| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
plumpy nut
Joined: 12 Mar 2011
Posts: 1652
|
 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:28 pm Post subject: MA vs. MS |
 |
|
Salammalikam, peace be unto you etc. etc.. Arabs be informed that MA doesn't necessarily mean a particular degree is better and more suitable for ESL, although in your eyes the subject of the degree may make it more suitable. In the USA, an MA simply denotes a degree that is less rigorous than an MS. The same is true for a BA in comparison to a BS. A Bachelor's of Science requires more difficult course work than a Bachelor's of Arts. The term BA or MA has nothing particularly to do with Fine Arts or Liberal Arts, it denotes how rigorous the coursework is.
Does anybody have any idea what the 11 English skills that apparently the Arabs are up on are? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004
Posts: 11534
Location: On a Short Leash
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
| In the USA, an MA simply denotes a degree that is less rigorous than an MS. The same is true for a BA in comparison to a BS. A Bachelor's of Science requires more difficult course work than a Bachelor's of Arts. The term BA or MA has nothing particularly to do with Fine Arts or Liberal Arts, it denotes how rigorous the coursework is. |
Uh, since when? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
plumpy nut
Joined: 12 Mar 2011
Posts: 1652
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Ever since I've been attending the university for my Bachelor's and Master's degrees. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004
Posts: 11534
Location: On a Short Leash
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Gulezar
Joined: 19 Jun 2007
Posts: 483
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: MA vs. MS |
|
|
| plumpy nut wrote: |
Salammalikam, peace be unto you etc. etc.. Arabs be informed that MA doesn't necessarily mean a particular degree is better and more suitable for ESL, although in your eyes the subject of the degree may make it more suitable. In the USA, an MA simply denotes a degree that is less rigorous than an MS. The same is true for a BA in comparison to a BS. A Bachelor's of Science requires more difficult course work than a Bachelor's of Arts. The term BA or MA has nothing particularly to do with Fine Arts or Liberal Arts, it denotes how rigorous the coursework is.
Does anybody have any idea what the 11 English skills that apparently the Arabs are up on are? |
What? I have a MS in TESOL, as Teaching was considered a "science", not an art. I really don't think it had anything to do with rigor; I think that education just fell into the social sciences when the university system was being set up. I've never had problems with an MS.
11 English Skills? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
Posts: 17644
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I agree with Gulezar and Spiral...
I have a BSc in Education... and an MA in TEFL... any differences in "rigor" were not perceptible to me
And I too would like to know what "11 English skills" were expected by the Saudi interviewer in the other thread.
VS |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 15343
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:28 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Plumpy, what are you on about ? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
