Talk:List of master's degrees in North America

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Master of Arts in History[edit]

What's wrong with the MA in History at Southern Illinois... if your going to mention it as bogus you had better tell why or it will be edited.

M.Agr. is missing http://coldfusion.aers.psu.edu/aerec/magr.cfm...

Definitive list?[edit]

Universities can confer master's degrees in any subject or discipline they wish, and they can call those subjects whatever they want. I think it would probably be of little use to have a list of every available master's degree. I am confused as to why this page exists (especially since it's not titled something like "List of available master's degrees in North America" or something less misleading than the current title). Cww 00:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the same thing. A university can offer whatever Master's Degrees they wish. Coming up with a definitive list would be nearly impossible. I think this article should be deleted. Worthless, hopelessly incomplete. Could never be map complete. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 21:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I think this is kind of absurd since not only can a university offer any master's it pleases (indeed any degree within certain constraints), the degrees offered vary wildly by institution. Even if a degree has the same name, it isn't likely to be similar. This list implies there is some sort of standardization, which does not help the fellow from Pakistan below, in fact it feeds misinformation since s/he found it "extremely helpful". In fact it really isn't. delete and replace with a proper article about masters degrees in the united states. Perhaps with a list of representative examples, which is what this is. 86.1.70.66 (talk) 12:48, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to make a comment here. I think this article is absolutely important at least to all those who wish to know in greater depth about the masters program and what alternative degrees can be available to those who wish to pursue their masters. I, a Pakistani engineer in Pakistan, am looking forward to obtain a masters degree in the United States of America and am finding this article extremely helpful. Perhaps we will never be able to complete this article, but to look at it in another way, this article is already complete, it gives us a general overview of the most major ones of masters degrees that are offered, it may be left to the in-depth researcher to look for the most specialised programmes himself/herself. Wikipedia, being in the century in which the concept of encyclopedia needs to be redefined, must be more than just an encyclopedia, it is just as much an answering (question-answer) website, and a tree of knowledge whose stem contains the basic information but the very sub-sub-sub-branches take you to the very object-under-study itself. Thanx! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.81.211.14 (talk) 14:16, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Advertising??[edit]

Frecklefoot, why are you accusing me of this? It's not my link, I was merely cleaning up the page by putting it in the proper section. How about discussing your issues next time before you delete something?--THE FOUNDERS INTENT ^TALK 19:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First off, it is not required to discuss any edits that are enforcing Wikipedia policy. Second, perhaps I was a little rash by "accusing" you of putting in the link, but that's what it looked like from the page history. This page shouldn't link to any specific Master's degree programs or any universities that offer them. So the link should not be reinstated.

I'm going to do you a favor. I was against this page the first time I encountered it. It's poorly scoped and is a spam target. I think this article is doomed. Therefore, I'm taking it off my watch list and will concentrate my efforts elsewhere. Peace. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 20:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're not doing me a favor, it's up to you what you do. I was just informing you that I was not advertising, but editing. Peace.--THE FOUNDERS INTENT ^TALK 20:53, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Master Of Science in Computer Science[edit]

uhh, anyone want to back up this, " The Master of Computer Science is the most challenging degrees in the field of Computer Science and Information Technology and is much sought-after by employers in the Information Technology marketplace."? I do believe the PhD is more challenging but hey, maybe I'm just dumb. They do tend to make the easier degrees less advanced right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.220.76.137 (talk) 08:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Headings[edit]

The headings were unworkable.[1] Wikipedia editors kept adding degrees to the headings, including the degree abbreviations, resulting in section headings that were too long to reasonably link internally to and that were subject to change over time. Some degree topics have both master of science and master of art, but the headings tried to separate master of art and master of science, and master of else. Most of the "Master" in the headings was redundant of the name of this list. I revised the headings to address these issues. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:15, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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