Undergraduate Level vs Graduate Level

Okay, I know there are many student cappies here, so I a question.

I've been kind of forced into this graduate level course but I'm an undergrade student -- a junior actaully.


Should I protest and try to take another course in place of this one or should I take the graduate level course?

Unless you are planning on going into graduate school & this class will count toward a graduate degree in your specific field...I would drop the course and take a similar for undergrad credit. I only say this because the graduate degree courses are weighted differently and count for more as their is usually additional work to be completed. The class will either be harder or require more projects or exams but if you do well it will raise your gradepoint more (as it counts for more). But, if you don't do well--the same will apply--it will lower your gradepoint more than and undergraduate class that you don't do well in. It's up to you..I would take the class for undergraduate credit if I had no plans on continuing on to grad school or if I wasn't gonna get credit for the class toward a graduate degree. I say why do the extra work if you don't really have to.

Thank you for the advice wagner 🙂

OMG, I wish I knew this before I went to class today ): I tried to get out of the class but theres nothing open that matched my major. So I'm stuck with the Graduate level course 😢

depends on the level of difficulty

graduate level courses, depending on the subject, generally aren't difficult, as far as scoring respectable marks are concerned.

if it will count toward your major or minor (if applicable), and is not overwhelming your schedule, then keep it.

Yea - kinda agree with SS - would be good to check out the workload. Some graduate level courses are a breeze - so if you've 'been forced' 🙂 to take it, the assumption is you can do it.

Try not to think of it as a Grad level course, just another class, otherwise......

Good luck

Cappysweetie-I didn't mean to freak you out!! Don't stress if you aren't overloaded you can definitely handle it!! Like I said you may only have to complete 1 additional paper or project. Plus,like everyone else said you'd basically have to never show up to class, and basically bomb your exams to get lower than a B or B/C. Professors rarely give out a grade lower than this. I just kinda feel like why do the extra work if you don't need to...But that's a general motto with us Taurus's. Cappy's on the otherhand may not mind the additional work or a bit more of a academic challenge.


Okay--Where are you all Taking graduate courses—LOL! Mine where hard! I think as you guys say--It may depend alot on the type of class it is. I think I only had one graduate course that was fairly easy--I had the option of taking in for undergrad vs. grad credit and I took it for grad credit by accident (this worked to my advantage as I only needed 1 additional paper, and it counted for more weight where gradepoint was concerned)

I'm taking my classes at the University of Michigan 😢

The graduate class is tonight, I'm nervous because I don't have any books for any of my course because FASFA is a bitch UGH! Its a 455 Anthropology course ...

LOL, Grad school is intense. It's true, at my school you get an F under 70 (atleast for my program). What should be considered a C is now an F. However, at the same time, it's not so hard to score. Sure, there's more work involved but the profs are less hard on you-very diff from undergrad. So, don't panic, just do it! BTW: what's a Junior again? Is that third year?

""However, at the same time, it's not so hard to score. Sure, there's more work involved but the profs are less hard on you-very diff from undergrad. ""


Yea, that's what I've seen.


When we were in undergrad, one of my best friends took a few grad courses, and he got As in all of them. Hefty workload, but he managed to breeze through. It was the CAS undergrad courses that truly kicked his ass.

Cappysweetie

Hey, how'd your class go? I have never taken a anthropology class.. Just curious, what kind of work does the syllabus say is required? Let me know how it went.

You are a sweetie-pie wadnerdr 🙂 Thank you for checking up on me 😄

hahaha, I've never taken anthropolgy either ... that's why I was terrified because this is a course. Well, the day started off pretty crazy because I didn't have my books yet and I needed to them THAT DAY or else I couldn't get them until next Tuesday. There were problems with my student aid because I wasn't awarded enough money to cover my tuision and my books. So I was like AHHHHHHH!!!!! NO WAY!!!! And and stuff like that, I freaked out a little bit and I think the student aid people saw that. They got my loan information and I signed off on everything so I can get my books, good thing the Student Aid director didn't leave on time or else I would have been screwed for sure lol.

After getting my books, I was about an hour late for class so I sat outside the lecture hall until the prof give a break -- I couldn't just walk in because all the sets in the back were taken.

In my class, are talking about immigrant cultures and genders, we are going to look at them deeply from a biological, archaeology, cultural and lingustical perspective WHICH IS WAY COOL! 🙂 🙂 🙂

We have a huge research project that I have to start preparing for tonight.

I looked around I'm clearly I'm the underdog in the class, so I have to prepare for a bumpy road.

Yes! The professor is cool too, she tough, but I really like her already. Although I was late to her course, she said: "Why did you sit outside? I can't make a rude comment if you don't walk in front of me while I'm talking". LOL, that was funny 😄

It does sound cool - what are you studying? you've prob said it before but I'm new around 🙂

found it - never mind - biology major

gl, sweets

Cappysweetie

Sounds absolutely facinating!! Thanks for sharing..Please let us know how it all works out in the end. I know your gonna kill it! Don't worry bout all those grads--they ain't got nothing on ya--now that you know what is require of you--you'll surpass them all (as hard working capricorns always do!) Good Luck!