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davoirgoir [Edit] [Delete] 5 replies 12:06, 14 July '11

hi post-post graduate dissers, could anyone tell me a little bit about a masters degree please?

I'm looking at doing this one:

http://www.essex.ac.uk/coursefinder/CourseDetails.aspx?course=MA++Q20224

there's a whole bunch of modules there all worth different points, but does anyone know how many points you need to obtain a MA?

Any other advice / stories about the joys / hardships of doing a MA would be great too.

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  • I was going to suggest this broadly...

    ...my masters is in economics and even that was probably not worth the time and expense in retrospect. I would recommend doing something more likely to lead to a career leg-up instead rather than just padding out your CV.
    On a sidenote, at the time the dissertation seemed like the biggest piece of work ever humanely achieveable. 10 years on and it really doesn't seem like that big a deal.

    pentargo @Discipline | 14 Jul '11, 12:28 | X
  • i'm a sixth form teacher at the minute

    so the plan is to do the masters and it'll hopefully get me on the path to becoming a university lecturer.
    Also, there are practical / creative aspects to the course so kind of hoping that it'll push me into writing / filming something and see where it goes from there.

    do you know how many points i need to get for the qualification? I remember for my degree it was 360.

    davoirgoir @Discipline | 14 Jul '11, 12:44 | X
  • My only masters related advice

    would have been to do one as an undergrad as it's cheaper. Even that doesn't apply any more.

    colinzealuk | 14 Jul '11, 12:30 | X
  • Always go for the green stuff

    Never for the blue stuff or yellow stuff

    Songs_about_ducking | 14 Jul '11, 12:58 | X
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