Hi, I think it all depends on what you do once you are out of university. I know the training I had in my undergrad degree is worth lots in the way of character points in my current life... but I went from undergrad directly into research (as a tech)... so my skill points in that area haven't degraded and I find that I use much of my undergrad theory (especially the last couple of years) directly in my work. Ergo - I really did need to know all that useless crap they were pounding into me. I think if I actually wanted to give CP for post-secondary I'd give less CP for a general degree and more for a specialist, honours, or direct entry professional degree (by professional degree I mean something like Nursing, RT,OT, PT, Engineering, etc.)... I'd also give less CP for first two years of a degree then I would for the final two.
I'd also base the amount of CP on how long one has been in/out of the related field after the degree. I've been out of the chemistry field (my first diploma... a 3 1/2 yr program - a college thing as opposed to a university thing in North America) long enough that I have maybe 1 or 2 points in a couple of the different chemistry specialties. However, in regards to my genetics degree (honours)... I probably have the same number of points as when I left university... or a bit more - I haven't taken the theory classes for a while but because I use them regularly they are still there. The biggest difference between myself (as a research tech with 7 years experience) and a new BSc coming into the lab is that I have more skill troubleshooting experiments and better research skills - but the theory levels are the same. The difference between the undergrad and the post grad work (Masters and PhD) is that these people have more theoretical skill and have thought about experimental design on a broader scale then the way a tech thinks of their experiments. So they definitely have better levels of theory and better levels in the research skill. Since I have just embarked on my Masters degree, this is the biggest difference that I've noticed. -Sue _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
