General Studies – The Tropolitan

CLEP: A worthy deal to replace General Studies

August 21, 2019 Opinion

Lirona Joshi Staff Writer With the average cost of attending college rising, education today has become not only about academics but also about economics. Forbes cites that student loan debt is a $1.5 trillion crisis as of February 2019, with the average yearly cost of attending public college capping at $9,716. At a time when college education has become a race to finish courses before the courses finish your money, the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations become a wallet friendly option to academic accreditation. The CLEP, a standardized test…

Opinion: General studies classes need improvement to boost student learning

February 13, 2019 Trojan Living

Pratibha Gautam Staff Writer Any student setting out to earn an undergraduate degree knows what it is like to take general studies classes. These classes are usually centered around topics outside one’s major and aim to broaden the student’s scope of learning. In order to graduate from Troy, a student must earn at least 60 credits in general studies. These credits have to be spread out among sciences, humanities, fine arts and other fields of study. The goal is for students to attain a general knowledge about all of these…