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Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - DIYcollegeMom - 04-21-2015
I am going to be starting on my BSBA with COSC and was wondering if it is worthwhile to orchestrate the courses I take for this degree to work around pursuing a BA (specifically the UL courses since they are harder to find for testing out credit)?
TIA!!!
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - KittenMittens - 04-21-2015
DIYcollegeMom Wrote:I am going to be starting on my BSBA with COSC and was wondering if it is worthwhile to orchestrate the courses I take for this degree to work around pursuing a BA (specifically the UL courses since they are harder to find for testing out credit)?
TIA!!!
Business Admin and BA? What is BA? I'd say just work on one degree and get it out of the way. There's more to gain from getting a graduate level degree. Double degrees, unless in something very specialized, won't matter much, unless you are particularly close towards getting it, have a penchant for having it for some reason, etc.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - Kaz - 04-21-2015
DIYcollegeMom Wrote:I am going to be starting on my BSBA with COSC and was wondering if it is worthwhile to orchestrate the courses I take for this degree to work around pursuing a BA (specifically the UL courses since they are harder to find for testing out credit)?
TIA!!!
Most people here will tell you that you are better off going for a master's after the first bachelor's, rather than a second bachelor's. If you are dead-set on pursuing a second bachelor's after your BSBA I think the only orchestrating you need concern yourself with is "burning" the wrong types of credits during your BSBA. By that I mean, if you are considering going for a BA in English literature (for example) after your BSBA is complete you probably shouldn't pursue any literature credits within the BSBA. This is because a second bachelor's anywhere requires simultaneously meeting the requirements for the new major and getting enough new credits that you've earned after your BSBA. So theoretically you could screw yourself by using up key credits for the second degree during your first degree, so just don't do that lol.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - rebel100 - 04-21-2015
Too many cool yet affordable Masters out there to mess around with second bachelors, I wouldn't do it. Only exception might be something very specific like engineering. Certainly not for a BA
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - clep3705 - 04-21-2015
If a second bachelor's is 3 more hours, sure, do it. If it is 30 more hours, why would you want to do that? About 36 hours, maybe less, maybe more, will get you a master's degree. There's an educational ladder. What are ladders for? Moving up, not sideways.
If you have to do a bunch more testing out to pick up the second bachelor's degree, stop and think about it. That time is gone. You'll never get it back. Did it improve your employability? Did it move you up? Find a better use of your time.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - Kaz - 04-22-2015
clep3705 Wrote:If a second bachelor's is 3 more hours, sure, do it. If it is 30 more hours, why would you want to do that? About 36 hours, maybe less, maybe more, will get you a master's degree. There's an educational ladder. What are ladders for? Moving up, not sideways.
If you have to do a bunch more testing out to pick up the second bachelor's degree, stop and think about it. That time is gone. You'll never get it back. Did it improve your employability? Did it move you up? Find a better use of your time.
I am thinking about getting a BSBA from TESC after I get my BA from Excelsior. I don't want to hijack DIYcollegeMom's thread into a generic discussion about second bachelor's versus first master's, but in short yes I do think most of the time it makes more sense to go for the master's. The 30 hours versus 36 isn't accurate though because more times than not you are comparing 30 hours of CLEP/DSST/etc. against 36 hours of actual graduate level classes. Total apples-to-oranges comparison there. I personally am thinking about doing it because I didn't use a single CLEP/DSST/etc. for my BA from Excelsior (maths & psych double major), so I can knock out the BSBA for a few grand and completely test out of it. There is no master's option that I know of which would be so cheap and so easy.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - mednat - 04-22-2015
I am with Kaz on this one. Is it a benefit for a career? Probably not, unless it's in an applied field. Is it equal to the credits needed for a masters? Not with the methods we use.
I Intend to pair a BSBA CIS & Marketing with BA Psychology & Communication. The BA is mostly for my personal interests, but I think it pairs nicely with the Marketing aspect of my BSBA. Without work experience, this would likely result in the question of "Why?" in an interview (probably not in a good way). In my case, I can talk through it with a reasonable explanation.
How you proceed depends very much on your goals and personal situation. For me, an additional bachelors at TESC is only the cost of the tests (already will have reached residency requirements) and I have the time to do it. I will likely fill this in while I work a separate masters program.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - defscarlett - 04-22-2015
I don't understand people freaking out about getting a 2nd Bachelors and thinking it's worthless. Frankly anyone I've talked to about multiple degrees has always been very impressed by it.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - bricabrac - 04-22-2015
I agree with Kaz, Mednat and Defscarlett - multiple degrees (undergrad or masters) may not make sense for all but for others can prove beneficial to career growth/opportunity.
In my industry multiple degrees (both undergrad and advanced), especially when combined with experience, makes you more valuable. Even moreso with training and or experience in a specialty area. There is a term of endearment used for those who carry multiple degrees or who are considered lifelong learners, eggheads.
Is it beneficial to have two Bachelor Degrees? BSBA / BA - Kaz - 04-22-2015
mednat Wrote:...Without work experience, this would likely result in the question of "Why?" in an interview (probably not in a good way). In my case, I can talk through it with a reasonable explanation.....
That right there is the big thing IMHO. I think any non-business degree can be beneficially paired with a business degree. It is a plus to say in an interview something like: "I got a degree in (liberal-arts-subject-of-choice) because I love the subject matter. I could do (subject-choice) every day and be quite happy about it. But if you don't understand how to put a roof over your head doing (subject-choice) then you won't get to keep doing it. So I also learned everything I could about business, specifically the business side of (subject-choice), and found that not only was it practical but fascinating in its own right." Something like that. Every single art and discipline has a business and a non-business side. Joint MBA + Master's-in-academic-field are becoming more common all the time, this is just the undergrad version of it.