16th August 2010, 11:19 PM
Whilst I would agree with you regarding a few MA courses, I think that those generalisations aren't entirely fair. Especially regarding many BA courses, I have seen many BA grad's arrive for the first day on a commercial site and at least they know which end of a trowel to use. More so than a few BSc grads anyway.
The thing is this, I don't think either is better or worse than the other. Both give a grounding into the whys and the hows of what we do. I don't think its essential, nor do I think it makes you better at your job than someone without any qualifications. But it does in many cases give people enough commitment that they are willing too stick it out when they are on a freezing cold site up too there knees in liquid clay brushing the snow of a feature that is frozen like concrete! (Which on another note I'd like to make a complaint about. When I was at uni, at no point was I shown an image of this kind of work! It was always pics of tanned good looking people in various states of undress gently brushing loose sand of another temple/gladiator/gold mask/ complete pot etc... Did anyone get shown the truth at uni? Or were we all lied too?)
The thing is this, I don't think either is better or worse than the other. Both give a grounding into the whys and the hows of what we do. I don't think its essential, nor do I think it makes you better at your job than someone without any qualifications. But it does in many cases give people enough commitment that they are willing too stick it out when they are on a freezing cold site up too there knees in liquid clay brushing the snow of a feature that is frozen like concrete! (Which on another note I'd like to make a complaint about. When I was at uni, at no point was I shown an image of this kind of work! It was always pics of tanned good looking people in various states of undress gently brushing loose sand of another temple/gladiator/gold mask/ complete pot etc... Did anyone get shown the truth at uni? Or were we all lied too?)