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I wonder if this could be taught as a 6 month course instead of having to grind through 4+ years of your life researching something obscure impractical and larg
by fermienrico 8y ago
I wonder if this could be taught as a 6 month course instead of having to grind through 4+ years of your life researching something obscure impractical and largely driven by funding incentives.
I feel like teaching research methods would be way more efficient - just without the experience. But we hire BS/MS engineers all the time without industry experience, so why would’nt having a research focus Masters not be sufficient?
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoMaybe. Assuming it's a research-focussed MA. Still, the problem is that research needs to be on something, and so they do also need to acquire knowledge at the same time (otherwise they're likely to be a glorified lab tech), so the things an MA can generally tackle are different from those a PhD can tackle. That said, our department sends MAs into industry as well. Further our department as well as our University has been promoting undergraduates getting hands-on experience in doing research.
- badpun 8y ago> I wonder if this could be taught as a 6 month course instead of having to grind through 4+ years of your life researching something obscure impractical and largely driven by funding incentives. 4+ years of PhD (incl. a track record of solid publications) prove that you have the intellect, motivation and discipline to pull off a multi-year research project, similar to the ones employers expect you to work on when they hire you. It seems like an excellent filter for a research job.