7 Science Degrees -- Overeducated?

[Vince278]

I estimate he'd have to had spent 32 years in college to do that (unless he had some cross credit or freebies). Guess he loves to party.

[Ted Striker]

Maybe he gets the degrees at an accelerated rate.

If that's not the case 32 years is a damn long time to be reading and taking tests and writing papers all the time!!! That man is crazy!

[Az]

I imagine him having tons of cross-credit, in physics, applied physics and electrical engineering undergraduate courses, and that's all right with me.

Remember: you don't actually have to attend all these lectures.

his advanced degrees are far more interesting IMO.

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Re: Re: 7 Science Degrees -- Overeducated?

Originally posted by centrifuge
I'd have to call bull**** on that.

I am speaking from personal experience. A bunch of my friends did move to master's degrees after finishing engineering school, and the general sentiment was a master's in engineering was easier than a bachelor.

YMMV.

Originally posted by centrifuge
They are definitely harder to the extent that you need to know a good portion of the undergraduate work in order to even begin to learn the graduate work. Much of the undergraduate work needs to be 2nd nature, much the same way that addition/subtraction needs to be 2nd nature for algebra/calculus.

It depends, I guess. Again, my experience is master's degrees are terminal degrees, meaning they are designed for people who don't have an undergraduate degree in the same general field. Thus, much of the same coursework is repeated.

It's like you don't need to be a biology major to go to medical school, IIRC.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Azazel
I imagine him having tons of cross-credit, in physics, applied physics and electrical engineering undergraduate courses, and that's all right with me.

I reckon a lot of credits from "Aerospace Science" can be transferred to "Aerospace Engineering." After he got that, a lot of "Aerospace Engineering" can be transferred to "Electrical Engineering." In the same vein, a lot of "Applied Physics" can go toward "Civil Engineering."

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Vince278
I estimate he'd have to had spent 32 years in college to do that (unless he had some cross credit or freebies).

How did you get that? On the average, a master's takes 2 years, both bachelor's and doctoral take 4 years.

5*2+4+4=18 years. Still a lot, but that's a saving of 14 years

[centrifuge]

Re: Re: Re: Re: 7 Science Degrees -- Overeducated?

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

I am speaking from personal experience. A bunch of my friends did move to master's degrees after finishing engineering school, and the general sentiment was a master's in engineering was easier than a bachelor.

As am I, and I am speaking from 1st hand experience. I agree that they can "seem" easier, but a Master's is only easier to the extent that you are focusing on what is of interest to you. For example an electrical engineer can focus their attention on DRAM or MEMs rather than all of the other generalities.

Additionally, anybody who has ever worked on a well thought out, highly researched, hard fought thesis should be able to tell you that although taking longer to get, it was certainly easier to obtain a B.Sc., B.SE

FOURFAW

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
It's like you don't need to be a biology major to go to medical school, IIRC.

This is certainly true, but you do need the prereqs. A biologist cannot get a Masters in engineering without doing some background work. 1st they wouldn't be accepted into any respectable program, and 2nd if by chance they were, then they would get their asses handed to them. Same goes for med school, a biology degree may not be needed, but some biology courses most certainly are.

[Giancarlo]

He sounds like my uncle.. he has 5 degrees... though he filed for bankruptcy about a few months ago lol..

[Alexander's Horse]

wow - the Bush Administration has an intellectual

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
wow - the Bush Administration has an intellectual

The adminstration has many intellectuals.

[Provost Harrison]

Hmmm, maybe I should take this opportunity to get a degree in Chemistry to add to the collection

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by DanS
I would hazard a guess that he has the most real degrees of anybody in the country. Why put yourself through such torture?

College study is the best fun in the world to great many pesrsons. It is what I would do if I had unlimited resources.

[Provost Harrison]

LS is right, if I didn't have to work I would probably go back to uni or something...

[Urban Ranger]

That true. My college days was the best part of my life so far.

[Adrian Hon]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


How did you get that? On the average, a master's takes 2 years, both bachelor's and doctoral take 4 years.

5*2+4+4=18 years. Still a lot, but that's a saving of 14 years

If he was really sharp, he could've done some of those Masters quicker, and maybe the PhD and BSc. Plus he was probably doing other work at the same time.