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Degree Structures
Postgraduate Degree Courses
In explaining the structure of postgraduate degrees in this chapter, we are using the Australian university for our model. What we describe w ill apply in general terms to postgraduate degree courses in other institutions and in other countries. There are, however, also some important differences. For more detailed information about Australian institutions, see the references listed at the end of this chapter. For variations that apply in Britain , Canada and the United States , consult Appendices 1-3.
We are concerned here only with advanced courses offered at universities and colleges. The range of short training programmes and other award courses is too varied to be covered in this general survey. For detailed information about professional and postgraduate programmes overseas, consult some of the handbooks listed in Appendices 1-3 and also write to the relevant Embassy or High Commission in your own country.
In Australia , as in Asian countries, only a small proportion of students who complete their undergraduate degrees continue to any from of postgraduate training. Those who do decide to continue usually do so for one of two reasons: either they wish to get a professional qualification, such as a Graduate Diploma in Teaching ,English as a Foreign Language, in Librarianship or in Forestry Management or else they want to do more advanced studies or research in their field, working towards a Master's or PhD degree.
It is also common for postgraduate students to move from the institution where they completed their undergraduate studies because their interests have become more specialized. They now enrol in another Universit y, in a college or a technical institute where a particular course or group of specialists can be found - they may even, like you, go abroad to a foreign university. When you start your postgraduate course, you will find that it is viewed as a continuation and extension of undergraduate training
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