interalia Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Dang - I have no idea. Sounds like you need an in-depth meeting with your school counselor who knows this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Newman Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 I'll defer to Michael, but the saying "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" would seem to apply here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr_Jones Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2001st Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Can you take the class at another college (or on-line) and transfer-in the credit? Edited March 19, 2009 by h2001st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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