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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I really have to ask (and sorry if it sounds offensive), but what is the point in an open degree? It seems nearly as useless as a half/half degree (I forget the name of those). I mean it shows you're intellegent enough to pass a degree level standard of education, but it's a mix of all different courses and subjects, so you won't be really qualified at any one thing.
You mentioned at one point that most of the courses for this degree would probably be engineering and technology based, in which case I'd strongly recomend just taking an engineering or technology degree. That way you have a qualification that entitles you to work in a good proffession, because I'm pretty certain an open degree isn't the right kind of qualification to enter any job in such fields as engineering/technology.
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I understand your point.
However, although i'm getting an 'open degree' it will cover 90% of the units from a full engineering and technology degree. The only units it will not cover are some level 1 units which i have more than covered in my HNC qualification (which is the equivilent to level 1 in a uni degree).
So effectively by studying level 2-3 in engineering technology, i have covered it all.
So for level 1, i wanted to take on other units which i believe will help me in the specific path i wish to follow because engineering in itself is a very broad subject.
I will cover 'environmental' and 'networking' too.
Also, i already have 9 years experience running my own department in a massive worldwide engineering company. Based on research i've been doing (writing to companies etc) i have found that my experience usually outweighs those with degrees anyway.
So if i add a degree then i'm simply boosting my chances even more.
As for the relevance of Open Uni qualifications, from my understanding a lot of companies actually prefer them to campus university degree's. Initially you may wonder why...but consider the fact that i have to work full time, and study full time.
How many people come from campus uni and lack any real skills or knowledge?
I'm not going into it blind. I looked into a lot of things and it seems to be the best way to go. At least for now. The good thing is i can change when i want. Even if i do level 1 as i am, i can simply do more level 1 units than is required and cover everything. It's quite flexable.