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At my University in the UK (Warwick) we have three Physics courses: - BSc: A 3 year taught course with some of the final year devoted to research. - MPhys[1]:
by milliams 13y ago
At my University in the UK (Warwick) we have three Physics courses:
- BSc: A 3 year taught course with some of the final year devoted to research.
- MPhys[1]: A 4 year taught course that is essentially a longer version of the BSc with good chunk of the final year being a research project (some UK universities have an even larger portion of time in the 4th year for research)
- MSc: A 1 year master's course focussing entirely on research (no exams) designed as a follow-on to a BSc.
In the UK, an MPhys is understood to be different to a MSc in the level of research achieved and teaching received.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Physics
- jacques_chester 13y agoIn Australia, a follow-on year with a research component is called "Honours". You "only" get a Bachelor's degree, but you can attach the honours statement to it, including the classification (first class, upper second class, lower second class, third class).
- saffer 13y agoSame in South Africa. BSc honours is required if you want to do a masters or anything further. In the sciences, a BSc on its own only qualifies you to be a lab tech.
- jacques_chester 13y agoHere you can go to Masters with a straight Bachelor's degree; but to get into a PhD program you need to take Honours. (I was encouraged to take a PhD and decided that I am tired of poverty).