so, what IS a 'Mickey Mouse' degree?

[lemonysweet]

inspired by the thread about whether youd like your child to go to uni.

go on then, what degrees do you consider 'Mickey Mouse'

[personally i would never be so throwaway about something someone had invested so much time, effort and money into, but im interested in others opinions]

Media, Communication & European Business studies, housemate studied this, was thick as pig shit, nice girl though.
Last I heard, she'd married well.

Hmmm.

Is there any point whatsoever in doing Eng Lit degree with the OU?

LeQueen - I totally agree with you. I found A Levels harder than my degree. I did English and (shock) Theatre Studies at a very well regarded RG uni. Had the time of my life. 8 hours of lectures a week.

It's not because my degree was Mickey Mouse - it's because I'm quite clever.

I teach now, and actually find it sad that some of the sixth form kids I teach who are academically capable of studying for a degree don't do so because, where I teach, it's just not really the "done" thing.

Why do you ask Winnybella? I'm doing an eng lit degree with the OU. It's the only place I can do one as I follow my forces dh around!

Just because it seems that unless you have 1.1 from Oxford or Cambridge you don't stand a chance at getting a decent job.

I'm doing Eng Lit with the OU as I live in Paris and stay at home with DD, so can't do it full-time.

I would like to do Masters later on, maybe at a brick uni- if we move to the UK.

So...?

LeQueen- would your husband even look at the CV of someone with 1.1 from the OU AND some relevant experience?

That's fine LeQueen

Ok, another question, if you don't mind?

Would he consider someone with the same degree from Sorbonne?

I got straight As but I chose to go to the local university so I could help nurse my terminally ill father. From some comments on this thread that means I am thick and was wasting my time.

Actually, I'm not British, so no A levels here.

But, I never understood why A levels are so important. Areen't you 17 or 18 when you get them? Hardly a great indication of what kind of employee you might be?

LeQ - plenty of people do brilliantly at A Level and don't find (straight) English Lit easy at university. I don't know where you're getting that generalization from (and it bothers me because a lot of the undergraduates I know/have taught believe the same as you, and are puzzled when they start struggling).

• Btw, LeQ, my close friend got good A-Levels, Russel Group uni for English, and struggled hugely with it. He's now acing his second degree - in medicine. It is simply a matter of matching your strengths to the course, I think.

Lequeen, what if somebody had a good OU degree but then went on to do a masters at a 'proper' uni? I'm really wanting to a do a national council of journalists accredited course after my degree but by the sounds of it I may aswell not bother :-(

Sad, isn't it, Yummy.

Should have studied hard at 17 instead of moving to NY to work.

I don't get this obsession with A levels.

Oh, and I read Latin in high school,too. And German. And I speak 3 more languages. And have supported myself since I was 15.

Am not bitter btw

Oh dear 1 MMD degree on its way in my life. I have completed 2 years (yr 1 f/t) and have managed to get my Certificate in early years practice as part of my points - this is equivelent to nvq level 4.

My degree is Bsc honours OPEN. Basically I can shose what I study within this and get the degree at the end. As I want to teach primary I have studied socialology and the above certificate. I am then doing ways of teaching in early years and teaching maths key stage 2-4. These are relevant to teaching although I could'v done a subject and then done teaching part after.

I do already hold BTEC ND Childhood Studies and an AS level in psychology (got an A!) so hopefully all this and my experience I'm an SN LSA should be relevant.