Greetings ALL If someone can help me understand this? As I try to navigate the UNISA website. Do they have a program where you can complete 2 masters degrees and get a doctorate?:dunno:
Do you mean that you would earn 2 Masters and then cash them in for a PhD? Like 2Masters = 1 PhD? If so then the answer is no. I don't think you'll find that deal anywhere.
from what i heard - not sure what the person is doing you complete 2 masters programs, then will be required to do a dissertation with them and that cumulative of courses can be used to earn a doctorate program. dunno?
Might I suggest contacting Dr. Michael Esselen at IACI in Canada. He can certainly help you navigate through the complex UNISA system. IACI offers UNISA university distance learning courses up to Doctoral
I've been thinking about this a bit and I've imagined a scenario where this is almost true. I go to UNISA and earn a Masters degree (which are mostly research oriented - no coursework) then I earn another in a different but related area (also by research). Then I apply for a doctoral degree with the subject area being related to both of my Masters degree subject areas. I might well be admitted with some understanding that aspects of my prior research will become elements of my doctoral dissertation (thesis). I am, at this point, a known comodity at the university. I know them, they know me, someone agrees to be my dis supervisor because I have history with the school. I've already proven myself in their eyes and so they're willing to support my plan. To an outsider this might look like 2 Masters = 1 PhD (plus a dissertation) but this doesn't necessarily mean that if I earn 2 Masters at UMass I can trade them in for a PhD (and all I need to do is spend a year writing a dissertation).
Actually it is a bit easier. If the master dissertation is exceptional then it can be recommended for a doctorate degree, with a bit of tinkering, instead of a master. In the more common cases, if the doctorate dissertation sucks, then it may be recommended for a master degree or nothing.
OK, I get that. But I'm thinking that you still have to actually apply for the doctoral egree program and then you still have to go through the doctoral dissertation process (which can take several years).
