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TheWolf
Im not sure how much everyone knows about all these different titles Doctor..etc.
Can everybody get a title, and how do you get it? Do you need to do a specific course and if you do e.g. economics, can you get a 'doctor' title?
Can everybody get a title, and how do you get it? Do you need to do a specific course and if you do e.g. economics, can you get a 'doctor' title?
If you do a PhD, in any subject, you are entitled to call yourself Dr. Medics only have to do bachelors' degrees to get that honour though (MB BChir)
Helenia
If you do a PhD, in any subject, you are entitled to call yourself Dr. Medics only have to do bachelors' degrees to get that honour though (MB BChir)
ahh ok thanks! so lets say i do 3 years of economics and have finished the a ba economics, do i have a choice to do a phd course afterwards?
TheWolf
ahh ok thanks! so lets say i do 3 years of economics and have finished the a ba economics, do i have a choice to do a phd course afterwards?
A PHD isn't a course, it is research. You basicaly spend 3-5 years researching somthing in depth nobody else has done. Then the university can decide to pass it, you will get your phd.
amazingtrade
A PHD isn't a course, it is research. You basicaly spend 3-5 years researching somthing in depth nobody else has done. Then the university can decide to pass it, you will get your phd.
ahh ok didnt know this thanks, so it is 3 years of university + 3-5 years in research? wow
amazingtrade
A PHD isn't a course, it is research. You basicaly spend 3-5 years researching somthing in depth nobody else has done. Then the university can decide to pass it, you will get your phd.
Question (and I know it's a stupid one): So a postgraduate degree has nothing to do with getting a PhD?...and as to postgraduate degrees - do they have to have anything to do with your first degree? If I go and study English now, could I still then do a postgraduate in another subject?....And if I do start another subject from scratch (say psychology or something), then where's the difference between a postgraduate thingy, and your first degree?
(I'm a bit clueless, I know)
amazingtrade
Edit - but yes you can do a PHD after your degree if you get a 2:1.
Yes, but recently this has become a relatively rare occurrence, as most funding bodies require Masters training courses (at least for Arts subject). However, at a lot of universities you get the cance to "upgrade" to a PhD if you do well in your Masters, or do a more structured doctoral programme (at least in certain subjects).
A PhD is still a course it is a research course not a taught course you still have to pass it etc and get guidance.
You can do English and then do a taught masters in some other subjects - some places have a masters as a conversion.
FOr example I did english and am now doing a postgrad conversion in law, you can do comp sci conversion Msc at imperial but it is quite limited what you can change to.
You can do English and then do a taught masters in some other subjects - some places have a masters as a conversion.
FOr example I did english and am now doing a postgrad conversion in law, you can do comp sci conversion Msc at imperial but it is quite limited what you can change to.
Peapod
3 years after uni seems such a long time for a qualification that won't help you in the world of employment.
Just think, you'll be at least 24 when you leave!
My dad did a PhD and he prefers being called mr still.
Just think, you'll be at least 24 when you leave!
My dad did a PhD and he prefers being called mr still.
If you have a PhD then you're almost guareented a resaearch job within the university if you pass it. Also if you get a masters you have a good chance of getting a teaching job within the university.
Virtualy all my lecturers are PhD holders that gradaute from my uni.
amazingtrade
If you have a PhD then you're almost guareented a resaearch job within the university if you pass it. Also if you get a masters you have a good chance of getting a teaching job within the university.
Virtualy all my lecturers are PhD holders that gradaute from my uni.
Virtualy all my lecturers are PhD holders that gradaute from my uni.
but if thsi isn't what yuo want to do it's not that much use in the world of employment as employers want skills and team workers - not people who have been doing solitary research.
Peapod
but if thsi isn't what yuo want to do it's not that much use in the world of employment as employers want skills and team workers - not people who have been doing solitary research.
Well you could become a researcher for a company. But if you don't want a research job then its highly likely you wouldn't want to a PhD in the first place.
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