Author: scu

When people think of Doctors, they think of medical practitioners, in many countries medical doctors have a combined Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine, but they are not Doctor of Philosophy graduates or in fact graduates of any academic Doctorate.

Few are aware that a range of Professional Doctorates are available in many fields. Under the US system, what other countries issue is a combined Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine, US Universities issue a Doctor of Medicine. New US Law schools issue a Doctor of Jurisprudence rather than a Bachelor of Law. These are for professional doctorate programs.

There are a number of new available professional doctorates including Doctor of Education, Doctor of Business Administration and Doctor of Engineering.

There are several thousands of higher education institutions in the world that offer Masters degree programs, but there are three basic different styles of Masters program.

1 – A program that is designed to make you a specialist within the discipline area you have a Bachelors degree.

For example, a Bachelor of Law Graduate specialised in Constitutional Law may complete a Master of Law in Constitutional Law.

2 – The second type is a program that is designed for Bachelor degree graduates from a wide range of disciplines who wish to develop their Business Management knowledge.

Most Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs are designed for this. They aim to provide the student with knowledge in a discipline area that was not already covered in the students Bachelor degree studies.

3 – The final type of programs are more research focused. The student researches a topic which extends their knowledge on a limited topic via the research, planning and writing of a major thesis. The thesis is most similar in style to a mini Doctorate thesis. They are often offered within a Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy degree programs.

The best value Post Graduate program is a UK OFQUAL registered Post Graduate Diploma in Management which enables all graduates to complete a one or two semester MBA top up program (depends upon the top up program selected) to earn a MBA with a number of UK Universities. Some of the “top up” programs are campus based and some online.

As well as the MBA option, graduates can complete a Master of Arts in Human Resources or Master of Science in Finance and Accounting.

This one Post Graduate Diploma can be used to join several top up programs giving the student the flexibility to earn a range of Masters degrees.