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In this episode, your hosts - Dr. Dean Fido and Dr. Craig Harper - talk through the differences between a Masters-level and PhD thesis process.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - Comparing Project Structures and Expectations
04:46 - How Long are the Projects?
09:40 - How You Are Examined
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CRIB NOTES:
- Welcomes & scope of podcast episode
- Topic 1 - Project Structure
- Master’s single project answering a single specific question
- PhD - Multiple projects which are trying to answer a broader project
- Publication and dissemination expectations
- Topic 2 - Project Length
- Time: 9-18 months (Masters) vs. 3-4 years (PhD)
- Writing: 6,000-8,000 words (though some will be longer) for Masters vs. 50,000-80,000 words for PhD
- Topic 3 - Examination
- Supervisor (and second marker) for a Masters vs. an independent team of internal/external examiners with an oral defense for a PhD
- Closing remarks
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Music by AlphaGaming | HarrisHeller