master's
Graduate degree level
A master's is a graduate degree between a bachelor's and a doctorate, requiring one to three years of study beyond undergraduate work: She's getting her master's in public health, I finished my master's last spring.
Short for master's degree.
The possessive form reflects the older sense of having achieved mastery in a field.
One who earned degree
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
commencement · candidacy · enrollment · matriculation · graduation · conferral · credentials · qualification
Systematic fact-finding effort
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
theoretical · analytical · rigorous · literature review · hypothesis · citation · publication · advisor
Sustained single-minded attention
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- fieldArea of specialty
- majorOf chief importance
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
focus · domain · track · subject · area · specialty · emphasis · professional
Educational program's content plan
- syllabusCourse plan document
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
university · college · academia · lectures · credits · electives · requirements · prerequisites
graduate
One who earned degree
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
coursework · commencement · candidacy · enrollment · matriculation · graduation · conferral · credentials · qualification · bachelor's
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
methodology · theoretical · analytical · rigorous · literature review · hypothesis · citation · publication · advisor · committee
concentration
Sustained single-minded attention
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- fieldArea of specialty
- majorOf chief importance
expertise · focus · domain · track · subject · area · specialty · emphasis · professional · applied
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- syllabusCourse plan document
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- tuitionPayment for instruction
scholarship · university · college · academia · lectures · credits · electives · requirements · prerequisites · full-time
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- degreeshigh school diploma, GED, BS, PhD, doctorate
- Academic Credentialsdiploma, bachelor's, PhD, doctorate, GED
- student statusenrolled, withdrawn, graduated, suspended, expelled
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
master'sbachelor's
First university degree
doctoral · undergraduate · PhD · associate's · doctorate
master'sbeginner's
Of someone just starting
novice's · apprentice's · amateur's · journeyman's · entry-level
- master planOverall strategic framework
- master bedroomMain sleeping quarters
- master sergeantSenior enlisted military rank
- master's degreePost-college academic credential
- master keyLock opener for all doors
- puppet masterOne controlling figures backstage
master, mastery, masterpiece, mastered, masterful, mastering, masters, master's degree