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27 unusual facts about Master of Arts


Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Degrees awarded by the Department of Biblical Studies are Master of Arts in Religion (MA-R) with emphases in Biblical Studies, Biblical Languages, Old Testament and New Testament; Master of Theology (MTh) with emphases in Old Testament and New Testament; and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Old Testament and New Testament.

Degrees awarded by the Department of Theological-Historical Studies are Master of Arts in Religion (MA-R) with emphases in Theological-Historical Studies; Christian Theology, Church History and Adventist Studies, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Theological-Historical Studies.

Degrees awarded by the Department of Education are Master of Arts in Education (M.A.) with emphases in Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Administration, Instructional Technology, Leadership, Library Administration, Religious Education, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL; Master of Arts (M.A.) in Teaching, Education Specialist (EdS), and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Education, with emphases in Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Administration.

Agha Shahi

In 1939, Shahi enrolled in Indian Institute of Science where he joined the Department of Physics, and receiving his B.Sc. in Physics, followed by M.Sc. in applied physics and M.A. in Mathematics in 1944.

Cheryl Byron

Byron then obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English from City College (CUNY) while maintaining her professional life, including becoming in 1976 the first woman to perform her own original brand of poetry in a calypso tent in Trinidad, for which she is recognised as "the mother of Rapso".

CHOMBEC

CHOMBEC, in association with the University of Bristol, runs an MA (Master of Arts) degree in British music.

Counseling psychology

Almost all programs grant a PhD, but a few grant a MCouns, M.Ed, MA, PsyD or EdD.

Darya Dadvar

Darya also holds a postgraduate Master of Arts degree from School of Fine Arts of Toulouse (Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse).

Datta Raghunath Kavthekar

For some time, Nagpur University had included study of Kavthekar's fictions in its Master of Arts curriculum.

David Prain

Born to a saddler in Fettercairn, Scotland, in 1857, Prain attended the Fettercairn Parish School and the University of Aberdeen, where he gained his M.A. in 1878.

Donald R. Gardner

He also holds a Master of Arts degree in History from Memphis State University.

Elizabeth Binmore

She earned her Master of Arts from McGill in 1894; sharing the honour of being the first woman to do so with one other lady.

Green Party of Manitoba candidates, 2007 Manitoba provincial election

She has also completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Athabasca University, and at the time of the election was working toward a Master of Arts degree in Adult Education from the University of Calgary and a diploma in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University.

Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science

The institute also runs an evening physics and maths school, an ex-budgetary Scientific Research Laboratory while the Academy has provision for post-graduate military courses, MA and PhD dissertation boards.

Jesse A. Wilson, Jr.

He also earned a Master of Science in Operations Research from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA (1991) and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2001.

Legion of Christ

Many do a Licentiate (similar to an American M.A. degree) in Philosophy before beginning Theology.

Mary Dorothy Lyndon

After earning sufficient credit Lyndon received a Master of Arts degree on June 17, 1914 - four years before women were admitted to UGA as regular students.

Nalanda Open University

NOU offers a Master of Arts (M.A) in Magahi, Bhojpuri, Rural Development, Economics, Geography, Hindi, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Public Administration, Journalism & Mass Communication, Education and Urdu.

New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates, 2003 Manitoba provincial election

McDonald has a Bachelor of Arts degree in early years' education (1991), a Master of Arts degree in curriculum development (1994) and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in education from the University of Manitoba (2003).

New England School of Art and Design

The New England School of Art & Design offers undergraduate (Bachelor of Fine Arts) degrees, as well as graduate degrees (Master of Arts) , continuing education courses and high school programs.

Nii Tackie Tawiah III

Holding a BA degree in Political Science Pace University, New York and an MA in Economics (New School for Social Research, New York), he was well disposed to lead the rediscovery effort of the political clout of the Ga State and the economic empowerment of his subjects.

Ranade Institute

The department changed the nomenclature of its Master’s programme to Master of Arts (Mass Communication and Journalism) and revised its syllabus from academic year 2003-04..

Reformed Episcopal Church

Now located in Spring, Texas, just north of Houston, Cranmer House offers residential and distance learning programs for people not seeking ordination, a certificate in Anglican Studies, a Master of Arts in Religion (MAR), Master of Divinity (MDiv), and Master of Theology (ThM).

Robert Morison

Born in Aberdeen, Morison was an outstanding scholar who gained his Master of Arts degree from the University of Aberdeen at the age of eighteen.

Theodore Marcus Hansen

Having completed the coursework for a Master of Arts degree (although he never wrote a thesis), Hansen returned to America to begin teaching at Dana College and Trinity Seminary in 1921.

Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp

Trevor Charles Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp MA MD FRCPath (13 February 1907 - 16 November 1987) was a British medical doctor and bacteriologist.

Walter Driskill

Driskill earned his Bachelor's in history from the University of Colorado in 1936 and his Master's in history in 1940.


Alan G. Rogers

Rogers later completed a Master of Arts degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix through distance learning.

Alberto Pérez-Gómez

Born December 24, 1949 in Mexico City, Mexico, he graduated as an engineer and architect from the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico and pursued graduate studies in the history and theory of architecture at the University of Essex where he received his Master of Arts in 1975 and Ph.D. in 1979.

Ambrose Bury

He was educated at the Liverpool Institute, the Royal School in Raphoe, Dublin High School, Trinity College, and the King's Inn in Dublin, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1890 and a Master of Arts in 1893.

Christine Berrie

Berrie, who has been active since 2003, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in visual communication from Glasgow School of Art, and her Master of Arts degree from the Royal College of Art in London.

Dirk ter Haar

Dirk ter Haar (Dr., B.Sc., M.Sc., MA, D.Sc., FRSE) studied physics at Leiden University, was research fellow of Niels Bohr in Copenhagen, and received his Ph.D. in Leiden from Hendrik Kramers for a dissertation on the origin of the solar system.

Dominique Searle

After his time at Bayside, Searle travelled to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Essex, where he graduated in Literature, and earned a Master of Arts in Sociology of literature.

Douglas Moggach

Douglas Moggach (MA and PhD Princeton) is a professor at the University of Ottawa and life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr.

He was awarded a Master of Arts degree in biology from Columbia University in 1894, with his thesis on the classification of Lepidoptera, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1895, with his dissertation on airborne bacteria in New York City.

Henry M. Mathews

Born in Frankford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, he received an A.M. from the University of Virginia and B.L. from Lexington Law School.

J. Meredith Read

He was a graduate of Brown University, where he received the degree of A.M. in 1866, graduated from Albany Law School in 1859, studied international law in Europe, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, and afterward moved to Albany, New York.

James Baba

His Master of Arts degree in Public Administration was awarded in 1993 from St. John's University in Queens, New York City.

James Hillier

Born in Brantford, Ontario, the son of James and Ethel (Cooke) Hillier, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics (1937), Master of Arts (1938), and a Ph.D (1941) from the University of Toronto, where, as a graduate student, he completed a prototype of the electron microscope that had been invented by Ernst Ruska.

Jayanti Patnaik

She has studied Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Work from Sailabala Women's College under Utkal University, Cuttak.

Matieu de Caersi

he was Mayestre Matieus de Caersi, that is, a master of arts from Quercy, possibly Cahors.

Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

He was awarded several honorary diplomas for his work, primarily with fungi, a Master of Arts from St. Lawrence University in 1870, a Master of Arts from Yale University in 1873 and a doctorate from the New York University.

Neil L. Rudenstine

He studied the humanities at Princeton University (A.B. 1956) and participated in Army R.O.T.C. After serving in the U.S. Army as an artillery officer he attended New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, where he received another B.A. and an M.A. In 1964, he received a Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard for thesis titled Sir Philip Sidney: The Styles of Love.

Nikki Loftin

Born and raised in Central Texas, she attended The University of Texas at Austin for both her Bachelor of Arts (French, BA, '92) and Master of Arts (English/Fiction Writing, MA, '98) degrees.

Performance Writing

The Falmouth University post-graduate Master of Arts course in Performance Writing led by Associate Professor of Performance Writing Jerome Fletcher ran for two years at the Arnolfini in Bristol.

Quadrivium

At many medieval universities, this would have been the course leading to the degree of Master of Arts (after the BA).

Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton

The oldest son of John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton and Daphne Strutt, daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, he was educated at St George's College, Harare in Zimbabwe and at Trinity College, Oxford, from which he emerged with a Bachelor of Arts in 1963 (later, he would receive a Master of Arts from the same institution).

Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell

The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in classics and law in 1956.