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> make your own degree ... credentialing Sure, but it’s still a BA from a real and accredited university, and there are plenty of situations in life where that
by peteretep 6y ago
> make your own degree ... credentialing
Sure, but it’s still a BA from a real and accredited university, and there are plenty of situations in life where that’s needed, regardless of the subject. Many immigration programs will take it into account, if you want to become a teacher, access to further education or professional qualifications.
In short, I don’t think a BA in Open Studies or whatever they call it is any less useful than a BA in International Relations or any number of other non-vocational BAs.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoInternational Relations may be "non-vocational" to a certain degree (hah!), but it's much closer to certain vocations than an Open Studies degree is. (At least, a generic Open Studies degree. I suppose one could tailor a particular Open Studies degree to be quite vocational, for some very narrowly defined vocations.)
- peteretep 6y agoFirstly, again, I don't think it matters. A BA/BSc is a tick-box what needs a tickin' in quite a few situations in life where the subject is completely by-the-by. Secondly, though, to pick up on your "I suppose one could tailor a particular Open Studies degree to be quite vocational", I think you can actually take that further. With reference to the link below, I think you could create a curriculum that was far more relevant for the roles most people do than most degrees are? I feel like I could pick out courses there that would make a university a far more useful developer than most compsci courses? [0] http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/qualifications/qd http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/qualifications/qd