What, exactly, is "graduate school"?

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[QUOTE=pool]
I had a question although I know this thread has been dead a few days. Can people get a Master’s Degree even if it differs from their Bachelor’s? Like can someone with a degree in Finance go back and get a Master’s in Electrical Engineering, though I would think they would have to have some prerequisites done first.
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Sure, if the EE department would take them. Like Colibri says it would be pretty tough in that situation, but it’s not uncommon between closer fields. We’ve got a first-year right now in the math Ph.D. program who’s coming in from a physics bachelor’s, for example.

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[QUOTE=Mathochist]
Sure, if the EE department would take them. Like Colibri says it would be pretty tough in that situation, but it’s not uncommon between closer fields. We’ve got a first-year right now in the math Ph.D. program who’s coming in from a physics bachelor’s, for example.
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Similarly, one summer I worked for a chemist who had majored in physics as an undergrad.

I miss New Haven…:frowning:

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[QUOTE=Ruken]
I miss New Haven…:frowning:
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I guess I’ll miss it too, in its way. Not sure if I’ll miss the muggings or the fact that nobody has heard of rock salt in the winter more, though.