Can you do a Continuing Education degree program on the side?
July 27, 2010 by
Filed under online education degree
If you’re working on a graduate degree (MA), can you do a Continuing Education degree program, at a different university, on the side? I’ve taken some classes during my summers off, and I learned that I only need 6 more classes to actually graduate. Even though it’s a completely different degree, and I’m not planning on using it for anything, will this help or hurt my chances when applying to a PhD program? The PhD will be in the field that my MA is in.
It shouldn’t hurt. On the contrary, I think it will help you get into the Ph.D. program if you were to include that on your application. It shows that you re a hard worker to have worked on two degrees at the same time, and it also shows some real commitment towards your academics. These are what universities are looking for when considering Ph.D. applicants. The only minor thing that I’m worried about is – Are you actually permitted by the university where you re currently doing your M.A. to enroll with another university, or do they have some kind of rule against enrolling with other universities while being a student of their college? If they don’t have anything against you enrolling with another university while simultaneously pursuing one of their courses as well, then you got nothing to worry. Good luck!