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They are never used like that - people always say “I have a Masters in whatever from Oxford”. It’s a deliberate misdirection.
by gaius 9y ago
They are never used like that - people always say “I have a Masters in whatever from Oxford”. It’s a deliberate misdirection.
- stordoff 9y agoI studied at Cambridge, and I have _never_ heard "Master's in X" used to describe the MA (Cantab.). It's simply wrong - the MA is not a subject specific qualifications - and can be trivially checked by employers - neither degree certificate (the BA or MA) states subject[1], and the degree transcript will indict you only took undergraduate level courses. As a result, the phasing is typically "I have an undergraduate degree in X"/"I did my undergrad. at Cambridge". If people are using it to be misleading, that isn't really Cambridge's problem -- anywhere it matters, people can ask for proof (the transcript), and there is a fair chance the person is being misleading in other ways as well. [1] Example BA certificate: https://i.stack.imgur.com/VTWUb.png https://i.stack.imgur.com/VTWUb.png All undergraduate degrees are the Bachelor of Arts, regardless of subject (except Law, which is the LL.B.).