difference between combined and double dgree? (1 Viewer)

[bigboyjames]

just wondering whats the difference? like if people say they are getting a double its not really a double. how can you fit a whole 4 year uni course in just 1 year?

 

[jb2007]

Well it is a doulbe degree, you do two degree's. Like for me, at the end i'll have a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Psychological Science. It just means there's a lot more work involved. I do 3 law subjects and 2 psychology subjects each semester, so if I was just doing law i'd only have the 3 subjects to worry about.

 

[ari89]

Double = combined.

For me my degree is 5 years all up:

For the business degree: 2 years are business subjects and 1 year worth of the course are electives which in my case all have to be law subjects. Here I can graduate with the business degree. Then on that there's the extra 2 years of straight law (and added to this are the 1 year of electives taken earlier so i can graduate with the LLB.)

Double degrees are structured so you can take common units that get credited to both degrees. If you were to do them as a single degree each instead of taking common units you'd be able to take electives to make up another major.

 

[shannonm]

its the same workload just over a longer time(1-2 extra years).

 

[Roguedeth]

not really double degrees do 5 subjects minimum where as single do 4 subjects

 

[ari89]

not really double degrees do 5 subjects minimum where as single do 4 subjects

I'm doing a double degree and only have to do 4 subjects a semester...and so does everyone else I know:S

 

[shannonm]

not really double degrees do 5 subjects minimum where as single do 4 subjects

what whack uni is this?

 

[melsc]

not really double degrees do 5 subjects minimum where as single do 4 subjects

Thats not true of all universities and it also depends on how many credit points your subjects are worth etc...Some uni's have subjects that are less than the average subject ie. a 2cp research subject.

In both UWS and MAC double degrees I've done 4 subjects (12 cp) i.e. the same study load as single degree students, its just over 5 years.

 

[dion7789]

not really double degrees do 5 subjects minimum where as single do 4 subjects

Yeah what uni is it? I only have to do 4 subjects/session tho they arent that strict on it, this session for example im only doing 3 subjects.

 

[DTFM]

I believe a double degree allows you to graduate with one of the degrees first, but a combined degree requires both degrees to be completed at the same time.

 

[dion7789]

I believe a double degree allows you to graduate with one of the degrees first, but a combined degree requires both degrees to be completed at the same time.

With the double you graduate with both degrees on the same day, not one after 3 years and the other after another 2 for instance.

 

[melsc]

You can elect to graduate to graduate from one after three years and the other after the following two, at least you can for combined law at both Macquarie and UWS

 

[el gwapo]

^ I believe that's how it works in Sydney for Ed/Arts as well.

 

[jb2007]

I do 5 subjects per semester=15 CP

 

[popjiggas]

is there any double/combined degree involving psychologyy and commerce?
if so at which uni?

 

[Triangulum]

is there any double/combined degree involving psychologyy and commerce?
if so at which uni?

most unis would offer science/commerce, and you could then do psychology as your science major.

 

[jannny]

pretty cool combined/dbl degree:

pharmacy/commerce @ monash

Medicine/Law @ a uni somewhere in melb not sure.

 

[melsc]

Med/law - death sentence

 

[TacoTerrorist]

Why would anyone want to do a double degree unless they are related?

 

[black_kat_meow]

Why would anyone want to do a double degree unless they are related?

To pursue individual interests, to study a language...