The classification of elective courses includes public elective courses and professional elective courses.
1, public elective courses are open to all students in the school, such as information retrieval, elementary Japanese, chess, western opera, English newspaper reading and other courses, which vary according to different schools.
2. Professional elective courses, some of which are actually compulsory, can only be selected within a range according to your major. Theoretically, cross-major elective courses are not allowed.
Elective courses refer to courses arranged by students themselves in the teaching plans of various disciplines and majors in colleges and universities. Compared with the "compulsory course". There are restricted elective courses and unrestricted elective courses, or professional elective courses and public elective courses. The former refers to the courses to be taken within the prescribed scope, such as taking a certain number of courses within the prescribed number of courses, or taking a certain number of courses within the prescribed number of courses; The latter refers to the courses that students can choose freely without restriction.
Some elective courses introduce advanced science and technology and the latest scientific achievements; Some elective courses are designed to expand students' knowledge (for example, students majoring in language and literature in China take general history, students majoring in chemistry take biology, and students majoring in accounting take introduction to law, etc.). ); Some elective courses are designed to satisfy students' interests and develop their talents in a certain field (such as literature, music, painting, drama and other courses for professional students).
Restricted elective courses, also known as designated elective courses, mean that students must take a certain subject or a certain group of courses; If some professional teaching plans stipulate that senior students must take several courses in a special group or elective group. Foreign institutions of higher learning often require students to take several credit courses in the fields of natural science and social science. In China, most college students only care about whether to give high marks for elective courses. Unlimited elective courses, also known as arbitrary elective courses, are not restricted by the above provisions. In order to adapt to individual differences, teach students in accordance with their aptitude and give full play to their specialties, students should take a certain proportion of courses in the professional teaching plan. But not too much, so as not to affect the basic norms of training specialized personnel. In the teaching plans of secondary specialized schools and ordinary middle schools, a small number of elective courses can be offered if conditions permit.