Masterliness 2004
What makes a masters degree different from a bachelors degree?
Responses from 2004-2005 full-time students
- BSc is aimed at practitioners
MSc is…
- Deeper
- More specialised
- More intensive
- Better preparation for work
- More analytical
- More contact with staff
- More abstract
- More disciplined
More choice for the student
- More research-based
- More self-study
- More self-reliance/self-management
- Needs better time management by the student
- Further understanding
- Better self-awareness
- Better opportunities for a job
- Better able to separate objectivity and subjectivity
- Better able to reflect on subject
- More critical of others and yourself
- Better qualify your opinions
- More originality