I'm a third year college student in the Philippines. Recently, I have heard my friend saying minor subjects will be removed in college. instead,these minor subjects will be transfered to the high school curriculum. I imagined its effect to the college professors teaching minor subjects.

but, it is not a 100% fact. hopefully it is for the better.

 

Margaret Mary Penaflor

Student

Manila, Philippines 

by "minor subjects" do you mean lower division level credits, such as the 100 and 200 series courses?  In the U.S. some 100 level courses are taught in advanced high school classes, such as calculous, chemistry, etc.  These are generally dual credit type courses where you receive both high school and college credit for them.  They are meant as head start classes to give gifted students the ability to meet some prerequisites for more advanced courses.

margaretpenaflor:

I'm a third year college student in the Philippines. Recently, I have heard my friend saying minor subjects will be removed in college. instead,these minor subjects will be transfered to the high school curriculum. I imagined its effect to the college professors teaching minor subjects. but, it is not a 100% fact. hopefully it is for the better.

Perhaps "minor subject" means something different in the Philippines than in the U.S.?  Here it refers to a usually optional component to a Bachelor's degree where one studies a different subject than the "major" field of study, but less intensively.  For example, someone who majors in IT and minors in accounting might take twelve courses in IT but only six in accounting.

But it can be any subject, so it wouldn't make sense to try to move that to the secondary level because it would require massive duplication of resources.

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