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I've inquired with a program director if the degree required "boarding exams" the way nurses, lawyers, etc. have to go through to get licensed to practice their trade. She said no. Does this mean that degree that required no boarding exam is useless or not?
You need to provide some context for anyone to meaningfully answer your question. The vast majority of degrees don't require a "boarding exam." Exactly what degree program are you asking about?
Of course not! I am not familiar with boarding exams but would wonder if they are an attempt to ensure that new students (entering into a degree program that results in some standardized certification necessary to practice) start off with baseline education/training/coursework.
boarding exams - > certification/license at the end
OP needs to look up what a "terminal" degree is vs nonterminal
terminal to me means "practicing" degree, IE they can practice what they learned upon graduation
you don't need a terminal degree but you need to figure out how to put to practice what you learned on your own for it to be beneficial, learning for the sake of learning is not a paid job
People choose terminal degree programs for a variety of reasons. One of them is the fact that such a degree can lead more directly to a job. Instead of taking a lower-level position while you are working on another degree, you can immediately go to that higher job, which might earn you more money. A terminal degree can also help you to save money since you probably won't dabble in as many different college programs.
boarding exams - > certification/license at the end
OP needs to look up what a "terminal" degree is vs nonterminal
terminal to me means "practicing" degree, IE they can practice what they learned upon graduation
you don't need a terminal degree but you need to figure out how to put to practice what you learned on your own for it to be beneficial, learning for the sake of learning is not a paid job
I've inquired with a program director if the degree required "boarding exams" the way nurses, lawyers, etc. have to go through to get licensed to practice their trade. She said no. Does this mean that degree that required no boarding exam is useless or not?
What are you talking about? Why would it be useless? Tech degrees don't have licensing exams. They are far from useless.
There are plenty of terminal degrees that still require some sort of boarding, certification or licensure
MD, DMD, DPT, JD to name a few
no, i mentioned the certification/license because someone didn't know what boarding exam meant
not all degrees need them and are still terminal
Like programming, if they want to program they can do it without going to college but getting a BS in it would help their foundation, but does getting a masters help them be a better programmer if they couldn't do it at the BS level?
on the other hand, the STEM degrees like chemistry/biology, are not generally terminal unless they climb the ladder some more. With just a BS in chem or bio, they start out as grunts where they have to build up experience to move up
LPN->RN->BSN->masters->phd, etc there is a ladder to follow so it isn't terminal until they get to the end if that is their goal. They can stop along the way if they wish but moving up would be hard without the next step in education
MD/JD/PharmD/anythingD are phd, which are terminal, there isn't much beyond that in formal education
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