Postgraduate Coursework/Taught programme

[jisu]

In Australia it's called postgraduate coursework.

In the UK it's called postgraduate taught programme.

Does the US have a name for a taught Master's degree?

Edited September 14, 2010 by jisu

[UnlikelyGrad]

In Australia it's called postgraduate coursework.

In the UK it's called postgraduate taught programme.

Does the US have a name for a taught Master's degree?

Do you mean a Master's degree with no thesis, only coursework?

[rising_star]

If you mean a master's degree program where you complete coursework, in addition to a long paper/thesis at the end, that's pretty much any MA program in the social sciences and humanities in the US.

[Eigen]

If you mean a masters with no research/thesis at the end, it's called a "coursework (only) masters" most commonly.

Some disciplines and schools offer them, a great many don't.

[newms]

You mean like a terminal Master's?

[jisu]

If you mean a master's degree program where you complete coursework, in addition to a long paper/thesis at the end, that's pretty much any MA program in the social sciences and humanities in the US.

No I mean one that has a thesis in the end, but it differs from a Mphil.

Here's how my uni defines it

A coursework degree is a program at masters... level in which more than 66% of the program is coursework rather than research.

http://www.griffith....uate-coursework

[Branwen daughter of Llyr]

No I mean one that has a thesis in the end, but it differs from a Mphil.

Here's how my uni defines it

http://www.griffith....uate-coursework

I think pretty much all English MA's are that. You are normally required to take something like 30 hours of class + write a thesis.

[repatriate]

The US doesn't have separate designations for taught versus research master's. Master's degrees here are typically two years and are most frequently designated as MA or MS (except for some disciplines or schools that confer specialized designations) with no MPhil or MRes designations. Depending on the field, most master's degrees in the US are a mix of taught modules and research.

[Eigen]

The US doesn't have separate designations for taught versus research master's. Master's degrees here are typically two years and are most frequently designated as MA or MS (except for some disciplines or schools that confer specialized designations) with no MPhil or MRes designations. Depending on the field, most master's degrees in the US are a mix of taught modules and research.

The end degree is not differentiated, but the programs often differentiate between a coursework masters (usually 36ish hours of coursework) and a "normal" masters with about 24 hours of coursework/6 hours of thesis research.