Current Events > so what university should I get my MA and PhD at?

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I might just skip the MA entirely depending on things

I have a few schools in mind but nothing concrete. my grad studies will either be in philosophy or communications/semiotics/media studies.
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DeVry
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

semiotics

nb4 copypasta
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Muffinz0rz posted...

DeVry

did you think this would be funny or are you just low effort all the time?
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MacadamianNut3 posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

semiotics

nb4 copypasta

holy shit there is a semiotics copypasta?
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You should figure out what you actually want to go to grad school for and then look based on good programs in that area.

Grad school isn't like undergrad. There's no real notion of "This is a school that's good for grad school no matter which program you pick" like you see there.
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Anteaterking posted...

You should figure out what you actually want to go to grad school for and then look based on good programs in that area.

Grad school isn't like undergrad. There's no real notion of "This is a school that's good for grad school no matter which program you pick" like you see there.

I know exactly what I want to study. It's not so obscure that I need to go to a specific school or study under a specific prof
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My cousin is doing a Master's in Communications at Wayne State, I think.
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teepan95 posted...

My cousin is doing a Master's in Communications at Wayne State, I think.

re: an MA in Communications, I already have two schools picked out. If I do my PhD in this field I will probably go to EGS depending on scholarships and grants.

Philosophy MA/PhD is basically the only one where I have a lot of options. But I have to go somewhere fancy to be employable.
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The American system is so weird

I can't imagine going from a BSc direct to a PhD
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teepan95 posted...

The American system is so weird

I can't imagine going from a BSc direct to a PhD

I'm Canadian, but our system is very similar

only some PhD programs have direct entry
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I sometimes work at a college, and idk why so many people major in communications

pls enlighten
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teepan95 posted...

The American system is so weird

I can't imagine going from a BSc direct to a PhD

a philosophy professor that I had went straight from bachelor's to PhD
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See, where I am

You do your bachelor's

Then your master's

Only then do you start considering a PhD
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teepan95 posted...

The American system is so weird

I can't imagine going from a BSc direct to a PhD

My friend is one of the last ones in Sweden who were allowed to do that. It worked out fine but obviously there's a steeper threshold in the beginning.
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boxington posted...

I sometimes work at a college, and idk why so many people major in communications

pls enlighten

communications is a 'normie' degree because it has its own 'job' pool (communications directors, coordinators, etc). people like majoring in things that have jobs titled after it. also i guess some comn programs teach you oration and non-verbal skills.

the other side of communication, though, is more theoretical and academic.

i guess it's popular because it has both sides of what people do a degree for.

scar the 1 posted...

teepan95 posted...

The American system is so weird

I can't imagine going from a BSc direct to a PhD

My friend is one of the last ones in Sweden who were allowed to do that. It worked out fine but obviously there's a steeper threshold in the beginning.

i'm starting my second BA (i have transfer credits so it will only take 1.5-2 years), which i am going to treat like a masters degree anyway.
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teepan95 posted...

See, where I am

You do your bachelor's

Then your master's

Only then do you start considering a PhD

This is very dependent on discipline too, tbh.

Like most mathematicians get accepted into a PhD program and along the way they get a masters, all happening at the same university and essentially right out of undergrad.

Whereas even in America, some graduate programs like music rarely have that, with most people who get their PhD in e.g. music get their master's somewhere else and it's often many years past their undergrad.
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I don't know how the courses are over in Canada, but here it doesn't really matter if you treat a bachelor like a master. The courses are way different, the thesis is typically bigger (for two year masters, which is practically the only thing anyone does) and it's just altogether different. Maybe you'll have the opportunity to be more flexible.
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scar the 1 posted...

I don't know how the courses are over in Canada, but here it doesn't really matter if you treat a bachelor like a master. The courses are way different, the thesis is typically bigger (for two year masters, which is practically the only thing anyone does) and it's just altogether different. Maybe you'll have the opportunity to be more flexible.

From what I hear, bachelor degrees in the US don't even include theses

sorry for steering your topic off-course TC
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

thank you, that was actually enlightening
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

DeVry

did you think this would be funny or are you just low effort all the time?

Yes
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