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    Is the education system in colleges good enough to prepare us for the future? Although students are entering the final stage of their educational life, does it make sense to give freedom to choose compulsory courses at university? For example, in some colleges, history courses are required for computer engineering departments, electronics courses are required for civil engineering departments, and advanced mathematics courses are required for fine arts departments. arts. There may be some explanations for the university administration on this matter. , but in my opinion (as a university student), this traditional system needs to be changed, because each individual has different characteristics and needs and the university administration should not determine the courses of these students only based on their department. For these reasons, university students absolutely must be free to choose their own courses, a so-called “open curriculum”. First, when college students have complete freedom to choose their own courses, their performance clearly increases in many ways. pay attention to classes. Because they choose these courses voluntarily, it is obvious that these courses attract students more than others. When they have freedom of choice, their attendance at these courses also increases. According to a survey conducted by Tom Clay and Lori Breslow, who are learning consultants, the most important factor that students decide to participate in courses is the quality/clarity of the courses and they explain the reason with these words: "If the students do not expect to learn from lectures, they are less likely to attend lectures. » (2006, par. 5) This result surely shows that students' expectations and course quality are direct... middle of article ...... onal system. Finally, I believe that students can be more confident and less fearful about university education through this system, universities can understand our different needs and interests as different individuals. they explain the reason with these words: “If students do not expect to learn from lectures, they are less likely to attend classes” (2006, para. 5). As evidence of this increasing success rate, according to research from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, although the open curriculum system began to be implemented in 2006, student performance was above average after 5 years (Dumence, George, Taylor & Dollase, 2012, pp. 326-327).