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Comprehension check

1. What is the length of a Master's course at US universities?

2. Is the Master's degree earned from a US Universities considered to be a research degree?

3. What are the two types of doctoral programs? What is the main difference between these?

4. What program do the PhD candidates usually follow?

5. What is a preliminary or qualifying examination? Who evaluates whether the doctoral student is prepared to undertake his/her dissertation?

6. What is the final period of the predoctoral study given to?

7. At what stage is a final examination required at most universities?

8. Do doctoral candidates present their PhD dissertations for defense?

Speech practice

Give a talk about graduate degrees granted by US universities. Compare these to the degrees earned nowadays from Russian universities.

Appendix II

Some Key Educational Terms

Degrees (UK Universities)

A degree is an academic qualification/ title awarded on completion either of a higher education course (a fist degree) or a piece of research (a higher/ further degree). In practice the word degree alone generally implies a first degree, other degrees being referred to more specifically: a higher/ further degree, doctorate, an so on.

Collocations with "degree"

To give a degree- widely used in non- formal style;

To award a degree (to)- widely used in the sense of give in formal and semi-formal style;

To confer a degree (on)- used occasionally in the above sense in formal style, mainly with reference to higher degrees.

To study/read for a degree- to take a degree (in smth), to follow a degree course and pass the necessary examinations.

To take one's degree means to take the degree examinations, to graduate.

e. g. -I took my degree in 1995.

It is more common in such sentences than to graduate in everyday speech.

To get a degree (in smith)- widely used in informal style in the sense of receive/ to have a degree (in smith), often used in such sentences as

My brother has a degree in physics.

In colloquial speech My brother's got a degree … is the norm.

To hold a degree (in smith)- formal style, meaning "to have"

It is less often applied to first degrees than to higher degrees.

To do a degree- to study for a degree

To earn degree- to receive a degree

Degree course- a course of study which prepares students for a first degree

Degree examinations- these are often called finals in formal style. On the results of degree examinations degrees are awarded.

degree certificate- document certifying that the holder has been awarded a degree.

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