No need for a Masters?

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by b4cz28, Jun 11, 2010.

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  1. b4cz28

    b4cz28 Active Member

    So from this (see link) it appears soon you will no longer have to a masters to earn a DETC doctorate. I did not know they had this policy.
    Distance Education and Training Council: Proposed Changes and Public Comment
     
  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    It will still be up to each individual school to decide what their own requirements are.
     
  3. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Yes, there are even a few RA schools that offer this. It's either Walden, UoP or Capella (can't remember which) that does not require a masters to get into their doctorate of psychology. It's a really long program though, and I think you in essence do all the master's work along the way.
     
  4. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    In the end it is all still really the same number of credit. 81 if you onlyt have a BS or 51 if you have a masters to earn a PhD.
     
  5. addision

    addision Member

    Straight to Doctorate

    There are even B&M schools that will allow this transition for psychology. My wife's cousin just finished her doctorate here in Southern California last week from an RA school and she was straight from a bachelors.
     
  6. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    I believe the majority of US doctoral programs allow people with a Bachelor's to enter, typically regarding it as a combined Master's/Doctorate, and typically awarding the Master's at some point along the path to the Doctorate (such as when passing the qualifying exams and being admitted to candidacy).

    (My wife, although she already has a Master's, did not need one for admission to her Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt . . . nor did she need a second one, which came 'automatically' after passing the quals, making her a "MA MA.")
     
  7. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    I thought having kids made her a "MA MA".
     
  8. 03310151

    03310151 Active Member

    I C wut U did there.
     
  9. DegreeDazed

    DegreeDazed Member

    LOL And the winner of the Dumb Joke of the Week award is....
     
  10. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Wow, my streak is broken :(
     
  11. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    Thank you, I'll be here all week.
     
  12. CRS0410

    CRS0410 New Member

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