<p>So I read on the art and sciences section of the UVA website that you have 8 semesters to complete your degree. It this school wide??
What happens if you don't finish in 8 semesters? Do they kick you out?</p>
<p>I'm coming into the curry school as a transfer (3 yr) but I would like to study abroad for a semester and I worried about this 8 semester rule. Even if I don't study abroad, I'm not 100% sure I will be about to finish in 2 years and summer school is really not an option.</p>
<p>If you cannot finish your program on time, you will not be allowed to study abroad.
You will be required to take summer classes if you cannot finish your program on time.
You will be advised a curry school advisor who will help you figure out how to do it all.</p>
<p>That sucks!! Why cant you stay an extra year ??? I mean, if you paying for it, whats the problem?</p>
<p>If you want to stay an extra year, you can do it as part of a 5th year Master program. You can probably study abroad during the summer or J Term and still earn your Bachelors in four years.</p>
<p>The fact that graduating on time is the norm is a good thing.</p>
<p>keep in mind that a master’s program requires 30 more credits at least. and you have to take the gre and be admitted. so it’s not like “oh i’ll just stay an extra year and get a master’s, thanks”…
those are just the rules! if you can’t fit it in, studying abroad costs the same as a semester of (oos?) tuition generally, so just go the summer after you graduate before you start work…</p>
<p>Hmm. I don’t know how strongly this is all upheld. I know an engineer who transferred second year and she’s staying for a fifth. She did switch majors right before this past year so she had two years of upper level classes, so maybe that’s why. She was also dumb as bricks… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I know a lot of engineers who do a 5th year. I’m not sure how. But everyone in Curry has to finish in 4 years. We’re all used to taking lots of summer classes…</p>
<p>So you’re staying a fifth year to get your master’s in teaching? I didn’t think you could even do a Bach in education…
Sorry, dumb ole engineer here. You know we know nothing about the outside university and how you guys function without ladies like the e-school front office ;)</p>
<p>Lol!!
I am in the 5-year education program. I get my BA and my MT at the end of the 5 years. But I am classified as a graudate student now. So it will make my hiring this fall interesting… You have to do your bachelors through the college. And since your fourth year it is a lot like the comm school, ie I had 1 elective, you have to have your major done by your 3rd year unless you want to take summer classes (if it’s even an option).</p>
<p>You can do a bachelor’s in ed as part of the 5 year program, but only if you are doing phys ed; or you can do a bachelor’s in ed in things like speech pathology which is not a teaching field so that would be just 4 years (I just had a friend graudate from that this year).</p>
<p>Just curious, Hazel, since this is a common question I get: When did most of your classmates doing the 5 year program start their work in Curry? Some people have led me to believe there is a standard time line, others seem to think it’s more flexible.</p>
<p>What’s your BA? CS?</p>
<p>I started my work my 2nd year along with 2 of my 35 classmates (in my program – elementary). I then had to take the main intro ed course over the summer due to scheduling conflicts (an elementary ed math major? who ever heard of such a thing – actually there are 2 of us of those 35!! 2 is the same number as full fledged math ed BAMTers sadly), where I met at least 25% of my ed class. Others didn’t start their work until their third year, and took that course the next summer – one girl was premed for a while… So I would say it is standard for my class to have started their third year or the summer before. However, the program recently changed that you cannot apply until after having taking that intro ed course, so that really changes things…</p>
<p>(So) My BA is math actually! CS would have been IMPOSSIBLE to do in 3 years!!! You need 3 semesters to do 150 / 201 or 205 / 202 and 216 (150 is required even if you place out of 101…) so there’s no way I could then take 30 more CS credits in 3 semesters with the prereq requirements and staying sane… Math was 2 classes max a semester which was great, since I came in with Calc 2, 3, and Diff Eq, I only had 8 classes to take for the major. I ended up being able to take 2 math electives! That was plenty for me. :)</p>
<p>Hazelorb I’m sending you a private message.</p>
<p>We’ve had a couple of kids attend U-Va. Our oldest was a science major and encountered a lot of resistence when she tried to study abroad for a semester, precisely because of a concern that she would have trouble graduating in four years. But she persisted and won out – and graduated on time. It can be done.</p>
<p>Ahhh yes. Math. Duh. Sounds like you’ve done well</p>
<p>Funny, the engineering program is really, really pushing kids to study abroad. Unless you plan really well or some in with a lot of AP credits, you’re almost forced to do it over summer. Problem is, most engineering students try/need internships over the summer. Then the career office pushes for co-ops. Same problem. Unless UVa tries to a) reduce core classes somehow or b) specifically recommend certain programs (and more than 4-5 for all the same majors), the plan will never work. I think instead UVa should try to put students in companies abroad. Get hands on work and be abroad. I learned more in my summers than in applicable courses, so I think it would be a great way to send kids abroad and get them education in their field.
My one college regret was not going abroad…sigh</p>
<p>This certainly seems rather strong-armed and odd. Guess it’s not too hard for all the rich kids to go to school or abroad most summers but what about those who need to earn money over the summer? What if you switch majors a couple times or want to add a second one late in the game?
Is this common at public U’s? I have never heard of such a policy anywhere else among publics.</p>
<p>a) makes UVa look better
b) you can’t sit in college for 6-7 years. I think it forces people to grow up and start contributing to society
c) if you change your major, I think it’s allowed. Many majors, and probably all 4-year majors, are do-able in four years. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for, really.</p>
<p>shoe, I think it has something to do with the fact that only 12% of engineering students go abroad (up from 2% less than 10 years ago). Those statistics are available at [U.Va</a>. Engineering Facts At A Glance](<a href=“http://www.seas.virginia.edu/about/facts/index.php]U.Va”>http://www.seas.virginia.edu/about/facts/index.php)</p>
<p>Yeah I understand why they’re pushing it, just not how they’re going to get more to go abroad. 12% is a mighty small number…</p>