graduate studies
Post-bachelor academic work
Graduate studies are academic programs pursued after completing an undergraduate degree, leading to master's or doctoral credentials.
The term encompasses both coursework and research components: She's in graduate studies at Columbia, The department offers graduate studies in linguistics.
Graduate studies typically require deeper specialization and original scholarship than undergraduate work.
- candidacyPursuit of office
- facultyInherent power or ability
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- thesis writingComposing a scholarly argument
ABD · fellowships · stipend · comps · master's degree · library · literature reviews · reading list · fieldwork · prospectus · research proposal · academic advising · seminars · office hours · teaching assistant · hypothesis testing · comprehensive exams · education
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- academiaprofessors, universities, biology department, professor, thesis statement
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- universitycampus, faculty, college, professors, degrees
- Juilliarddance program, auditions, faculty, alumni, Lincoln Center
- OxbridgeOxford, Oxbridge, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Exeter
graduate studiesundergraduate studies
First university-level education
undergraduate education · undergrad · college · primary education · elementary school
graduate studiesself-education
Independent pursuit of knowledge
autodidacticism · self-taught · on-the-job training · vocational training · trade school