Double Major - Politics/IR and Engineering - U.S unis

I want to do Politics and IR or Political Sciences. My mother wants me to do engineering.

My father has come up with a compromise. Because I am studying in the British Education system (13 years), I get one year's credit in U.S unis apparently?

He says that the first two years of university are all core courses that everyone has to do. He said that I can do my engineering degree and by then will have accumulated enough credit to do a year on Politics. Is this possible?

What if I were to go to the U.K first? I want to go to Edinburgh and do a Politics and IR degree there. I know that U.K unis don't have a credit system but surely this could be transferred to credit in the U.S? If I did my Politics degree could I do an engineering degree in the U.S in 1-2 years time?

You don't automatically get a year's credit. You'd need to take AP tests to get exemption from various first year courses. For many American universities you can do dual specialization - just ensure that you have enough engineering to meet the requirements of any professional bodies in the country you are seeking to work in otherwise you may as well not have bothered.

Whether any American university would accept a transfer from a UK institution is a matter for the university itself. There's no automatic right of transfer or equivalency as they are different education systems. It would make more sense to do an bachelors degree in engineering in the USA and take subsidiary classes in politics to fulfil your humanities requirement.

Thanks for the help.

But theoretically, if I were to do the AP exam and a U.S uni would accept a U.K transfer student, I could complete an engineering course in two years?

Thanks for the help.

But theoretically, if I were to do the AP exam and a U.S uni would accept a U.K transfer student, I could complete an engineering course in two years?

Unlikely.

Would it then be better if I were to do a three year course in the U.K and then reapply in the U.S and complete a three year course there? I know it would take up 6 years but I think I'd be willing to make the sacrifice.

I don't want to do Politics as a subsidiary, I want to do a full course. Preferably at Edinburgh.

Sounds like a plan but Edinburgh is a 4 year course is it not?

Oh ****, you're right

Is there not any way I could manage those two undergrad degrees within 5-6 years?

Surely if I do a full undergrad degree in the U.K, I won't have to do the core courses in the U.S?

**** your mum, do politics and IR.

On the other hand, we live in a competitive world and I want to make money to provide a good life for the family I intend to have one day.

Do you have any idea how much money the fat cats in Brussels make?

Moreover, engineering's quite competitive.

Playing a percentage game here mate. I could probably follow the same career path with engineering and have more options available to me.

I may still consider 3 years at an English uni and then three years in the U.S doing engineering. I mean, if my original course was 4 years, it's only 2 more years.

Have fun becoming a politician with an engineering degree.

You could always get into law with a pol/IR degree or even business.

Your options aren't limited.

Apologies for the double post, but it says here, that it may be possible?

http://www.internationalstudentforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6935

Is that only possible if I want to stick with the same course?