Doctor without Masters?

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  1. EKflag

    EKflag New Member

    Is it possible to get a Phd without a masters (BS degree only)? I'd be interesting in doing this is a business related Phd through DL. If so, how much time would this save vs. going after a masters first?

    Thanks.
     
  2. MarkIsrael@aol.com

    [email protected] New Member

    > Is it possible to get a Phd without a masters (BS degree only)?

    Certainly. See, for example, the admission requirements for the Ph.D. program at the MIT Sloan School of Management: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/phd/requirements.php

    I know nothing about business, so someone else will have to answer your other questions. The time it takes to get a Ph.D. is highly variable, and depends on the school, the professor, and the student.
     
  3. Han

    Han New Member

    In Business there are a huge numbers of schools that don't require a master's, and many more "typically" require them. If you have shown excellence as an undergrad, you can go straight to the PhD with no problems.

    Usually the Master's is a 2-3 year program, and a PhD is 1 year of coursework, then 3-4 years in dissertation research (maybe more). You would have to take an extra year in coursework, so the you could save about 1-2 years going this route.

    One of my professor's as an undergrad did this, and wanted me to go this route, but the nice part is that if "life" happens and you have to stop going for a year, then you will have nothing to show for it, but if you took a break after your master's, you could roll into the PhD easily.

    I went that route, and am glad I did. Though I graduate with honor as an undergrad, I still had a bit of shock going into the graduate level.

    I have heard it is difficult, but if you have honors as an undergrad, it can be done!
     
  4. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

  5. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Not much, probably.

    You'd still be doing roughly the same amount of work. The difference is that you would be doing all of the work at one school in the first case, and transferring in a lot of it in the second case.

    I think that a lot of schools that recruit doctoral students right out of undergraduate school have started offering masters degrees for partial completion of the doctoral program (30 units + comprehensives), so that their ABD students will come away with something.
     
  6. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    I forget the exact # of hours (more than 30), but that's exactly what I got at Torquemada University. The so-called non-terminal masters is fairly common, I think.
     

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