Master's Definition and 207 Threads

Hello. What job opportunites would become available to someone with a master's degree in physics vs. those with only a bachelors in physics? This is important because I am trying to decide on an undergraduate program in physics, and one of the two might look better to grad schools, but is...

I am a Nuclear Engineering grad student who just started working toward my PhD. I was totally convinced with my decision to pursue a PhD until I recently was told that you can become overqualified by getting such an advanced degree (vs an MS). Overqualification never crossed my mind until I had...

It's official. Social isolation caused by working on my master's thesis is driving me insane. The sharp difference between the academic year, with it's frequent meetings, social events and occasional lecture and the summer where all I can look forward to is writing another section is starting...

I'm only in my 2nd year of undergrad, but I'm already thinking about what I'll do after it. For a while now my plan has been to go get a Ph.D. in applied physics. But I keep thinking about how long that will take... So what about a Master's in applied physics? Is there still useful things...

I am currently a Chemical engineering student who is interested in pharmaceutical research. I planned on double majoring in biochemistry to help supplement my knowledge and after falling in love with math this year I begun to consider a triple major in math. However a triple major takes...

Do people always get a Master's Degree before they get a PhD? I have noticed that some people will list in their credentials 1) the university where they got their undergraduate degree, and then 2) the university where they got their PhD, but there is nothing listed for the M.A. or M.S. I always...

Hey, I need a bit of a hand planning, I'd appreciate your advice. The situation: I need a master's thesis topic (my advisor has given me some freedom in choosing :biggrin:) completable in 2-3 years that could bring together the following areas of physics 1)quantum 2) relativity...