Oh Astrid

I feel your pain.

My DH is the same. This year I am studying towards a degree that I am never going to use because in his eyes I have to finish it because I started it. I have got everything I wanted out of it already and I know exactly where my life is going to be going for the next x number of years. He has it in his head that I must finish it but coupled with that he is also forever criticising it and saying that it is worthless and I'm not learning anything and he can't see the point of it. But I digress.

I think you have to sit him down and explain the situation. universities have policies and as students we have to work within those policies. they are there to make life easy for the majority. If he wants you to finish the degree then he has to understand that you would be doing it for your whole family and as a member of the family he has to support you and do what you need from him in order for you to achieve what he wants you to.

One thing a friend of mine did was study at a different uni for her last year and then get those credits transferred back to her original degree. It is my understanding that most unis allow it so long as the subjects are comparable. I find that sometimes contacting the dean or head of department gets you further than speaking to admin people. They may know of other ways that you can do it - from my experience admin people don't usually think outside the square.

Good luck