Recently I have graduated from Chestnut Hill College (CHC) with a degree in Accounting. Soon after I had a great summer, I traveled to Europe and played a lot of basketball. Then after returning to United States I quickly enrolled in the Graduate program at CHC, studying Administration of Human Services. Some would ask “do you like CHC that much?” I reply”why yes I do.” The truth is I have been blessed with the opportunity to further my education through use of my athletic ability to play basketball. It has not been an easy transition from undergrad to graduate, but it also has not been a hard one either. Here is my answer to the forever asked question “So how is graduate school.”
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By: Katie Harmon
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This week during my Hispanic Literature class, my mind began wandering and I came to the realization that the information my teacher was saying sounded very familiar. Where had I heard this before? Then I remembered that I had learned the same things in my Hispanic Culture class a few weeks before. With both classes having to do with Hispanic history, I realized they were bound to be related but I didn’t think that they would be intertwined so closely. My Culture class talks about the history aspect more, and in Literature, our teacher would give us a history background to each of the poems, stories, or essays we read. Knowing the history behind the writings made it easier to interpret and understand.
Last semester, I was in a similar situation when I took East Asian History along with my Chinese Language class. I was able to make connections between the classes and thus gain a better understanding of what I was learning for both of them. Also last semester, I took a Global Studies course where we talked about conflicts over natural resources, such as water and oil. This coincided with my Ponds and Streams biology course where we talked about the necessity for water and how some countries do not have the access to it that we have here in the United States.
At Chestnut Hill you’ll be able to choose your classes so that they relate to each other, making them much more interesting to learn about. I did it unknowingly, but am glad to have found these connections and am greatly benefiting from it. Maybe even if you don’t purposefully try to relate your classes to each other, you’ll have an epiphany one day that they do indeed correspond and it helps a lot during the learning process.
By: Andréa Fernandes
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One of the most important things to know about a school, in my opinion, is the graduation requirements. After all, you want to know what you’re getting yourself into, don’t you?
Today, I’m continuing my run-down of the CHC core curriculum with the ways of knowing, subject areas in which students are required to take one or two courses out of many possible options. Be sure to check out part one, the fundamentals, and part two, the proficiencies.
In almost any area you can think of, college affords you more freedom then you’ll know what to do with. One of these freedoms is the ability to pick your own classes. Unlike in high school, each semester you have the ability to choose your own classes and schedule. This may seem like a daunting task, which it can be, but through the challenge it can be a very rewarding and great learning experience. So, here is my description of “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of registration:
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By: Andréa Fernandes
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One of the most important things to know about a school, in my opinion, is the graduation requirements. After all, you want to know what you’re getting yourself into, don’t you?
Today, I’m continuing my run-down of the CHC core curriculum with the proficiencies, areas in which students must demonstrate ability but do not necessarily have to take a course. Be sure to check out part one, the fundamentals, and the upcoming part three, the ways of knowing.
By: Andréa Fernandes
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One of the most important things to know about a school, in my opinion, is the graduation requirements. After all, you want to know what you’re getting yourself into, don’t you?
At Chestnut Hill College, we have a core curriculum (classes and subjects required of everyone) that includes both fundamental requirements (the same for everyone) and ways of knowing (subject areas that you have some flexibility in), as well as proficiencies (must demonstrate ability, but not necessarily take a course).
Since the wording of requirements in course catalogs can often be confusing, I’ve prepared an easy (or at least easier) to understand run-down of CHC’s core curriculum. It’s split into three parts—today is the fundamentals; check back later for the proficiencies and the ways of knowing.
