Unit2CollegeEducation

ContentLearningObjectivesStarterPassageAPassageBReadingSkillsSupplementaryReading

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeableto:getthegeneralideaofapassagebymeansofskimminggettoknowthewritingtechniqueoflistingunderstandmoreaboutcollegeeducation

StarterWhenitcomestocollegeeducation,wehaveinmindthesequestions:Doesitmeanteachingstudentsusefulskills?Doesitmeanconveyingknowledgetostudents?Arethereanydifferencesbetweenmiddleschooleducationandcollegeeducation?

StarterDoesitmeanconveyingknowledge,developingpracticalskillsandcultivatingpositiveattitudes?Tolearnpracticalskills,canwesimplygodirectlytocompaniesorfactoriesto“learnbydoing”?

PassageADoyouknow?CollegeDegreesThistwo-yeardegreeisanAssociateofArts(A.A.)orAssociateofScience(A.S.).Somestudentswhoearnthisdegreetransfertoafour-yearprogramtoearnabachelor’sdegree.Otherscompleteassociatedegreestopreparetogostraighttowork.Communitycolleges,careercollegesandsomefour-yearcollegesofferthesedegrees.AssociateDegree

PassageADoyouknow?CollegeDegreesThisdegreerequirescompletingafour-orfive-yearcollegeprogram.MoststudentsearnaBachelorofArts(B.A.)orBachelorofSciencedegree(B.S.).Othertypesofbachelor’sdegreesincludetheBachelorofFineArtsorBachelorofArchitecturedegree.Bachelor’sDegree

PassageADoyouknow?CollegeDegreesGraduatedegreesareadvanceddegreespursuedafterearningabachelor’sdegree.ExamplesareaMasterofArts(M.A.)orMasterofScience(M.S.)degree.Studentsgenerallycanearnamaster’sdegreeaftertwoyearsofstudy.Adoctoraldegree(forexample,aPh.D.)requiresfourormoreyearsofstudy.GraduateDegree

PassageADoyouknow?CollegeDegreesStudentsearnprofessionaldegreestobecomelicensedtoworkinprofessionslikemedicineorlaw.TheM.D.degreeisanexample.Professiona