Fuzz,
You will find that often times critical classes required to complete in 4 years are unavailable. It’s very nice when you can increase revenue by 20% by making a 5th year mandatory.
Yes, my son experienced this. He was allowed to take an alternate class. There are many games they play, which should be better regulated. My son switched schools, most of the credits wouldn’t transfer and you have no recourse. Things like phys-ed, english lit, speech, etc...just another rip off. The first school wouldn’t give him phys-ed credit for the Marine boot camp he’d just graduated from....because, ya know, it wouldn’t meet their “standards”.