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<FONT FACE="Osaka">On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Sophie Peacock wrote:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Monaco"><TT> <FONT SIZE="5"><I think our honours is equivalent to an American masters?<BR>
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As far as I know, the British system honours degree is usually 3 years of coursework and a graduation thesis done in the 4th year. If it’s designed to take 5 or 6 years, a case could be made for equating it to an American master’s. An American bachelor’s is 4 years of coursework and in many departments a graduation thesis. A master’s in the States is roughly 2 years of coursework after the bachelor’s plus a master’s thesis. A British system honours degree seems similar to a magister in Sweden and other European countries where a magister takes 4 years. <BR>
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Greg Johnson</FONT></TT></FONT>
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