Research students

Use the following sentences while speaking about your studies. Make logical changes in them, if necessary.

1. 
   I’ve come here to do a Master’s degree in Economics.
   
2. 
   Higher education has changed my mental outlook and scope of interests.
   
3. 
   I’m studying for a degree in History.
   
4. 
   He’s good at social subjects.
   
5. 
   Numerous research projects are funded by the private sector.
   
6. 
   I graduated from Moscow University with a degree in Political Science.
   
7. 
   He got a degree in History from the BSU.
   
8. 
   He took a degree in Law, then joined a law firm.
   
9. 
   Candidates are required to present a dissertation of between 8000 and 12000 words.
   
10. 
    Students can either do a dissertation or take part in a practical project.
    
11. 
    The course integrates academic study and practical training.
    

Progress questions.

1. 
   What are two basic types of postgraduate study in the UK?
   
2. 
   What is the difference between a taught and a research course?
   
3. 
   Are degrees by instruction similar to undergraduate courses? In what?
   
4. 
   What is an academic degree? What kinds of degrees are awarded in the UK? the USA? Belarus?
   
5. 
   What is a major component of a Master’s course in comparison with the Bachelor’s one?
   
6. 
   What is a thesis? What is the general composition of any dissertation?
   
7. 
   What is important for the dissertation production and defence?
   
8. 
   What are the differences and similarities between the systems of postgraduate study in the UK, the USA and Belarus?
   
9. 
   What comments can you give on the quotation by Herbert Spencer: “Science is organized knowledge”? Does doing science organize you, shape your character and mental outlook?
   
10. 
    What new experience and knowledge do you hope to gain from the postgraduate study?
    

Speak on:

1. 
   Post-graduate study in the UK, USA and Belarus: similarities and differences.
   
2. 
   University and Higher Degrees in the UK, USA and Belarus.