Question for those of you in grad/law school.

[Orsorum]

Do your respective schools allow you to sit in on or take undergraduate courses?

I am near graduation, although I may stay an extra year, but even then I have a list of classes that coincide with topics I enjoy learning about that I will not be able to pursue as an undergraduate (and I'm not able to stay an extra year to do so). So, I am thinking of pursuing some similar classes at whichever law school I attend.

Do you know if schools will let you do this?

 

[iotone]

yes... i'm a grad student here at UCI, they let you take undergrad courses.

edit: they let us do it at UCI, not sure about other schools.

 

[minendo]

Purdue does. At least the food science department does.

 

[Spoooon]

Yes. Some people that still need some classes to fulfill the requirements of the program they're in can take undergrad courses along with their grad school work.

 

[CanOWorms]

At my undergrad graduate students in engineering were allowed to get credit for 2 upper level undergrad courses. In my grad school we're allowed to take 1 for credit. But these have to be engineering, science, math, etc... something related to what you're doing. So if you wanted to take basketweaving they'll let you but you'd get no credit for it.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
At my undergrad graduate students in engineering were allowed to get credit for 2 upper level undergrad courses. In my grad school we're allowed to take 1 for credit. But these have to be engineering, science, math, etc... something related to what you're doing. So if you wanted to take basketweaving they'll let you but you'd get no credit for it.

The subjects I was thinking of were related to the growth and expansion of Germany in the 19th-20th century, and anything relating to WWII or the development of the atomic bomb.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
At my undergrad graduate students in engineering were allowed to get credit for 2 upper level undergrad courses. In my grad school we're allowed to take 1 for credit. But these have to be engineering, science, math, etc... something related to what you're doing. So if you wanted to take basketweaving they'll let you but you'd get no credit for it.

The subjects I was thinking of were related to the growth and expansion of Germany in the 19th-20th century, and anything relating to WWII or the development of the atomic bomb.

So, let's say you're an electrical engineer. You have to have 32 credits towards your MS. You could take those courses, but most likely none of them would count towards your 32 credits. If you're getting your masters in some form of history, then I'd think they would count them based on what the university allows

 

[whaleskinrug]

yes, but most departments will prefer that it is something that will aid you with completing the degree you are pursuing -- i.e., not merely for "intellectual pleasure"

 

[yellowperil]

I don't think you can here (UF law). If you're going for a joint degree you obviously can take graduate courses in the area you are earning a master's or Ph.D. in, and you can take outside grad courses if you can show that it relates to your joint J.D./master's or Ph.D. study. But they are reluctant to allow you to take any undergrad course, especially one that isn't directly related to your field of study.

 

[Slammy1]

In chemistry at my school, you are required to take a certain number of hours in each field outside your main one, but my grad advisor told me no to anything past that (even if it's related). So if you major in P-Chem, you also need advanced courses (senior level or higher) in organic, analytical, inorganic, etc; but courses in mathematics do not apply to the degree requirement (even if it's related, like abstract algebra). Sucked because I thought to finish my math undergrad (2 classes shy) in grad school, but I could only do that if I took them beyond degree requirements.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Slammy1
In chemistry at my school, you are required to take a certain number of hours in each field outside your main one, but my grad advisor told me no to anything past that (even if it's related). So if you major in P-Chem, you also need advanced courses (senior level or higher) in organic, analytical, inorganic, etc; but courses in mathematics do not apply to the degree requirement (even if it's related, like abstract algebra). Sucked because I thought to finish my math undergrad (2 classes shy) in grad school, but I could only do that if I took them beyond degree requirements.

Interesting...