Do Students See the Big Picture: General Versus Discipline Specific Education

Jason Roberts, Sandy Mehlhorn and Joey Mehlhorn

No 142881, 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Many students have difficulty connecting the concepts taught in general education courses to their career. Most see value in the discipline specific courses taken for the major. Students in the survey consistently rated discipline specific courses as more important than general courses, even if they were in the same area.

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Date: 2013-02-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.142881

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