Re: What is a master's degree?

Tim,

Sounds like that resume is using creative word play and also the HR 
pre-screening of resumes failed.

Most colleges and universities in Europe and India have a web site 
(assuming they are real educational institutions) and list their degree 
programs and requirements for graduation.  A Google search would have 
either found the institution or lack thereof (i.e fake certificate).

Anywhere across the globe ... a Bachelor of Science (BS or BSc) stands 
for between 3-4 years of undergraduate education ... Master of Science 
(MS or MSc) stands for a minimum of 2 years post graduate work.  Most US 
colleges which offer both degrees in the same department allow you to 
get a Master degree in 1 year if you were a continuing student from 
their BS program and completed the pre-reqs for the Masters degree 
during your undergrad program.

The Masters and Bachelors degree in the Arts also follow this same 
format. I suppose it will be relatively easy to identify if someone with 
an MA in interpretive dance and no Java experience is applying for a 
Java job (but I don't think that is the situation here).

When in doubt you can always check the diploma that goes with the 
degree.  If it has spelling errors or ink smudges ... you should either 
suspect that it is a fake ... or (ahem) the administrators did not do 
quality control before graduation day ... 
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/21/mass-grads-diplomas-with-errors-get-replaced/

Now granted there are Master Certificates (diplomas) issued by US 
colleges!  Those are certifications and not degrees... and can easily be 
recognized as such from the diploma or the transcripts.

--Conrad

On 9/27/2011 7:26 AM, Tim Jowers wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    We recently hired someone who's resume' said "Master's degree" but
> looking at their resume they only had 2 years of college TOTAL. i
> asked my co-worker about it and he said he saw this difference in
> naming in Europe. That the European calls a 2 year degree a Master's
> degree. In the USA we call this an Associate's degree. I have for
> years wondered how people who claimed to have masters seemed to be
> missing much of the basic fundamentals of computer science... because
> they didn't even have a junior or senior year of college, much less a
> graduate education. So, I now realize Europe and India use the word
> 'masters' to mean 'associates'; do any other countries or regions also
> have this confusion?
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
>
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