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college credits overlapping?
say i want to get a degree in in professions, [i have little college knowledge, so degrees and masters are all fuzzy ideas. ha ha i rhymed.] and both of them require a chemistry course. will the credits i get from one course go towards both degrees?
ok that was quick from all of you thnx. say i wanted to be an RN and a vets assistant. and they both require many of the same classes. do i have to take the classes twice or can the credits i earn go towards both
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- #7Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Say you want to earn two undergraduate degrees (Associates or Bachelors degrees), either both at the same time or one after the other. All degree programs have certain general course requirements in common. As a rule, one of those requirements is a laboratory science; in this case, chemistry. Assuming these programs do not each specify a different course, then the same course will satisfy both requirements, and you need take it only once. But if one program requires, say, Organic Chemistry and the other requires Inorganic Chemistry, then you would have to take both.
If you complete a Bachelors degree and decide to go to graduate school for a Masters and/or a Doctoral degree, you start over again at the graduate level. An undergraduate-level chemistry course may be a prerequisite (meaning you must have already passed it in order to enroll in a graduate-level course), but it will not satisfy the graduate-level requirement.
Your best bet is to consult your academic adviser. It is the adviser's job to help you select courses that meet your requirements.
- eriLv 71 decade ago
I'm not sure what a 'professions' major would be. Here are the possible degrees you can earn:
Associates = 2 years
Bachelors = 4 years OR associates + 2 years
Masters = bachelors + 2-3 years
PhD = bachelors + masters + 2-6 years
Not all schools require you take chemistry, but a few might. You'd be doing one degree at a time, and the credits would go towards that degree. You can often apply the credits from an associates towards a bachelors, but not to a masters or PhD.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, ie, if you are trying to get a degree in biology and chemistry (both require chemistry courses) they would count for both majors.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It is really hard to understand what you are asking, but I can assume you are asking about your credits for college? go to any college website,and they will tell you the requirements for the particular major you are talking about
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