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Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - Airamb - 03-27-2024
Link to article: Utah students could soon earn bachelor's degree in 3 years | KSL.com
The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) in 90 credits. My questions are:
1. Does this water down the respectability of a bachelor's degree?
2. Can one apply to a graduate school with a 90 credit bachelors?
3. Will employers take note or just consider it a check the box degree?
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - mohelena02 - 03-27-2024
First thing that comes to mind if Master's acceptance... would schools accept you with only 90 credits under your belt?
Seems like a great idea for someone not pursuing further education though.
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - Airamb - 03-27-2024
(03-27-2024, 04:12 PM)mohelena02 Wrote: First thing that comes to mind if Master's acceptance... would schools accept you with only 90 credits under your belt?
Seems like a great idea for someone not pursuing further education though.
Exactly! See my question #2.
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - bjcheung77 - 03-27-2024
Great questions, here are my answers to those questions. It's a check the box degree like any other BGS, BLS, etc.
1. A degree is a degree... No, it's just a slimmed down Bachelors degree without the 30 credits for electives.
2. Again, it's a Bachelors degree, as long as all the entry requirements for the Masters have been completed, you're good.
3. BAS, BGS and BLS, etc, do not display it's a 90 credit or 120 credit degree on the parchment, only on transcripts.
They're not the only ones going this route, if you read down the page, BYU and partner is doing a 90-96 credit version.
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - ss20ts - 03-27-2024
(03-27-2024, 07:30 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Great questions, here are my answers to those questions. It's a check the box degree like any other BGS, BLS, etc.
1. A degree is a degree... No, it's just a slimmed down Bachelors degree without the 30 credits for electives.
2. Again, it's a Bachelors degree, as long as all the entry requirements for the Masters have been completed, you're good.
3. BAS, BGS and BLS, etc, do not display it's a 90 credit or 120 credit degree on the parchment, only on transcripts.
They're not the only ones going this route, if you read down the page, BYU and partner is doing a 90-96 credit version.
There are master's programs that are very specific about 120 credits in a bachelor's degree for whatever reason. Some are specific about how many credits in certain topics they want. Some colleges are just really strange about undergrad requirements. I mean I understand a master's in chemical engineering that you want them to have chem 101 as an undergrad - kind of important, but an undergrad statistics course for an MBA is kind of weird because a lot of undergrad programs don't require stats.
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - Old Guy - 03-27-2024
My first degree was a 90 credit BA in Canada. They don't do general education in Canada. They assume you have it in high school. The only requirements for a BA was a grade 12 or 6 cr 100 level language, 6cr 200 level English Literature, 6cr of 200 level junior lab science for morons, 6cr 300 level senior science for morons, and a minimum 18cr major. The rest you mix and match. You could take a maximum 6cr 100 level for missing high school prerequisites and a maximum of 42cr 200 level, if I recall.
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - RachelB - 03-27-2024
This is great! I hope this is the way of the future, as I've never understood having so many gen eds and electives... they're just a waste of time and money. The time for those things is in high school!
RE: Utah Schools switching to the 3-year Bachelor - DegreeNerd - 10-03-2026
(03-27-2024, 11:54 PM)RachelB Wrote: This is great! I hope this is the way of the future, as I've never understood having so many gen eds and electives... they're just a waste of time and money. The time for those things is in high school!
I agree. This is the way it works in the Commonwealth Countries (such as Australia), all degrees are 3 years long.
Only time it is 4yrs is if you do an Honours Year. (which you do Masters levels papers, and a mini research project / thesis at the end so you're prepared to go next straight into a PhD thesis if you do well)