of credit hours specified by the program of study
Did not attempt this aspect of the assignment