The Sims 4 Discover University Research and Debate Skill Cheat Guide

The Sims 4 Discover University: Research and Debate Skill Cheat Guide

Why spend hours talking to a mirror when you can max the skill instantly?

Throughout your Sim’s university life, you’ll have to raise various skills to ensure you do well in your classes. Here’s our full Research and Debate skill cheat guide for The Sims 4: Discover University.

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Research and Debate Skill Cheat Guide in The Sims 4: Discover University

Before diving into what cheats to use to raise your research and debate skill, let’s talk about how to turn them on! The process varies slightly depending on whether you’re on PC, Mac or console. Below are the keys you’ll have to activate to open the Sims 4 cheat menu:

  • PC: Ctrl + Shift + C.
  • Mac: Cmd + Shift + C.
  • PlayStation: R1+ R2+ L1 + L2.
  • Xbox: RB + RT + LB + LT.

Once the menu is open, type in testingCheats true to enable cheats!

Now that you’ve enabled cheats in your game, you can begin raising your Research and Debate skill instantly. To do this, type in stats.set_skill_level major_researchdebate #, replacing the # symbol with a number between 1-10. Doing this determines what Research and Debate level you’ll end up with! For example, typing in stats.set_skill_level major_researchdebate 1 makes your Research and Debate skill level one while stats.set_skill_level major_researchdebate 10 maxes it out!

Career Cheats for The Sims 4: Discover University

Here’s a list of cheats to boost your career in The Sims 4: Discover University.

  • Careers.Promote Education – this boosts the teacher/professor career.
  • Careers.Promote Engineering – this boosts the mechanical and engineer career.
  • Careers.Promote Law – this boosts the judge or private attorney career.

Skill Cheats for The Sims 4: Discover University

Here’s a list of cheats to boost skills in The Sims 4: Discover University

  • Stats.Set_Skill_Level Major_Robotics # – all you need to do is replace the # with the skill level you need.
  • Stats.set_Skill_level Major_ResearchDebate # – replace the # with the desired skill level like the other.

Degree Cheats for The Sims 4: Discover University

Here’s a full list of degree cheats for The Sims 4: Discover University.

  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ArtHistoryDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ArtHistoryDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ArtHistoryDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ArtHistoryDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_BartenderDegree
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_BiologyDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_BiologyDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_BiologyDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_BiologyDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CommunicationsDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CommunicationsDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CommunicationsDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CommunicationsDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ComputerScienceDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ComputerScienceDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ComputerScienceDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_ComputerScienceDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CulinaryArtsDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CulinaryArtsDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CulinaryArtsDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_CulinaryArtsDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_DramaDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_DramaDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_DramaDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_DramaDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_EconomicsDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_EconomicsDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_EconomicsDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_EconomicsDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_FineArtDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_FineArtDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_FineArtDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_FineArtDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_HistoryDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_HistoryDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_HistoryDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_HistoryDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_LanguageAndLiteratureDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_LanguageAndLiteratureDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_LanguageAndLiteratureDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_LanguageAndLiteratureDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PhysicsDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PhysicsDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PhysicsDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PhysicsDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PsychologyDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PsychologyDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PsychologyDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_PsychologyDegreeBSHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_VillainyDegreeBA
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_VillainyDegreeBAHonors
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_VillainyDegreeBS
  • Traits.Equip_Trait trait_University_VillainyDegreeBSHonors

The Sims 4 is available on PC, Mac, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 through the official website. If you’d like to learn more about the game, check out What is the Hidden Aspiration in The Sims 4 and Everything Added in the Bathroom Clutter Kit.


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Madison was a staff writer at Prima Games who has played video games for over twenty years and written about them for over two years. Her love for video games started with turn-based strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic and has since extended to casual farming sims, MMORPGs, and action-adventure RPGs.