On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:55:10 -0800 (PST), Silent Service
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote;
Okay I come with a odd question. That I'm not seeing
in my GURPS books, so if I'm just not seeing it please
help.
What skill lvl should = to the following College
We were looking:
Associate Degree = IQ
Bach Degree = IQ+2
Masters Degree = IQ+4
Doctorary Degree = IQ+6
But wonder if anyone had better guidelines.
IMHO, academic degrees are a Courtesy Rank that are only important in
academic circles. While they imply a certain level of academic excellence
(and thus can be useful in impressing HR officers), they certainly don't
guarantee it. AFAIK, there are three general categories of degree that
academic skills should be classified under; Arts, Science (including
Medicine) and Engineering. Under these categories (faculties), skills should
be grouped under specific departments. If you want to set standard skill
levels to qualify for a degree, that standard should be a absolute numeric
level and not relative to IQ, with optional specializations measured at the
general skill's default level (-2 the specialty level). My standards would
be 11 for an Associate Degree, 12 for a Bachelor's, 13 for a Master's and 14
for a Doctorate (this may vary +/-1 level depending on the quality of the
educational institution). Note that these are the minimum levels for each
degree; it's possible for a character to not pursue their education beyond a
certain level, leaving them with skills beyond what their degree would
imply. In that case, the additional skill levels *may* be used to apply a
"distinction" to that degree; +1 for Cum Laude, +2 for Summa Cum Laude and
+3 for Magna Cum Laude. Honorary degrees as a Courtesy Rank would be worth
one level less than their earned equivalent, and have no skill level
prerequisites.
--
Dalton "who has a 27 year old B.Sc. in Computer Science" Spence
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