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General Education Classes Help Direct Your Schooling
May 25 , 2011, by Emily Sanderson, NorthOrion Staff Writer
If you are ready to go to college but aren't sure what to major in yet, consider taking general education coursework (GEs) first. By taking general education classes early in your college experience, you… View Full Article »
Biology Education: Opening Doors to the World
March 17 , 2011, by Darrel Hammon, NorthOrion Contributor
An OverviewAlmost everyone can remember their tenth-grade biology class. There was the brainy student who always sat in the front row, the awful smell of formaldehyde, stained white lab coats that were… View Full Article »
Sociology: Viewing the World from a Multitude of Perspectives
March 11 , 2011, by Darrel L. Hammon, NorthOrion Contributor
Sociology: An OverviewDo you like to see the big picture from a multitude of perspectives as well as look at the minute details and see how they all relate to one another? If so, majoring in sociology… View Full Article »
Sociology Education: A Career Pathway for a Lifetime
March 11 , 2011, by Darrel L. Hammon, NorthOrion Contributor
Do you like seeing the big picture from a variety of perspectives? Are you interested in helping people solve problems? Are you comfortable talking to people about their lives and challenges? Are you willing… View Full Article »
Spanish 101: ¿Dónde está la Biblioteca?
October 21 , 2010, by Ryan Goodrich, NorthOrion Staff Writer
America has always prided itself on being the world’s ‘melting pot,’ opening our arms and opportunities to people of all cultures, castes and religions. As a result, the culture of the United States… View Full Article »
Archaeology 101: Uncovering Ancient Earth
October 21 , 2010, by Ryan Goodrich, NorthOrion Staff Writer
Every year we are discovering traces of our ancient ancestors dating back great spans of time. Primitive tools, skeletal remains and footprint tracks all tell stories of these distant relatives from which… View Full Article »
Psychology 101: Tell Me About Your Mother…
October 1 , 2010, by Ryan Goodrich, NorthOrion Staff Writer
Reflexively, it is our humorous and ironic tendency to claim that the opposite gender is too complicated to understand. We all behave and react to emotions differently due to our familial upbringing, social… View Full Article »
Education in Mathematics: Putting 2 and 2 Together for a College Degree
October 1 , 2010, by Ryan Goodrich, NorthOrion Staff Writer
As an aspiring student of math, you’re probably wondering what your options are. Every liberal arts college out there offers a degree in math, but which one is best? We can’t answer that since you… View Full Article »
Education in Psychology: Studying the Soul
October 1 , 2010, by Ryan Goodrich, NorthOrion Staff Writer
In Latin, the word “psychology” means “study of the soul,” or the study of our consciousness and personality. The common belief is that a psychology degree will lead to interrogating clients to… View Full Article »
Math 101: What if X Plus Y Doesn’t Equal Z?
October 1 , 2010, by Ryan Goodrich, NorthOrion Staff Writer
Math just makes sense to some people. They intuitively understand the mind-boggling equations posed in algebra, geometry and trigonometry and calculus is a breeze. These seeming geniuses are few in number… View Full Article »
