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Post by theevan on May 24, 2015 18:33:32 GMT -5
Don't know how they do it in the sciences, but in the humanities the Master's is the gateway to the Ph.D. There have been exceptions--a friend of mine went straight from BA to doctorate at U of Chicago in three years, while I took nine to get MA+Ph.D. He started a year after I did and was a full prof by the time we landed in St. Cloud with C's assistant prof job. His program and career velocity (and his chops) were unusual, though. A doctorate is a professional certification useful primarily in the academy or other research establishment. Most masters programs I'm familiar with are either intermediate stops for teachers or qualifying stages for doctoral programs. (The MFA is an exception--technically a terminal degree, as is a J.D., which allows one to get tenure. Don't get me started on creative writing programs.) My daughter went into a straight-to-doctorate program. It is a fast track, but no way in hell she could do it three years. At best maybe 5 or 6, but that's a stretch. Her younger friend Sara Beth, who graduated from college at age 17 still needed 6 or 7 (can't remember which) years to get her Phd. She never talked about her age, and never seemed much younger than her colleagues, so they couldn't understand why she tee-totaled her first four years there. Another one with velocity and chops to spare.
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Post by fauxmaha on Jun 2, 2015 16:19:54 GMT -5
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