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Masters Program?
Actinguy1
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Greetings, super friends!
After six years in the military, I went back to school and did surprisingly well. My first semester (which was actually in my junior year, as I'd been a part time student before), I had a GPA of 3.97. I'll be graduating this December with my bachelors in Corporate Communications.
Because I'm a good student, and the post 9/11 GI Bill is paying for it, I'm considering going for my Master's Degree. I'm looking for general advice on this topic, but I'm particularly interested in whether I'd have to take more "core classes". For example, if I got my Masters in, say, political science, would I still need to take more math classes? Although I'm a solid student over all, I have to work my ass off for a low B in math and physical science classes at the Bachelor level, so I worry what my grade would be in those classes at the graduate level.
Thanks!
tl;dr: Do you have to take core classes like math, etc, in a non-math-related Masters program?
After six years in the military, I went back to school and did surprisingly well. My first semester (which was actually in my junior year, as I'd been a part time student before), I had a GPA of 3.97. I'll be graduating this December with my bachelors in Corporate Communications.
Because I'm a good student, and the post 9/11 GI Bill is paying for it, I'm considering going for my Master's Degree. I'm looking for general advice on this topic, but I'm particularly interested in whether I'd have to take more "core classes". For example, if I got my Masters in, say, political science, would I still need to take more math classes? Although I'm a solid student over all, I have to work my ass off for a low B in math and physical science classes at the Bachelor level, so I worry what my grade would be in those classes at the graduate level.
Thanks!
tl;dr: Do you have to take core classes like math, etc, in a non-math-related Masters program?
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On topic, graduate programs generally have few program based prerequisites. Instead they require them as your entry requirements, so instead of taking a math course you might be required to have X many hours of math credits in your undergrad at the time of your admissions. Many times, should you not have these they can be waived with a show of skill (usually through the GRE or a discipline related test) or be taken while you are in the program.
What you will want to do is look up the admissions requirements and program of study for your target programs and see what is required for admittance and what is required to complete the degree. For PoliSci specifically, you will have a lot of wiggle room. Some focus heavily upon statistics, while some look at it as more of a humanities based program, so do some shopping.
Also, before you apply, meet with the Graduate Director for the program either face to face or over the phone to go over your specific circumstances and find out if the degree program will actually help advance your career and academic goals. A ton of students just jump into a program and waste a course or two to "learn" what they are getting into. Graduate studies, of any discipline, are vastly different is scale, scope, and politics than undergraduate studies.