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Questions tagged [masters]

Queries related to a master's degree, sometimes referred to as a post-graduate degree.

A master's degree is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

The duration of a masters degree is about one to two years which may vary because of different educational systems' policies. Masters students may have to conduct a research project as their thesis at the end of their masters level.

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What makes a MSc in Computer Science difficult for someone who has no specific background but 10 years of experience as a programmer?

I enrolled at my current MSc in computer science program last year having never completed a single computer science course in college. I decided to apply because 10 years after college I had a fairly successful career as a front-end web developer…
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What are the differences between M.Sc, M.Tech and M.Eng.?

Based on this other question where the OP asks whether or not a second Masters degree is possible, I realized that I am not sure what the difference is between Master of Science and Master of Technology. I have graduated from a Swedish university…
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Benefits of taking postgraduate/PhD-level courses during Master's

During my master's studies, so far, I have taken quite many postgraduate-level courses (i.e. courses that are accepted as a PhD-level course for a PhD student at my university). Some of these courses were a part of my degree requirement, so I was…
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What does Theoretical or Conceptual underpinning mean?

I have an assignment to write a Term Paper, and in developing the Title for it, there are guidelines to follow. One of the guidelines read: Are there theoretical and conceptual underpinnings involved? If so what would their functions be in the…
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Is it usual that a master’s program refuses to reveal graduation percentage?

I’m preparing to apply for two master’s programs. For one of the programs, I asked an advisor how many people graduate each year. I asked because of the 350 people who apply each year about 120 are admitted. (It’s an online master’s.) This is a…
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Credit load for Grad courses vs Undergraduate courses for professors

As a professor I was wondering what others have experienced at the College/University regarding credit hours/compensation for teaching MA level vs BA level courses. This is for a Psychology department...For example, a 3-credit BA course counts…
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What does it mean by "Follow-up Masters"?

I see various universities in Czech Republic and Netherlands offer a type of Masters degree called "Follow-up Masters". What does "Follow-up Masters" actually mean?
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My Prof Does Not Know My Thesis Field Well

I am doing my MSc thesis research and it is becoming apparant to me that my supervisor does not have that much domain knowledge in the field that I am in. She has some idea but by no means is she even close to an expert in the field - I say this…
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How does the pricing system of degrees in England work?

I am considering studying a master's degree in England, however, the price system is quite unlike the system in the US, at least in wording, so I am uncertain how to estimate the costs. The schools I looked at listed the fees in one of two…
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Too old for school?

I am almost 30 years old. I got my bachelor's many years ago, and I've been enjoying myself while in the industry. I am a practical person. However, for some reasons, I felt my technical skills were regressing, so I decided to go back to school, to…
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Formal letter to an academic person holding Master's degree

Usually it is simple: "Dear Prof. Berret...", Dear Dr. Jones...". But this time I have to write a formal letter to a person with a Masters Degree (MSc). I never met the person, can not be sure about their gender (Tracy Smith could be both…
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MSc with relation to Cloud

I wonder if there are universities having real-world MSc related courses. My focus is to understand cloud technologies and services(especially if it is Amazon). Preferably in UK, but can be actually anywhere around the world. Maybe general or…
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Variation in length of MSc studies

I have acquired a 4 year BA degree in one of the social sciences. At the moment, I'm considering applying for MSc outside of my country (I'm Non-EU citizen and I will apply for MSc studies in EU country). The University where I want to apply has…
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Getting work experience recognised as a master's degree?

Note: I'm asking for an older relative with close to 30 years of relevant experience in electrical engineering. He has a bachelor's degree. We both live in Canada. Due to how his employer's criterion work, having a master's degree would help greatly…
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Admission into masters degree without partial or full transcript

I'm in a last year of my bachelor degree of science in wildlife management that will be completed in July this year, 2016 at Sokoine university of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. I would like to continue with masters degree especially outside the…
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