• Junior is a student in the third year. • Senior is a student in the last (usually fourth) year of college, university, or high school. • Super senior is a student who takes more than the normal number of years to graduate.
• Underclassman is used to refer collectively to Freshmen and Sophomores. • Upperclassman to refer collectively to Juniors and Seniors, sometimes even Sophomores. • Middler is used to describe a third-year student of a school (generally college) that offers five years of study. In this situation, the fourth and fifth years would be referred to as Junior and Senior years, respectively, and the first two years would be the Freshman and Sophomore years.
• A Doctorate degree is usually earned after four additional years of study after you earn your Bachelor’s degree. A Doctorate degree is available in any field of study. If a Master’s degree has been acquired, the Doctorate program could be completed in less than four years .
• A Graduate student is a student who continues their education after graduation.
• A Master’s degree usually consists of an additional two years of studying after earning a Bachelor’s degree .
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College Life No longer forced to stay in school all day Apart from the class time, you organize your own time and place for studying An active role – to study (classroom discussion, lecture and research) Knowledge from text books and library Compulsory and elective courses
2. How is your college life different from your high school days?
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High School Days Stay in school all day Do study under the teachers’ instruction A passive role – to be taught (i.e. listening and taking notes) Knowledge from text books Compulsory courses
Unit 1
University Student Life
Student in the USA
• A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English. In its widest use, student is used for anyone wh year (Freshman year ) Second year Post-second year Graduate Students
• Freshman is a first-year student in college, university or high school. • Freshman year :the first year of college or high school. • Sophomore is a second-year student. Outside the USA the term Sophomore is rarely used, with second-year students simply called "second years".
• President Obama Weekly Address: Strengthening the American Education System
DISCUSSION
1. What’s your expectation before entering the university? What do you expect to see? What do you expect to learn?