[goldstategop]

A masters' degree does NOT require completion of a thesis. If you can pass a comp exam, you can skip writing a thesis altogether. I wrote a thesis for my masters.' I'd be interested in hearing what score Churchill obtained on his comp exam.

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[patton]

Probably wants me to pay for his toy choo-choo, too.

Dand, that pisses me off.

In other news, one can obtain a PhD in mathematics by passing four comps, and an oral exam. Not one day in class required.

[tarzantheapeman]

Some Master's degrees (I'm guessing most) require the completion of a thesis in addition to comps.

[mtntop3]

A masters' degree does NOT require completion of a thesis. If you can pass a comp exam, you can skip writing a thesis altogether. I wrote a thesis for my masters.

Colleges and universities have masters' programs that vary. I believe, however, that most require a thesis of some sort.

In the particular subject I was enrolled in, there was an option of a regular master's thesis - or three, shorter dissertations that were expected to demonstrate the quality in research methodology of the regular thesis, but which would concentrate this on three subjects of shorter scope, one of which could be in the candidate's minor field.

[rwfromkansas]

Well, for history it generally does require a thesis.

There are some schools I have seen that let you do a research project more than a formal paper (don't quite understand the difference), but in any case, usually you still have to do something significant if not an actual thesis.