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1. What is the length of a Master's course at US universities?
2. Is the Master's degree earned from a US Universities considered to be a research degree?
3. What are the two types of doctoral programs? What is the main difference between these?
4. What program do the PhD candidates usually follow?
5. What is a preliminary or qualifying examination? Who evaluates whether the doctoral student is prepared to undertake his/her dissertation?
6. What is the final period of the predoctoral study given to?
7. At what stage is a final examination required at most universities?
8. Do doctoral candidates present their PhD dissertations for defense?
Speech practice
Give a talk about graduate degrees granted by US universities. Compare these to the degrees earned nowadays from Russian universities.
Appendix II
Some Key Educational Terms
Degrees (UK Universities)
A degree is an academic qualification/ title awarded on completion either of a higher education course (a fist degree) or a piece of research (a higher/ further degree). In practice the word degree alone generally implies a first degree, other degrees being referred to more specifically: a higher/ further degree, doctorate, an so on.
Collocations with "degree"
To give a degree - widely used in non- formal style;
To award a degree (to)- widely used in the sense of give in formal and semi-formal style;
To confer a degree (on)- used occasionally in the above sense in formal style, mainly with reference to higher degrees.
To study/read for a degree- to take a degree (in smth), to follow a degree course and pass the necessary examinations.
To take one's degree means to take the degree examinations, to graduate.
e. g. -I took my degree in 1995.
It is more common in such sentences than to graduate in everyday speech.
To get a degree (in smith)- widely used in informal style in the sense of receive/ to have a degree (in smith), often used in such sentences as
My brother has a degree in physics.
In colloquial speech My brother's got a degree … is the norm.
To hold a degree (in smith)- formal style, meaning "to have"
It is less often applied to first degrees than to higher degrees.
To do a degree - to study for a degree
To earn degree - to receive a degree
Degree course - a course of study which prepares students for a first degree
Degree examinations - these are often called finals in formal style. On the results of degree examinations degrees are awarded.
degree certificate- document certifying that the holder has been awarded a degree.
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