Two or more degrees question

[obsidian93]

Hi all

I am a South African citizen with a 3 year BSc undergraduate degree dual majoring in Computer Science and Computer Games Development
I also have a BSc Honours degree in Computer Science

I have not got these certificates evaluated, but can anyone tell me what the chances are that these are two separate degrees? Or is it more likely these will be evaluated to one four year bachelor's degree?

Thanks

 

[scylla]

Hi all

I am a South African citizen with a 3 year BSc undergraduate degree dual majoring in Computer Science and Computer Games Development
I also have a BSc Honours degree in Computer Science

I have not got these certificates evaluated, but can anyone tell me what the chances are that these are two separate degrees? Or is it more likely these will be evaluated to one four year bachelor's degree?

Thanks

Hard to say. Will depend on a number of factors including the school(s) you attended). Was the second BSc an additional 3-4 years of study on top of the 3 years for the first BSc?

 

[obsidian93]

Hard to say. Will depend on a number of factors including the school(s) you attended). Was the second BSc an additional 3-4 years of study on top of the 3 years for the first BSc?

No the second degree is a one year honours program. To get into this program you can apply from other universities with a 3 year undergraduate degree or from the same university but you need a minimum score of 65% internally (I did the undergraduate and honours at the same university)

 

[scylla]

No the second degree is a one year honours program. To get into this program you can apply from other universities with a 3 year undergraduate degree or from the same university but you need a minimum score of 65% internally (I did the undergraduate and honours at the same university)

In Canada this would just be one bachelor degree. This isn't two separate degrees. The extra year just takes it from a non-honours bachelor to an honours bachelor. So that's probably how yours will be evaluated (one degree).

 

[obsidian93]

In Canada this would just be one bachelor degree. This isn't two separate degrees. The extra year just takes it from a non-honours bachelor to an honours bachelor. So that's probably how yours will be evaluated (one degree).

Thank you, I had suspicions that would be the case. Something I wanted to ask relating to this: My degree is accredited by the British Computing Society, but I did not achieve very good marks back when I did the degree (passed with 60%). Is it possible that my degree will be considered invalid by WES or other accreditation organisations?

 

[scylla]

Thank you, I had suspicions that would be the case. Something I wanted to ask relating to this: My degree is accredited by the British Computing Society, but I did not achieve very good marks back when I did the degree (passed with 60%). Is it possible that my degree will be considered invalid by WES or other accreditation organisations?

Your marks don't matter. It's whether your school is recognized by WES.