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When               American               students               investigate               potential               graduate               programs               in               England,               Scotland,               Wales,               or               Northern               Ireland               (also               Ireland),               they               can               become               confused               by               the               way               educational               terms               are               used.

On               websites,               in               prospectus               booklets,               and               in               correspondence,               terms               that               seem               familiar               are               actually               used               to               mean               something               different.

And               a               few               terms               will               be               completely               new               to               Americans.

As               a               prestigious               scholarships               advisor               at               an               American               university,               I               learned               some               of               the               trickier               terms.

My               knowledge               of               this               phenomenon               was               greatly               expanded               when               I               visited               the               U.K.

and               Ireland               in               2006               with               the               National               Association               of               Fellowship               Advisors               and               then               in               2009               when               I               assisted               my               own               daughter               in               her               application               process.
               Postgraduate               Study               vs.

Graduate               Study
               Right               off               the               bat,               American               students               should               learn               that               in               Britain,               study               that               takes               place               after               a               bachelor's               degree               is               referred               to               as               "postgraduate"               study               rather               than               "graduate"               study.

Thus               a               "postgraduate               diploma"               is               a               certificate               that               one               earns               after               completing               a               bachelor's               degree,               but               a               program               less               in-depth               than               a               master's               degree.

In               the               U.S.

such               a               program               would               typically               be               called               a               "post-baccalaureate               certificate"               or               a               "post-bac               certificate"               for               short.

The               term               "master's               degree"               is               used               more               or               less               in               the               same               way               in               both               educational               systems.
               Taught               Degrees               and               Research               Degrees
               An               American               student               shopping               for               a               master's               degree               program               in               Britain               or               Ireland               will               notice               a               distinction               between               "taught"               and               "research"               degrees.

A               taught               degree               is               one               that               involves               a               significant               amount               of               actual               classroom               or               structured               studio               instruction,               as               is               typical               of               master's               degree               programs               in               the               U.S.

A               research               degree               is               almost               entirely               a               matter               of               conducting               research               independently               under               the               loose               supervision               of               a               faculty               member.
               There               has               been               a               proliferation               of               taught               master's               degrees               in               Britain,               in               part               to               attract               students               from               the               U.S.

and               elsewhere.

Many               taught               master's               programs               can               be               completed               in               one               calendar               year.

Even               a               "taught"               degree               may               have               a               significant               independent               research               or               creative               project               as               part               of               the               curriculum.

In               the               U.S.

this               is               typically               referred               to               as               a               "master's               thesis,"               while               in               Britain               it               is               known               as               a               "dissertation."
               Difference               between               U.S.

and               U.K.

Ph.D.

programs
               To               begin,               the               Brits               are               much               less               inclined               to               use               periods               as               part               of               their               degree               abbreviations,               so               a               British               university               will               have               a               "PhD"               program               rather               than               a               "Ph.D."               program!

But               since               I               am               American,               I               will               stick               with               our               punctuation               style               for               the               most               part.
               At               U.K               universities,               all               Ph.D.

programs               are               "research"               degrees               and,               in               general,               a               completed               master's               degree               is               expected               prior               to               entering               a               Ph.D.

program.

This               is               logical,               because               the               classroom               instruction               and               more               structured               part               of               a               student's               postgraduate               education               takes               place               during               the               master's               program.

When               entering               a               British               Ph.D.

program,               a               student               is               expected               to               have               considerable               knowledge               of               their               field               and               to               be               ready               to               design               and               conduct               a               major               research               project               with               minimal               faculty               support.

This               is               one               reason               why               students               in               Britain               are               expected,               and               in               some               instances               required,               to               complete               the               Ph.D.

in               three               years.
               At               U.S.

universities,               elite               students               may               apply               to               and               be               accepted               to               Ph.D.

programs               immediately               after               receiving               a               bachelor's               degree.

In               effect,               a               master's               degree               program               is               built               into               the               Ph.D.

package               and               an               M.Phil.

or               M.S.

degree               awarded               as               a               (relatively               insignificant)               milestone               along               the               way.

Completing               preliminary               exams               and               full               admission               to               Ph.D.

candidacy               can               be               what               triggers               the               awarding               of               the               milestone               master's               degree.

This               American               style               of               Ph.D.

program               generally               takes               at               least               four               years               and               sometimes               considerably               longer               to               complete.
               Note               that               the               Ph.D.

dissertation               (U.S.

term)               is               usually               referred               to               as               a               "thesis"               in               Britain.
               Some               Quirky               Terms               Used               in               Britain
               One               of               the               most               baffling               terms               I               heard               on               my               trip               to               British               universities               in               2006               was               "unseen               examination"!

What               could               it               be?

Well,               it               turns               out               to               be               the               British               term               for               what               we               would               call               a               "closed               book"               examination-one               that               the               student               does               not               see               in               advance               and               must               complete               entirely               without               using               notes               or               reference               materials.
               Also               used               is               the               term               "gathered               field,"               which               refers               to               a               kind               of               variation               on               "rolling               admissions"               (U.S.

term).

In               a               gathered               field               admissions               process,               there               may               be               three               deadlines               for               submitting               materials               and               each               set               of               applications               is               "gathered"               and               considered               as               a               batch.
               Modules,               Courses,               Routes
               One               of               the               most               confusing,               Alice-in-Wonderland               aspects               of               reading               materials               about               British               postgraduate               study               is               the               terminology               used               to               describe               what               it               is               you               are               studying!

Here               are               the               equivalencies,               with               the               familiar               U.S.

terms               shown               first:
               course               =               module
               A               module               is               one               of               the               3-5               topics               you               are               studying               in               a               given               semester
               degree               program               =               course
               If               you               are               pursuing               an               M.Sc.

in               Urban               Design,               this               is               your               course.
               route               =               pathway
               If               you               are               pursuing               a               degree               by               examination,               degree               by               research,               or               degree               by               dissertation,               these               are               different               routes               to               the               degree.
               The               terms               "scheme"               and               "programme"               are               also               used               and               are               similar               in               meaning               to               "course."               All               three               terms               refer               to               what               we               in               the               U.S.

would               call               a               degree               program.
               And               Some               other               Miscellaneous               Terms
               One               of               my               favorites               is               "uni,"               which               is               widely               used               as               shorthand               for               "university."
               And               while               we               are               speaking               of               terms,               most               British               universities               have               three               terms               rather               than               two               semesters,               but               this               is               somewhat               variable.
               The               term               "don"               when               referring               to               a               professor               is               not               used               as               much               as               in               the               past.

According               to               my               daughter,               her               professors               are               referred               to               as               "tutors"               and               many               classes               as               "tutorials."               A               "personal               tutor"               is               similar               to               an               academic               advisor,               with               a               bit               of               counselor               mixed               in.
               Conclusion
               Someone               once               said               that               the               U.S.

and               Britain               are               "two               countries               separated               by               a               common               language."               This               certainly               holds               true               in               the               higher               educational               sphere.

However,               investing               a               bit               of               time               in               understanding               how               terms               are               used               at               British               and               Irish               universities               will               prove               helpful               to               American               students               investigating               graduate               (postgraduate)               study               across               the               pond.
               Sources:
               Personal               and               professional               experience
               The               British               Council               website






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