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vitir

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Unrelated Qualifications
« on: December 17, 2009, 01:49:42 am »
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can you just go ahead and pick post grad qualifications that are irrelevant to your degree?

for example, could I do this:

Melbourne Uni pre-eng major in a Science Undergraduate + Masters of Engineering at Melbourne

then do say...a doctor of philosophy in Law or Management or something?

what I know is that you can go from a masters to a doctorate though...
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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 01:57:57 am »
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well short answer no, when applying for a PhD you will need to sow relevant knowledge in the proposed area of study.
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Re: Unrelated Qualifications
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2009, 04:12:45 am »
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Quote from: ItsSKC on December 17, 2009, 01:57:57 am
well short answer no, when applying for a PhD you will need to sow relevant knowledge in the proposed area of study.
Not completely, you can get away with doing something somewhat unrelated as long as you've been high achieving previously. Depends on the uni. It's very much not recommended though, obviously.
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Re: Unrelated Qualifications
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2009, 07:03:11 am »
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All doctorates are not PhDs.
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Re: Unrelated Qualifications
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2009, 12:03:41 am »
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Quote from: mark_alec on December 17, 2009, 07:03:11 am
All doctorates are not PhDs.

wait what?

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Re: Unrelated Qualifications
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2009, 12:19:05 am »
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Quote from: vitir on December 20, 2009, 12:03:41 am
Quote from: mark_alec on December 17, 2009, 07:03:11 am
All doctorates are not PhDs.

wait what?



All PhDs are however, doctorates.
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Re: Unrelated Qualifications
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2009, 01:12:47 am »
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Quote from: vitir on December 20, 2009, 12:03:41 am
Quote from: mark_alec on December 17, 2009, 07:03:11 am
All doctorates are not PhDs.
wait what?
A Juris Doctor is not a PhD. A Doctor of Medicine is not a PhD etc.
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