The student newspaper at Florida Gulf Coast University
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Courses, majors that miss the mark
For photos of the Reverse Career Fair and Sunday’s vigil
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Top failed last fall
Most popular majors
Least popular majors
College Algebra, 126 failed Understanding Visual and Performing Arts, 113 failed English Composition I, 103 failed Statistical Methods, 91 failed General Psychology, 85 failed
Biology Pre management (College of Business) Undeclared Communication Psychology Criminal Justice studies
Secondary biology education Elementary education Acute care nurse partitioner Environmental studies Secondary math education Pre secondary biology
9p BXk`\ <^Xe J\e`fi JkX]] Ni`k\i And the results are in! Last fall, 126 students failed College Algebra (MAC 1105), 113 failed Understanding Visual and Performing Arts (HUM 2510), 103 failed English Composition I (ENC 1101), 91 students failed Statistical Methods (STA 2023) and 85 students failed General Psychology (PSY 2012). All but one (General Psychology) are required courses for any major at FGCU. Although 103 students failed ENC 1101 last semester, Ashley English says Composition I and II were easy.
But the sophomore, majoring in marketing, says biology was one of the hardest classes she took last year. “Half of the students who sat at my table were taking the course for the second time around,” English said. Biology is the most popular major for undergraduate students at FGCU with 692 students claiming it as their ares of study. “Biology kicked my butt,” said Samantha Abello, a sophomore majoring in art with a focus in graphic design. “I like it (graphic design) because it’s fun and laid back; it’s not a desk job,” Abello said. Business pre-management came in second with 671 students. Communication wasn’t very far behind with 639 students claiming it as their major, and 538 students cited their major as undeclared. Psychology is
holding strong with 513 students and criminal justice studies came in last with 456 students. “I chose marketing because I like having a grip on the business side of things,” English said. Health and education have some catching up to do. Most of the least popular majors were tied: Six graduate students are majoring in health professions as acute care nurse practitioners. Six undergraduate students are majoring in secondary biology education. Six undergraduate students are majoring in elementary education. Five graduate students are majoring in environmental studies. Five undergraduate students are majoring in secondary mathematics education and five undergraduate students are majoring in pre-secondary biology education.
Joe Angius, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, was surprised at the number of graduate students majoring in environmental studies. “I mean, FGCU is an environmental school,” Angius said. “I’m surprised, but then I think, the school is growing so those numbers could change.” However, Angius himself is not sure where he’d like to continue his education after obtaining his bachelor’s. “It’s either do the master’s (program) here, or go somewhere else with my best friend from high school,” he said. Even if the university’s growth brings in more students, it sounds like the lower level classes, usually taken by freshman or sophomores, are the ones to watch out for, according to statistics from last fall.
FAREWELL TO A FRIEND: Remembering Carisa Herald
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