The Open University degree - same as 'normal' degree?

Bryando

What jobs I can do apart from Lawyer I have no idea. However I hope a degree in both Scottish and English law will give me good standing. I hope!

zfrl

Just be careful if you want a named degree. You have to look at which course count towards it rather than pick any course. I did Technology - but wasted a year before deciding on this one on a course which didn't count.

Where I work a degree is a degree does not matter where it is from.

Bryando

Yes very important to make a plan. This I did not realise at first. As got to get my degree within 6 years. Therefore doing a course not counted towards the LLB would prove near fatal for my plans.

However the OU is there to help and are very friedly people whom give great advice/guidance.

karen3w

But is an "open degree", i.e. one where you pick the courses that make up your degree, as recognised as a named degree? Both can be taken at the OU. An open degree you can take any subjects you like and as long as you get 300 or 360 points you get a degree. A named degree is where they tell you what courses to take.

olly300

karen3w wrote: »

But is an "open degree", i.e. one where you pick the courses that make up your degree, as recognised as a named degree? Both can be taken at the OU. An open degree you can take any subjects you like and as long as you get 300 or 360 points you get a degree. A named degree is where they tell you what courses to take.

I suggest strongly you have a look at the pathways to getting a language degree as you will find that if you want to teach languages you are going to have to do all the foreign language modules in your degree anyway.

That will leave you with a level 2 module short and people who have done the English and Linguistics Module have found it really helped them with the rest of the degree.

If you do an Open Degree then you are going to have to for a long time list exactly what you covered on the degree on your CV, and when you apply for postgraduate courses where they need a degree.

karen3w

olly300 wrote: »

I suggest strongly you have a look at the pathways to getting a language degree as you will find that if you want to teach languages you are going to have to do all the foreign language modules in your degree anyway.

That will leave you with a level 2 module short and people who have done the English and Linguistics Module have found it really helped them with the rest of the degree.

If you do an Open Degree then you are going to have to for a long time list exactly what you covered on the degree on your CV, and when you apply for postgraduate courses where they need a degree.

Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to find out! I'll have another look at the courses available and see what I could take. I'm not an essay sort of person, so didn't want to choose something that involved writing long essays is possible.

Bryando

Yes I'm taking a named degree therefore I have courses that are set in stone for me to take. Just glad that I get fees paid, as in total it will cost alot to get a Law degree.

I will have to fund my Scottish Law degree and that does worry me as well as the Diploma in Legal Practice. However I hope I will be able to get the money to do so in the future.

Just hope all the study and stress does pay off!

Owain_Moneysaver

olly300 wrote: »

I suggest strongly you have a look at the pathways to getting a language degree as you will find that if you want to teach languages you are going to have to do all the foreign language modules in your degree anyway.

Also for language teaching there may be a requirement to have a degree that includes a set period studying at a foreign university - this may vary between primary and secondary, state/private schools etc.

Because there is some credit exchange between OU and other universities you may be able to do something like the equivalent of 2 years through OU study and then do 1 year at a conventional uni to get your degree.

JuniorFlex

Hi. I am just wondering a few things. I have spent a few years working in middle management and would like to progress my career and get into management consultancy. I am looking to start an MBA course. Having spoke with the OU, I understand that I can start the MBA upon completion of a certificate followed by a diploma in management which would take about a year. My question is would it look bad on my CV having no undergraduate degree? Should I take my undergrad then the MBA which would take an extra 3 years or just carry on with what I am doing?

zfrl

I would say do not worry about undergrad degree if doing MBA as a lot of people progress to this degree from a diploma.