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In England and Wales, prospective university students apply for places through the Universities Central Council on Admissions UCCA. Students do not apply directly to the universities themselves. Successful candidates are admitted directly into a specific degree " course." A degree course normally takes three or four years to complete. At most universities students study only one major subject. Each course is structured with a fixed program of classes for the entire three years. Increasingly, universities in the United Kingdom are offering classes on a modular basis, which allows students to broaden their studies creating a more interdisciplinary program. This modularization, however, has not replaced the traditional British degree course with the American concept of credit accumulation. In addition, there is generally a sharp distinction between the arts and sciences and there is seldom any crossover between the two. At a British university, more emphasis is placed on independent, selfdirected study than in the United States. Required texts and definite reading assignments are less common. More typically, an extensive reading list covering all topics to be discussed is distributed at the start of the course to be used for independent research. British students typically consult a large number of sources from the library rather than intensively studying a few books purchased by everyone taking a course. In addition, students are required to write more essays and take fewer objective tests than at U. S. institutions. Classes often take the following forms: lectures, which are sometimes completely optional tutorials, in which a small number of students meet with the lecturer and seminars, larger discussion classes often based upon seminar essays. Unlike the U. S. system of regular testing in a course, British students sit for final examinations that cover the full year' s work. and determine the grades for the class. With the growth of modularization, however, there has also been an increase in the number and variety of modules offered on a semester basis |
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zài yīng guó hé wēi ěr shì, jí jiāng chéng wéi dà xué shēng de xué shēng tōng guò dà xué zhāo shēng de zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì shēn qǐng. xué shēng bú huì zì jǐ zhí jiē xiàng dà xué shēn qǐng. chéng gōng de hòu xuǎn rén bèi zhí jiē lù qǔ jìn yí gè jù tǐ de xué wèi píng xiāng guān de kè chéng. yí gè dà yuē xū yào huā 3 dào 4 nián jié shù de yí gè kè chéng. zài dà duō dà xué, xué shēng yì bān zhǐ xué yī mén zhǔ xiū kè chéng. měi gè xué jiào duì yú zhěng gè 3 nián dōu yǐ yí gè gù dìng de kè chéng jì huà wèi jié gòu zǔ zhī kè chéng. zhú jiàn de, yuè lái yuè duō de yīng guó de dà xué kāi shǐ yǐ dān yuán wèi jī chǔ de kè chéng shòu kè, zhè yě ràng xué shēng tōng guò zhèi xiē duō xué kē kè chéng kuò zhǎn le zì jǐ de xué xí. dàn zhè yàng de mó kuài huà bìng méi yǒu yǐ měi guó de xué fēn jī lěi zhì dù qǔ dài le yīng guó de chuán tǒng xué wèi kè chéng. ér qiě, zài yì shù hé kē xué zhī jiān hái yǒu jù dà de chā bié. ér qiě zhè liǎng zhě zhī jiān jī hū méi yǒu shén me jiāo chā. yīng guó dà xué bǐ měi guó de dà xué gèng qiáng diào dú lì zì zhǔ de xué xí. yī xiē bì xiū de kè wén hé míng què de yuè dú rèn wù bú shì hěn cháng jiàn. gèng diǎn xíng dì shì, yí gè bāo hán suǒ yǒu jiǎng yào tǎo lùn de huà tí de kè wài yuè dú shū dān zài xué qī de yī kāi shǐ jiù fā fàng le, yǐ gōng dú lì yán jiū. yīng guó xué shēng yì bān shì cóng tú shū guǎn jiè yuè dà liàng zī yuán ér bú shì jí zhōng yán jiū měi gè xiū kè chéng de rén dōu mǎi de yī xiē shū. ér qiě, xué shēng bèi yāo qiú xiě gèng duō de lùn wén, dàn yǔ měi guó dà xué bǐ, cān jiā gèng shǎo de kè guān de cè shì. kè chéng yì bān shì yǐ zhè yàng de xíng shì kāi zhǎn de. jiǎng zuò, yǒu shí hou shì wán quán zì zhǔ xuǎn zé de, gè bié de zhǐ dǎo kè chéng, cān jiā kè chéng de yǐ xiǎo bù fèn xué shēng huì yǔ jiǎng zuò de lǎo shī jiàn miàn. yán tǎo huì, shì jī yú yán tǎo lùn wén de guī mó xiāng duì gèng dà ěr duǒ tǎo lùn kè. bù xiàng měi guó de zài kè chéng zhōng jìn xíng cháng guī kǎo shì de tǐ zhì, yīng guó xué shēng cān jiā bāo hán quán nián nèi róng de qī mò kǎo shì. dàn suí zhe mó kuài shì kè chéng de bù duàn fà zhǎn, yǐ xué qī wèi jī chǔ de mó kuài de shù liàng yě yuè lái yuè duō, bìng qiě hěn duō yàng. |