As far as I know Honor's program students get some type of label on their degree for the program, or they at least get some sort of recognition.

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Originally posted by tubularbills haha, anyone who got suckered into an honors program makes me LOL. you got the same piece of paper all of us "normies" got. its just like the service academies comapred to ROTC...why the hell would you go through that shit for 4 years when you pin on the exact same rank as us. LOL.

The honours degree isn't a bad idea if you're intending on pursuing a Masters or a Doctorate. As far as I know, the only difference is that an Honours requires you to complete an Undergrad thesis. All in all, its a bonus to have published something as an Undergrad and its great practice for writing a MSc/PhD thesis. That being said, i didn't bother with it!

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Originally posted by Domesticated Yeah, I remember that you got your "honor's" in English. Great University system in Canada.

In your post, the word "university" is being used to modify the word "system", and does not take a capital "u" as it is not a proper noun.
























































































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Originally posted by Slylee oh well, different strokes different vaginas

Some dance to remember ~ Some dance to forget

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Originally posted by matty The honours degree isn't a bad idea if you're intending on pursuing a Masters or a Doctorate. As far as I know, the only difference is that an Honours requires you to complete an Undergrad thesis. All in all, its a bonus to have published something as an Undergrad and its great practice for writing a MSc/PhD thesis. That being said, i didn't bother with it!

oh, and i think maybe they get a different colored tassel or something.

i don't know - i did a regular program, and i still had to do a Thesis. ISU was one of like 3 schools in the country that required it for a meteorology degree. it was one of the reasons why i did my degree in 5 years, not 4 -> so when i was taking thesis class, i was also taking bowling, racquetball, and my ROTC stuff and that was it. haha.

i guess the Honors program would be good for getting into schools for higher education. looking at high school; i took honors math classes, and the guys who tok the regular ones still had no problems getting into any state school, really. lol.

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Originally posted by Domesticated For this to succeed, the sample needs to be large, i.e 1000 people. It works in these cases. I get marked on bell curves at the moment and it's complete and utter bullshit in a class of 25 people. You should be marked on your own merits and whether your work is of good standard, not whether someone's is better than yours.

1000 sample size my ass, your degree is not in stats I assume


For any kind of standardized test validation yes 1000 is a minimum, but for a college test that is assessing knowledge of 3 or 4 chapters in a text book, 25 is plenty to weed out the poor questions, which is all a curve is meant to correct for.

Each student is exposed to a certain curriculum, and we assume a certain percentage of students actually understand the material (especially the highest scorer). However poor questions are poor questions, and no matter how much anyone knows the material, they will get these questions wrong. So the curve corrects for these.

Although I never graded on a curve when I taught. I did shift my grading scale when I taught Psy 101 so that 85%+ = A, 75+ = B etc... I still failed a fair number of students.




For me its an AS in Technical drafting and tool design, BS in Psychology, MA in Experimental Psy...working on PhD.

b.a. from tufts and m.s from nyu

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox In your post, the word "university" is being used to modify the word "system", and does not take a capital "u" as it is not a proper noun.

You: five years at university to identify a proper noun.

Me: quit a property degree after a mere six months but still managed to hand you your fat arse on a plate.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 For any kind of standardized test validation yes 1000 is a minimum, but for a college test that is assessing knowledge of 3 or 4 chapters in a text book, 25 is plenty to weed out the poor questions, which is all a curve is meant to correct for.

No, see this is the problem.

If you assess a maths class on 3-4 chapters of a book by setting them 50 questions, THEY EITHER KNOW THE MATERIAL OR THEY DON'T, it's ridiculous to mark on a bell curve. If you're a shit teacher and no one knows the material, someone is still going to get an A+, just for being the best, even though their actual abilities are rather poor.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 Each student is exposed to a certain curriculum, and we assume a certain percentage of students actually understand the material (especially the highest scorer). However poor questions are poor questions, and no matter how much anyone knows the material, they will get these questions wrong. So the curve corrects for these.

This comes down to a matter of opinion and I'm not saying you're wrong, but I think this is a flawed way to think. Whoever sets the questions should be setting them properly, not setting questions which are fundamentally flawed. By your reasoning it would be impossible for anyone to get 100% on a test, regardless of how easy it is.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Honours BA in English+Cultural Theory Honours BA in French Linguistics Currently completing a BA in Translation and doing prep for my MA in Translation Also combining my Translation degree with Business Communication because I realized I have no business savvy whatsoever. I want to finish my degree and be an in-house translator for any fairly large enterprise. Working freelance is too random - I have had contracts for anything from grocery marketing to immigration papers. I'm gunning for an internship in Quebec for next May.

Why in the world would you get three Bachelor's degrees? If the Canadian system is anything like the United States', that would require 10+ years and only get you a raised eyebrow in a job interview. Do you mean that you had multiple majors, or are these abbreviated degrees?

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Originally posted by chimera66 b.a. from tufts and m.s from nyu

I came very close to going to Tufts, but they didn't give me enough money. Given the combination of degrees, I'm guessing psych or econ?

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Also combining my Translation degree with Business Communication because I realized I have no business savvy whatsoever.

By the way, this is what's hilarious about university. People go there to learn "management", "marketing" or any other number of bullshit things that basically can't be taught.

I think uni is very valuable, but in general society is far too focussed on education and pieces of paper with your name on them rather than workplace training and genuine ability.