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In the US, those gaps are usually noted and you fill them with upper division courses and if necessary, lower division. Actual graduate courses are quite differ
by CalChris 5y ago
In the US, those gaps are usually noted and you fill them with upper division courses and if necessary, lower division. Actual graduate courses are quite different from undergraduate even covering the same subject matter.
Lower division is problem sets.
Upper division is problem sets + project.
Graduate is project + research paper.
- thegginthesky 5y agoI understand GP's point, education can vary widely depending on the country. For example, in my home country an undergraduate degree in engineering is normally 5 years where - first 2 years are very standard undergraduate courses (your lower division) - last 3rd and 4th years are the upper division you describe - 5th year is a graduation project that can be 50 to 100 pages long (almost a thesis) + upper division courses and maybe a research paper (depends if you had a scholarship of sorts) So when a person goes to do a master in this country, the experience is almost one of a PhD, while the PhD experience is very intense.