Joint degree question.

[sticksandstones]

Hiya,

I'm applying to do a joint honours of Psychology and Social Welfare.

Got a quick question though. Been told that for the psychology degree that a fulltime course is only 2 or 3 days in the university I am applying for.

As I am hoping to do the joint honours, is this twice the work?

Also, is a joint degree seen as a lesser degree than just the one (such as just social welfare)?

Thanks

It's not a lesser degree. A degree is a degree

Mine is in Journalism & psychology.

The minor is psychology. One of your subjects will be your minor.

It won't matter as each semester you should have 2 modules for one course and one module for the other.

DS is doing History & Politics at Warwick & he does some modules of the History syllabus & some of the Politics - ie not so much History as the Single honours course & not so much politics. In the first 2 years it's about an even split, in the third they choose go for (I think) about 2/3 to 1/3.

I suspect DS applied for a joint honours because it was easier to get in than for straight History - his offer from Warwick was ABB, whereas a typical Warwick Arts offer is AAB or even AAA. (He actually got AAB)In the event he is now getting more interested in the politics.

As for whether it is actually seen as a lesser degree, you'd have to ask some employers - I expect there are some lurking out there...

I meant to say that usually for a degree like yours (and mine) it is 3 hours per week per module.

So last semester for one of my psychology modules I had a 2 hour lecture per week & an hour workshop. The other module for psychology was a 3 hour lecture & then once a month we had an hours seminar.

The journalism was a 3 hour block together also, with an hours seminar each month. (to bounce ideas etc..)

Thanks for the information.

I'm deffinately (sp?) applying. Luckily, I am already involved with the Uni studying the community, so even though I have to apply formally etc, I know the Head of Social Science.

You shouldn't have any problems getting in

What's the entry requirements?

For mine they wanted 2 A grades or the equivalent.

I sat an access course which is the equivalent of 2.5 A levels.

"It's not a lesser degree. A degree is a degree"

Only if you believe that a university is a university ...

pardon?