Doing two degrees at once?

phantom_lord

I'm doing epl atm, it's not an approved law degree, however BCL, which shares a number of modules with my course, is. I just wondering does anyone know if it's possible and what would be involved in taking on the additional modules that BCL do and to qualify with the two degrees?

MonaghanPenguin

phantom_lord wrote: »

I'm doing epl atm, it's not an approved law degree, however BCL, which shares a number of modules with my course, is. I just wondering does anyone know if it's possible and what would be involved in taking on the additional modules that BCL do and to qualify with the two degrees?

No you'd have to transfer courses can't do two degrees at once. What year are you in?

phantom_lord

1st year. how come you can't do two at once?

unreggd

phantom_lord wrote: »

1st year. how come you can't do two at once?

It'd be too likely that timetables would clash

Only option might be doing one full time, then the other part time in the evening

MonaghanPenguin

because they're full time degrees, so doing two at once would be a ridiculous workload. Might not seem like it now, but in final year you'd be totally swamped with the work that would take. Not to mention the trouble it would cause all the systems which are set up for one person one degree. The fact that classes and exams could be scheduled at the same time. I could go on.

If you want to transfer in first year you'll need to have had the CAO points for the BCL if you want to transfer to that.

phantom_lord

they're just all reasons why it'd be awkward or inadvisable, not why it can't it be done though. anyway, i'll ask one of my lecturers.

lil_cain

phantom_lord wrote: »

they're just all reasons why it'd be awkward or inadvisable, not why it can't it be done though. anyway, i'll ask one of my lecturers.

Sufficiently awkward for the university == can't be done. They're set up for the average student, and changing that to cater for everyone tiny edge case isn't going to be possible.

robby^5

Here's a reason, come exam time what happens if you have two exams from two different courses on at the same time?

You cant sit it at a different time because then you could get access to the exam from the people who have already sit it and they wont do up another exam paper just for you.

There's a pretty solid reason right there.

adamski8

phantom_lord wrote: »

they're just all reasons why it'd be awkward or inadvisable, not why it can't it be done though. anyway, i'll ask one of my lecturers.

Yeah people are only giving logistical reasons why you can't but id say the unversity has a pretty simple rule, something like: any one student can only undergo one full time degree at any time.

stringy

phantom_lord wrote: »

they're just all reasons why it'd be awkward or inadvisable, not why it can't it be done though. anyway, i'll ask one of my lecturers.

ok well here's another one, if it is possible to do this, which I imagine will be highly unlikely, you'll have to pay fees, which are in the region of 6k a year.

Reasoning the government will only pay for you to do one undergraduate degree, in one sitting, ie one 1st, 2nd, 3rd year

phantom_lord

adamski8 wrote: »

Yeah people are only giving logistical reasons why you can't but id say the unversity has a pretty simple rule, something like: any one student can only undergo one full time degree at any time.

I'm wondering if there is such a rule, all the other stuff isn't that big a deal, clearly there's gonna be timetable clashes and I'm gonna have to pay for it, I'm aware that there'd be logistical hitches.

stringy

phantom_lord wrote: »

I'm wondering if there is such a rule, all the other stuff isn't that big a deal, clearly there's gonna be timetable clashes and I'm gonna have to pay for it, I'm aware that there'd be logistical hitches.

probably best then to contact the Admissions Office, registry@dcu.ie, or call in to the information area in the Street

pathway33

You need a distance learning degree. Try the University of London External degree. About €4,000 for the entire degree if it's done in the minimum period. Think you can be adding €500 or so for every year you drag it out up to 8 years.

http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/prospective_students/undergraduate/panel/law/structure.shtml#SchemeB

There's an LLB there but be careful it's useful for the durisdiction you want to use it in.

I think their exams are in May so you could still have an exam clash.

You could try Open University as well but they are more expensive and again check out the durisdiction rules

blacon

The chances of an exam from both degrees clashing are EXTREMELY high. That is pretty much the only reason you need to prove it isn't possible to do two at once from the same Uni. Doing one somewhere else that has different exam times might be a bit more realistic.

Cy_Revenant

Sounds to me like he's planning on sitting one set of modules and walking out with two degrees.

Sitting two separate sets of modules would be too much work.

pathway33

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

Sounds to me like he's planning on sitting one set of modules and walking out with two degrees.

Sitting two separate sets of modules would be too much work.

OP speaks of 'additional modules'. What's the extra workload? 25%? 50%? OP can do it if they spent less time in the pub

daragh8008

I not 100% certain but in a lot of courses they have conditions such as the material you submit must not have been submitted to any other course or college for the purpose of another award. Check the regulations of the college. They may see that as in if you sit a module for one course you can’t use it as “credit” for another. Otherwise you would have people taking up a few extra modules with a course that overlaps with theirs and then demanding multiple degrees.