How long does it take to get your environmental degree?

Answer 1

A bachelor's degree in most areas can require between 124 to 128 college credits particular to a specific program of study. This would be based on a college or university that operates on a regular two semester academic year which is the most common. For institutions that operate on a tri-semester or quarter-semester it would be quite different. That being said, the Bachelor's degree - in most cases - is designed as a four year program of study, provided the student is full-time and follows their chosen program of study as prescribed by the college or university, and also provided the individual does not require prerequisite or developmental coursework as a result of basic skills testing. The minimum credit load for a full-time student is no less than 12 credits per semester. However, to complete the degree within the four years, a credit load of approximately 15 to 18 credits is recommended. For individuals who work or who have other responsibilities that would prohibit them from attending full-time, completion of the degree may take twice as long. Still, some of this time can be cut down by attending summer sessions and/or interim sessions. In addition, the bachelors and associate degrees are referred to as undergraduate degrees while the masters and doctorate degrees referred to as graduate degrees.

Answer 2

The associates degree is designed as a two year program of study as a full-time student provided the student takes the degree as prescribed by the college, and provided the student does not require prerequisite coursework as a result of basic skills testing. There are some programs of study that may take a bit longer depending on the number of credits required. Usually these are programs within the health related fields. In addition, for students who require developmental course work as a result of basic skills testing, it would take longer. How much longer would depend on the extent of the developmental courses they are required to take. Evidently, those individuals who attend college on a part-time based would also extend their time in school. How much longer would depend on the credit load carried each semester. Typically, an associates degree takes between 60 and 64 credits to complete depending on the specific school, program of study, and state mandates.

Answer 3

The associates degree is designed as a two year program of study as a full-time student provided the student takes the degree as prescribed by the college, and provided the student does not require prerequisite coursework as a result of basic skills testing. There are some programs of study that may take a bit longer depending on the number of credits required. Usually these are programs within the health related fields. In addition, for students who require developmental coursework as a result of basic skills testing, it would take longer. How much longer would depend on the extent of the developmental courses they are required to take. Evidently, those individuals who attend college on a part-time bases would also extend their time in school. How much longer would depend on the credit load carried each semester. Typically, an associates degree takes between 60 and 64 credits to complete depending on the specific school, program of study, and state mandates.

Answer 4

All four-year, 120-semester-credit-hour (or even 180-quarter-credit) Bachelors Degrees take four (4) years of full-time study to complete. If they're pursued part-time, it takes even longer.

It doesn't matter in what subject is the degree. They're all pretty much around 120 semester credit hours (or 180 quarter credits, if that happens to be the system on which the school operates) long. At 15 semester credit hours per semester (which is the normative full-time load), one may complete, normatively, 30 semester credit hours per year; and so it would take four years to complete the bachelors degree... again, regardless whatever is its major.

If the student also took summer session courses, well, then, of course, it could be done in less than four years. I've seen people finish a four-year bachelors in three years, if they take the maximum allowed load during summer sessions between years.

If, on top of that, the student talks his/her advisor into allowing him/her to take 18 (rather than the normative full-time 15) semester credit hours per semester, then that, plus taking the maximum allowable load during summers, could get a person through a 120-semester-credit-hour (or 180 quarter credit) bachelors degree in even less than three years.

But at what price? Even a really smart person trying to do all that will not have any kind of life, to speak of. S/he wouldn't have time (and certainly not the energy) to socialize, or have a relationship. Heck, s/he'd barely have time to even sleep... at least during mid-terms and finals; and possibly during other times, too. A person trying to do all that only needs to have one thing go wrong in his/her life, and suddenly all the spinning plates hit the floor; and s/he falls behind or maybe even has to drop a class. And don't forget that if you withdraw after a certain point in the class term, you get a "withdrawal failure" (WF) for the class, not merely a "withdrawal" (W). WF's count toward your GPA.

Just plan on four years. If you're in the UK, then a typical bachelors degree takes only three years. But I assume you're talking about in the US.

Answer 5

Getting your master's degree will take you anywhere between one and three years to get, depending on how many credit hours you take per semester in school. 30 semester hours will take you one year, whereas 60 hours will take you about three years.

Answer 6

it might take about 6 years or so it depends on how much you know

Answer 7

Typically, it takes approximately four years post bachelor's degree.