Help with University of Cape Town, South Africa

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  1. pr0xy

    pr0xy New Member

    Hello everyone!

    My wife has her Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Masters of Business Administration from University of Cape Town in South Africa (http://www.uct.ac.za/). She is currently trying to get her degrees transcribed and evaluated by a credential evaluation service such as Educational Credential Evaluators (www.ece.org)
    She wants to transfer her credits to get a Master Degree in Criminology or criminal justice from a RA university.

    1) What would be the best education institutions to transfer the credits to, as far as accepting the most amount of credits to? She wants to get them transfered to a univeristy that would take the most credits. (Most credits transfer only a couple of credits into a degree program).

    2) What other RA degree programs are available that would accept the most credits from University of Cape Town? For example, transfer her credits from her Cape Town degree and just complete a couple of classes and be finished with her RA degree.

    3) Maybe someone here used an evalution service? Are there any recommendations on what credential evaluation service to use?


    Thank you in advance for all your assistance.
     
  2. sentinel

    sentinel New Member

    Second Bachelor Degree

    Thomas Edison State College allows students to earn a second undergraduate degree at the bachelor level.

    Second Baccalaureate Degree

    A student who has received one baccalaureate from Thomas Edison State College, or associate, professional, baccalaureate, master's or doctorate degree(s) from another regionally accredited college or university who wishes to earn a second baccalaureate degree, must complete a minimum of 30 additional credits beyond those credits completed on the date ALL prior degree(s) were awarded. The student must also meet all the requirements specific to the second degree.

    No more than 9 semester hours of credit can be used for the concentration/specialization (major) in the second baccalaureate degree that were used in the concentration/specialization (major) in the first or second baccalaureate, professional, master's or doctorate degree in the same area (major area of study).

    Source: http://www.tesc.edu/aboutus/faq/degrees.php
     
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  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    She wants a Master's, not another Bachelor's. And she's unlikely to get any transfer credit toward a Master's in Criminal Justice from an MBA regardless of the country in which she earned it. They're just not the same type of program.

    Still, there's no harm in asking the admissions people where she applies for the MA. The worst they can do is say no.

    -=Steve=-
     
  4. pr0xy

    pr0xy New Member

    yeah, she does want a RA masters. Any other degree programs she could potentially transfer her credits to? The more credits than can be transferred the better.

    On another note, are there universities that will take a foregin degree and issue their own diploma for a small fee.

    Don't get me wrong, University of Cape Town is a very reputable institution, but what she wants to do, requires her to have a RA Masters.

    Please advise.
     
  5. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I think you might be misusing some language. Your wife does not need to "transfer" any credits. She has earned a South African Bachelors degree. Now she wants to earn a USA Masters degree. She only needs to apply to the programs of her choice. Her credits do not "transfer." Her degree is a prerequisite for admission. Let her chosen grad program(s) evaluate her Bachelors degree and then they will make a decision. Cape Town is a well respected school. She'll do just fine.
     
  6. pr0xy

    pr0xy New Member

    hi -- I know she doesn't need to transfer her credits, but she wants to get into a degree program where they would take a majority of her credit -- so she gets done faster with the program.
     
  7. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I'm sorry, I guess that I've not been clear. She is very unlikley to get any transfer credit. Most Masters programs will allow a maximum of six credits but they have to be an exact match with those required by the new Masters program. An MBA is worth virtually nothing when applying to a Criminology program. There is no overlap. She will likely have to start from scratch.

    http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/academic-deg-online-masters.php
     
  8. pr0xy

    pr0xy New Member

    thanks for the clarification.
     

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