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Sourabh N
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This year I'll join B.Sc.(Hons) Physics. Its a 3 year course. I've heard that for doing a master degree in US requires 4 years of study. Will I be able to do master deg in US.
r4nd0m said:Well, I don't know how about the OP, but I'm studying in Austria and we have a three year bachelor degrees here. After completing the bachelor degree you apply for a 2 year master degree (and after that you can apply for a 3 year Phd.).
As far as I know the usual bachelor degree in the US takes 4 years. Now the question is (and I think that is what the OP is also asking) can you apply for a master degree in the US when your bachelor degree took only 3 years?
ZapperZ said:Now, this is not true elsewhere. In the UK, you can enroll, as an undergraduate, in a "M.Sc" degree, which often requires an extra year of undergraduate studies. Whether this is equivalent to what we call a Masters degree in the US depends entirely on the US institution that is evaluating that degree.
r4nd0m said:No, he's asking if he can apply for a master degree in the US when his bachelor degree took only 3 years (compared to 4 years in the US).
cristo said:I'm not sure that I agree there-- even in the UK, "MSc" degrees (for the majority) are graduate masters degrees; i.e. applicants to an MSc program are required to hold a bachelor degree. These masters degrees take one full year of study.
Now, the undergraduate masters degrees that you are talking about are four year degrees and do not require a bachelors degree beforehand. (Officially these are classed as "higher first degrees," although they are each called "master of ...") On graduation, one obtains an undergraduate masters degree, and no bachelor degree. The easy way of differentiating between an undergrad masters and a postgrad masters is by the letters-- undergrad masters degress have letters "MSci, MPhys, MMath, MEng" as opposed to the postgrad masters "MSc."
ranger said:Sourabh, I'm curious as to how your degree is only 3 yrs. What sort of things do they cut back on? Is it what mgb_phys said?
Office_Shredder said:compared to American universities, where they require you to take classes outside the scope of your degree.
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