A bit of background - I completed a bunch of subjects from my university degree but did not complete the whole degree.
I basically got to the final year of study and realised that the industry I work in won't require Bachelor Degree completion and I was already earning a decent salary to the point that leaving work to complete the degree would have been poor value.
The university I went to has an Institute of Business attached to it. There they offer exactly the same subjects (literally the same with the same curriculum / syllabus even the assignments and exams are identical) but the idea behind this institute is to complete 2 years worth of courses (Advanced Diploma) as a precursor to entering a 3rd year at the university to complete a Bachelor Degree.
After checking one of their IT courses I realised I had already completed almost every subject in that course which would normally give me an Advanced Diploma and a pathway to 3rd year for a Bachelor Degree.
I then enquired about getting credit for the subjects I had done - however I was told that I could only claim 50% worth of course subjects as credit. They explained that the course credit is designed for people coming from other universities / institutions and that's why you can only claim 50%.
Even after showing them that I had completed ~90% of the subjects that are exactly the same (same name / same course outline) they still refused to credit me based on that rule.
I wrote in to the head of the department and got the same answer - that if I wanted to obtain an Advanced Diploma that I would have to redo 40% of my subjects again.
It seems quite silly because I could theoretically choose to claim all the hard subjects and re-do the easy ones but then I may as well attempt to finish the whole degree.
I explained to them that I had no interest in completing my Bachelor Degree and that since I already have the subjects completed at Uni that they should give me credit for all the subjects.
They simply say that the Business Institute, even though it has the same subjects is a different entity and that was the final word from them.
Is there anything I can do here?
Seems like a bit of a waste of subjects if I can at least get the Advanced Diploma.
Why not just finish the degree.
The truth about tertiary education / degrees is that its often as much about showing you can finishing something as about what you learnt.