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Doing joint honours???????????

Is it worth doing a joint honours? What are the pros and cons? Is it more appealing to employers as you'll have studied two subjects and possibly gained a greater range of skills? Or is it not as good since you'll have studied two subjects in less depth? Basically how does it work, is there more work, and is it worth it?

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Juno

Original post by ilovefruit

It depends on what subjects you're looking a\t and what you want to do after. Sometimes a joint honours will give you more flexibility in employment, but sometimes employers ask for a specific degree so you might not qualify.

Generally, degrees allow students some amount of free choice. A joint honours degree can therefore just be a way of showing you took all the optional modules in one particular area, instead of a mix of everything. This can then mean that you didn't do less depth.