Maybe someone knows the answer to this - college graduation related

[interalia]

I will be graduating college with a double major in Cognitive Science/Psychology in August and intended to enter the workforce again shortly thereafter.

...or at least, that was the plan.

I have a course right now for the Cog Sci major that I'm having an excessively difficult time with. I most likely will not pass it thus disabling me from graduating with at the Cog Sci portion of the double major. The class, should I fail it, will not be offered again at my school until Fall 2010!

If I do fail the course, would it be better to officially "graduate" with the Psych degree, or wait until I can retake the class and graduate with both degrees in Dec 2010. If so, will businesses accept a person as a degreed individual even if they haven't officially "walked across the stage" but have all college coursework completed? The reason I ask is because after August I will have finished ALL course work related to the Psych degree and so would it be honest to advertise myself as having a degree even if I don't have the paper in hand?

Thanks for the help. I'm really in an odd situation right now.

[NeuroTypical]

Dang - I have no idea. Sounds like you need an in-depth meeting with your school counselor who knows this stuff.

[Michael_Newman]

Continue on for dual Master degrees. The four-year degrees are not going to give you the advantage you need in today's economy.

See the counselor for the Masters program.

All my best,

Michael

[Just_A_Guy]

I'll defer to Michael, but the saying "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" would seem to apply here.

[Herr_Jones]

Can you afford to maintain your student status till graduation with a dual major?

Will you actually fail the class or fail to achieve minimum course requirements ie get a C or better?

[h2001st]

Can you take the class at another college (or on-line) and transfer-in the credit? Edited March 19, 2009 by h2001st