mandatory classes

Non-optional school subjects

Mandatory classes are courses that students must complete to fulfill degree or graduation requirements, as opposed to electives chosen freely.

The phrase appears most often in educational contexts: I got all my mandatory classes out of the way freshman year.

What counts as mandatory varies by institution and program.

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core requirements · prerequisites · attendance · syllabus · course catalog · enrollment · credits · lecture · homework · assignments · graduation · core · credit hours · semester · registrar · transcript · passing · failing

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requirement status

mandatory classeselectives

Freely chosen courses

elective courses · extracurriculars · enrichment classes

curricular structure

mandatory classesindependent study

Self-directed academic project

self-directed learning · extracurricular activities · informal education · clubs · continuing education

Family

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