Master's courses in Britain are divided into TaughtCourse and ResearchCourse, and most students in Taiwan Province Province choose TaughtCourse. Master's courses are taught by professors every semester, and there are many opportunities for group discussion in class. Course assignments and papers should be handed in at the beginning of the semester, and subject exams should be held at the end of the year. School starts at about the beginning of October or the end of September every year. There will be subject exams in May and June every other year, and master's thesis will be handed in in September.

In the three academic years of a year, there are more classes in the first and second academic years, and fewer classes in the third academic year. The master's program is very compact. Because of the short time, the topic of each class is very big, and the professor will have a designated bibliography, but the list of topics in just one week is often between five and thirty. Generally, a course lasts two or three hours a week. Compared with the two-year or three-year master's programs in Taiwan Province Province, this one-year master's program in Britain is very heavy.

The final subject examination at the end of one year's study is a great challenge for students from non-English-speaking countries, who have to answer 3-5 questions in just two hours. The subjects of the final subject examination can sometimes be selected in advance by themselves. The teaching-oriented master's course requires the thesis to be about 1 10,000 to 20,000 words. The paper needs to be approved by the tutor and a teacher in the same field in the school, and sent outside the school for another teacher in the same field to pass. The oral exam depends on the requirements of teachers in each department.

There is also a master's degree in MasterbyResearch papers (also called M. Phil-MasterofPhilosophy) in Britain. It takes one to two years to write a report and hand in a 40,000-word paper. There are no subject exams and classes are not compulsory. This kind of degree report and thesis is very heavy compared with the master's degree in class, which is similar to the British doctoral program. If you are interested in pursuing a doctorate, such courses can also be used as the first year for British students to pursue a doctorate.

In addition, many students may have studied for a bachelor's degree in a certain field in Taiwan Province Province (for example, graduated from the Department of Applied Foreign Languages), but changed their master's degrees in other fields (for example, marketing or management) when studying in the UK. In this case, the school will require them to take a one-year postgraduate course to enrich their academic foundation in this field. Finally, if you pass the exam, you will be awarded a research diploma and accept to continue your master's program. /zd/lx