Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
title relating to my Master's degree
English answer:
Master's degree dissertation
English term
Italy
title relating to my Master's degree
I would like to know if I put a piece of information in brackets correctly. To be precise, I put my dissertation title and then an additional phrase in brackets. This is as follows :
The Greenhouse Effect: problems, causes and possible solutions (dissertation title relating to my Master's degree).
Is the form ''Master's degree'' I used correct or should I change into ''Master degree course''?
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B D Finch
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Donna Stevens
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Nov 7, 2012 15:47: B D Finch changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1264768">Rosario Liberto's</a> old entry - "title relating to my Master\'s degree"" to ""Master\'s degree dissertation""
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Master's degree dissertation
"If you are taking your masters and you are at the point where you have to write a masters degree dissertation, ... "
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Do not use the word "course" here unless you want to tell the reader that you failed your Master's.
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PoveyTrans (X)
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Thanks Simon
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Gema Pedreda
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Thanks Gema
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Charles Davis
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Thanks Charles. I didn't know that it was the other way round in the US. In the UK you can even do a dissertation for your first degree, as I did.
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Master's degree thesis
If you think it's hard writing your Master's thesis, just wait until you start on your PhD dissertation.
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Charles Davis
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Thanks Charles!
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NancyLynn
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Thanks Nancy!
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Lorna Bleach
: If target is US/Canada, but if the target is UK, then you write your thesis for your Ph.D and a dissertation for your Masters
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Discussion
In Australia usage seems to vary, though I think the UK pattern of master's dissertation and doctoral thesis is more usual. Perhaps an Australian colleague can tell us.