List of Courses or a Collection of Evidence?

How do undergraduates think of their college education?  As a series of courses?  Or, a  collection of evidence?

In an earlier entry I talked about integrative learning. How does a checklist of courses and assignments stack up against an interconnected approach to learning?  Does a traditional curriculum include opportunities for making connections and reflecting across what is learned? 

On the other hand, to what degree can an undergraduate bring personal and professional values and reflect on experience if they don't really have any sense professional experience to begin with?  Is it just that they just haven't gotten that far... Or, is this a matter here of 'purposeful learning' where the purpose is to do what it takes to get the good grade?

A chicken or the egg dilemma? 

Perhaps the question should not be what do undergraduates think of their college education, but instead what can we do to influence what we want them to take away from their collegiate experience...?