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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 23:46:56 2020 No.12280508 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12280529 >>12280561 >>12280836 >>12282247 >>12282274

Why do Americans spend 4 years doing an undergraduate while people in countries like the UK finish in 3. What the hell are Americans doing for an extra year?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2020 23:54:15 No.12280529 Report

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>>12280508
From what I've gathered, American degrees require more courses outside of what's necessary to just get your major. I had to take six courses in liberal arts related disciplines, even though I majored in physics.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2020 23:59:27 No.12280551 Report

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British students specialise more in their last two years of school. Americans are often shocked when I tell them the norm to only do 3 subjects, but in more detail

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 00:05:24 No.12280561 Report

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>>12280508
gen eds. more and more of them are being piled on top every year. people literally take an entire year to just get them out of the way.
no standardization. you take like 1 mandatory class a year and whatever electives show up usually

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 00:06:32 No.12280563 Report

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>>12280551
>tell them the norm to only do 3 subjects, but in more detail
Who the hell told you that? I'm third year and I'm doing the following.
>Manufacturing
>project management
>Industrial management
>Group design
>fluid mechanics
>thermodynamics
>Structural mechanics
>Finite element analysis
>Control engineering
>Dynamics
>Final year project
AND I'M WISHING TO DIE, AAARGGGHHHHHHBHB

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 01:20:28 No.12280836 Report

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>>12280508
In the UK system the 4th year is mostly optional, and in general the degree is more focused

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 01:29:28 No.12280880 Report

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>>12280836
Nobody does a 4th year in the UK, unless it's an integrated masters or they do a workplacement.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 13:44:23 No.12282123 Report

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A better question is, why do Americans do PhDs for 5-6 years, while Europeans can manage do complete theirs PhDs in just 3 years?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 14:43:08 No.12282247 Report

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>>12280508
if you kickass in highschool/summers, you can finish an american uni in 3yrs

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 14:56:12 No.12282274 Report

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>>12280508
>Why do Americans
Stopped reading

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2020 17:39:51 No.12282730 Report

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>>12280563
In sixth form, he means.

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