Graduate Coursework Defined
Graduate coursework is more rigorous. More is expected of the graduate student than of the certificate or undergraduate student, especially in regard to reading and writing.
Graduate coursework is more self-directed. Students’ choose, under the guidance of faculty, an area that they feel they need to know more about…and they study that area.
Graduate coursework is more attentive to research. Students look into, conducting, as well as reading original research.
Graduate coursework is a community of learners, rather than only a teacher-student relationship. Graduate students are assumed to have reached an intellectual maturity that puts them at a place where the role of the instructor is different. Instructors need to guide and mentor the mature student in the direction that the student has identified.
Graduate coursework encourages students to be involved in local, state, and national leadership issues. Graduate study emphasizes effective, positive change so that students will be leaders of their communities on a local, state, and national level.
Graduate study is not just remembering information; it is also constructing knowledge. The community of learners encourages new insights and creates new knowledge in the field.
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