COUNS 11, ORIENTATION TO HIGHER EDUCATION    1 UNIT

Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.

This course introduces higher education and the Master Plan for Higher Education in California . Emphasis is on curricula available at community colleges, state and independent colleges and universities, and the University of California . Included will be discussion of non-curricular areas in higher education and general educational policies, student government and its role in education, and environmental differences in the various institutions of higher learning, especially in California . This course should prove especially useful to international students or others unfamiliar with the structure and philosophy of higher education, both public and private. Offered on a credit/no credit basis only.

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