What's a general education unit? (1 Viewer)

[Dougie]

does it just imply open to anyone and doesn't lead anywhere, it's just an interesting thing to do? that's what i imply anyway.

 

[clairegirl]

huh?

general education unit?

do u mean like a subject like educ105? educational psychology...???///

 

[marchetta]

From what i know, frn106 and ling253 are both general education units. I think they're just basic knowledge units that are generally taken as electives.

 

[Dougie]

huh?

general education unit?

do u mean like a subject like educ105? educational psychology...???///

no, i mean in the unit description the 1st line is "This is a general education unit". I've seen a few of them, but the one i'm thinking of is EUL101

 

[pb]

arent ged eds a unsw thing?


edit: oh i guess not since ur posting in here
but errmm yeh well for unsw its like an elective thats got nothing to do with ur degree and they gotta do it in the breaks (i think... cuz they seem to all be doing it in their breaks)
editedit: actually no they don't, my friends doing 2 now.

errmm yeh thats what i reckon... but thats not mq so yeh =/

 

[xeuyrawp]

Hmm, pb's right in that it's not formal MQ language - GenEd is a UNSW term... However, it's totally different. If it says that in a unit description, it is what it says; it's a unit that isn't as isn't as in depth in your major, which students outside of your major might enjoy.

For example, if you were doing MATH100: History of Maths, that would be a general education unit. People who aren't doing maths might still enjoy it, and it gives all students (including maths students) a general education, so to speak.

Ack, I hate hypotheticals... Ah, CHN112: Chinese Calligraphy is a good example. It's general, but will also help students doing Chinese, although no Chinese is required.

So yeah, 'general education' isn't an official term, like it is in UNSW, so don't treat it as one.