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Silly question about degrees - not having one i dont know.

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jellyjelly · 09/04/2009 18:23

I am looking at a foundation degree in education so I can be a teacher. I ask a genuine question

How good is a BA (Hons) in education or just a BA?

I really dont know but i want to pick a good choice and obviously been wel thought of at interviews/etc in the future.

Thanks so much.

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PeachyWithTheBirthdayBas · 09/04/2009 18:34

Hons is better tbh- more points needed

Seona1973 · 09/04/2009 20:18

you do an extra year to get the honours bit i.e. I did 3 years to get a Bsc and and extra year to get the BSc with honours.

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jellyjelly · 09/04/2009 20:35

what difference does it actually mean job wise ie for the future?

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cornsilk · 09/04/2009 20:36

You could do a Bed (4 years)

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jellyjelly · 09/04/2009 20:40

i have found a foundation degree but need to do a top up after. I have to do it part time.

I am trying to convince work that it is a great course and will help me but i need to know what i can do after.

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lottiebunny · 09/04/2009 20:44

Honours just means that you did better than just pass. Most jobs want you to have a minimum of a 2.1 these days. The honours classifications (ie first, 2.1, 2.2, third) only apply if you take an honours degree.

This page may help to explain.

What uni did you go to Seona1973? The uni I'm at you start on an honours degree and if you don't score highly enough for honours but not low enough to fail you are awarded a pass degree. I'm at Warwick btw.

Joe1977 · 09/04/2009 20:48

Each university awards the honours aspect of a degree slightly differently. For some it is an extra project or time spent in college, for other it can be an additional exam or (as in my case) it means that you have passed all aspects of your degree course. I could still have been awarded my degree having failed 1 or 2 modules as long as my average mark was still above the pass mark.

I understood that it was an indication that you have breadth as well as depth in your area of study.

Chunkamatic · 09/04/2009 20:56

Where I went to university it meant that you had completed and passed a dissertation - you could opt out of the honours if you didnt think you would pass it.

Alambil · 09/04/2009 22:12

I did an English degree (BA Hons) and now a PGCE - all together it's taken 4 years, so no longer than the BEd but is handy if I want to leave teaching in the future in that I still have a "normal" degree (not a teaching one as per BEd)

shonaspurtle · 09/04/2009 22:17

In Scotland you can do a three year ordinary degree or do the extra year (most people do) and get an honours degree.

Usually acceptance onto the honours course is dependent on your 2nd year exam results.

I'm guessing Seona went to a Scottish university.

lottiebunny · 09/04/2009 22:43

Scots go to uni a year earlier as well don't they? Perhaps thats where the difference is.

SweetestThing · 09/04/2009 22:47

Scots can go to university a year earlier, as the equivalent of A levels are sat at the end of what would be Lower Sixth in England. Even if you do the extra year at school, the length of the degree course is still 3 years for ordinary, 4 for honours (or 5 if you do a degree in a modern language!)

Seona1973 · 10/04/2009 16:43

yes I was at a Scottish University - I started when I was 16 and graduated when I was 20 (I did 5 years at secondary school and did my highers) - it was many moons ago now though as I am now the ripe old age of 35!!

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