The Current Situation of Learning and Life of Students Changing Majors in Universities under the Multi-Campus University Mode and Existing Problems – Taking Students Changing Majors in Sichuan Agricultural University as a Case Study

Yu Li,Weibin Li

doi:10.5539/hes.v3n2p96

Abstract

This paper makes a survey on the subjects of undergraduates changing majors in Sichuan Agricultural University who entered the university respectively in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and comes to a basic conclusion on the learning and life condition of students changing majors, that is, good overall adaptation yet low excellence rate; difficulty in taking a course and too heavy pressure in learning; relatively too disperse accommodation and bad sense of belonging in class; a series of problems in unblocked information acquisition, especially prominent problems existing in students who change majors in different campuses.

Highlights

The questionnaire for students changing majors was classified into three parts
From the analysis of data in the questionnaire survey, students whose school performance significantly increased after they changed their majors only accounted for 5%, 7students whose school performance was at a medium level accounted for 75% and students whose school performance somewhat fell behind accounted for 17%
The result of the questionnaire survey shows that, low interest in the former major is a primary reason for university students to change their majors

Summary

Purpose and Method of the Survey

This study takes students changing majors in Sichuan Agricultural University as the survey object and makes an overall survey on the condition of learning, life and growth of students before and after they change their majors. The object of the questionnaire survey was mainly undergraduates changing majors in Sichuan Agricultural University who entered the university respectively in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The first part was a summary of the basic information, including gender, grade, political status, whether students changing majors hold a position as the student cadre, the source of birth and colleges and schools before and after they change their majors. The third part was open-ended questions, which mainly talked about difficulties of students changing majors in their life and their suggestions and requirements for the existing system of changing majors in the university

The Existing System of Changing Majors Is Not Yet Perfect

Issues of Learning and Life among Students Changing Majors

Changing Majors Is Not “Catholicon”

Taking a Course

Findings

Cross-Campus Changing Majors Deserves Deep Thinking