General Ed courses the same as Pre-reqs?

lillymom · Jul 19, 2011

Basically. General ed classes are language arts, sciences, maths, social studies, and humanities that may or may not be related to your field of study. Pre-requisites are what is required to get in to a program. At my school you have to take pre-reqs to get in but there are some extra general ed classes that you have to take before you can graduate but most people call them pre-reqs. Hope this doesn't confuse you more!

Reese2012 · Jul 20, 2011

at my cc the pre reqs that I need to get into the program are A&P I & II, great score on the TEAS exam and english 101. That is what they look at for acceptance, now there are other classes that I need in order to finish the program, but they are not required to take until I get into the program, that includes: Chem, Bio, Sociology, Psyc and a nutrition class

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Jul 20, 2011

General Ed are classes required to get a degree that are not a part of, or required by, your program. Those are the classes that the College requires of all students. Prerequisite courses are those courses that the program deems to be necessary foundational knowledge to enter the specific program. Educationally speaking, you can get by in your program without the Gen Ed stuff... but you'd struggle (at best) without the prerequisites.

To complete the degree though, you'll need the Gen Ed, Prerequisites, and Program courses to total up to the number of units required to graduate. Sometimes, if a prereq course doubles as a Gen Ed course, it may be possible to complete all the educational requirements and yet be units short of the minimum required to graduate.

lillymom · Jul 20, 2011

General Ed are classes required to get a degree that are not a part of, or required by, your program. Those are the classes that the College requires of all students. Prerequisite courses are those courses that the program deems to be necessary foundational knowledge to enter the specific program. Educationally speaking, you can get by in your program without the Gen Ed stuff... but you'd struggle (at best) without the prerequisites.
To complete the degree though, you'll need the Gen Ed, Prerequisites, and Program courses to total up to the number of units required to graduate. Sometimes, if a prereq course doubles as a Gen Ed course, it may be possible to complete all the educational requirements and yet be units short of the minimum required to graduate.

Yes exactly. You explained it much better than I did.