You lucky english MA's (I think) don't have to go through the existential year-long soul destroying process of a thesis. It certainly slows down the progress of conferences and publication, but at least you end up in the university library.
Maybe there are some other advantages in doing a thesis but I can't think of any...
Yes, yes, Mr. Y hints at a good point. Does the thesis count as a publication? It ends up in various libraries and is published electronically. Hmmm...
if by 'good point' you mean 'grasping desperately, and futilely, for some sort of justification for enduring the pains of doing a thesis', then yes, he does.
more and more programs are moving toward doing away with the MA thesis, so i was indeed lucky. funny aside, though? an english program with no MA thesis was my only PhD refusal, so it evidently didn't hurt me.
but at least you have the experience, right? you've learned from the rigors of, like, an advisor breathing down your neck and setting deadlines and you, like, meeting those deadlines and stuff. or, you know, you've at least learned from not meeting those deadlines...right?
yeah, i would say the MA thesis is totally not needed and should be abolished. its pretty fucking useless and has delayed and wasted my time. i could have been easily done a year ago, 8 months tops.
i would have done coursework if i had the chance. but i guess its partially useful in training to put together a book or a very large project.
though, i have learned nothing from those deadlines as i hand stuff in weeks late without penalities! only many haggering e-mails. :p
Maybe there are some other advantages in doing a thesis but I can't think of any...
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my answer would be 'no', though. :)
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but at least you have the experience, right? you've learned from the rigors of, like, an advisor breathing down your neck and setting deadlines and you, like, meeting those deadlines and stuff. or, you know, you've at least learned from not meeting those deadlines...right?
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i would have done coursework if i had the chance. but i guess its partially useful in training to put together a book or a very large project.
though, i have learned nothing from those deadlines as i hand stuff in weeks late without penalities! only many haggering e-mails. :p
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