How Different Are They Really? Critical Differences between undergrad & masters thesis

This video goes through everything you need to know about the difference between undergraduate and masters thesis.

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▼ ▽ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – knowledge transfer
2:15 – glimpse of real academia
3:42 – details
5:14 – quick stats
7:45 – how they make you feel
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[MsWarminded]

Andy, I just wanted to let you know that I defended my PhD dissertation last week and am now a Doctor! I want to thank you for your videos and how much they helped me throughout my journey. You really made a difference in my doctorate. Please keep these videos up. I'll make sure to tell all of my colleagues to watch them.

[MarkLucas]

I just got my undergraduate thesis results back from Newcastle uni, been considering a PhD pathway cheers for the helpful videos!

[rafaelteodoroedu]

Thank for the undergrad content! I’m willing to do my best on my undergraduate thesis but it’s rough to find content on how to.

[IC]

Hey Andy,

There’s a lot to talk about. Thanks for the mentoring thus far, from afar.

-Isaac.

[francishunt]

Talking of acknowledgements, I did have a colleague who's student put 'I have no acknowledgements to make'. Brutal in it's simplicity. Thankfully it was a draft, and I did manage to persuade him to remove it.

[abdallahiddychaurembo]

In 2022 I did my undergraduate’s research thesis and it took me almost 6 months in the lab😅 It was funny because the research I was doing I was tryna develop the medicinal drug into cough syrup and we successfully made it. Currently on my 5 years direct PhD program, it’s a complete different world 😂 Thankfully to my PostDoc and senior students for their guidance

[dogyamato]

You know what was noticeable from undergrad to masters is that suddenly when I become a masters student the lecturers stop pretending that academia was great. Suddenly all I heard was how terrible it was.
Which I think is just the attitude they have because in undergade they don't want to scare you of and with masters they want to warn you that if you go further it's not all rosy.

[Mr.Edd]

Hi Andy! I've more or less finished my MA thesis with a semester to spare. My BA was about 40 pages in total with about 50 sources. My MA 80 pages with over 100 sources. Although my BA was on the fringes on 'proper research'. I believe both it and my MA paper matches your descriptions. While the premise of the MA paper is perhaps a little soft, it does establish its own methodology and less traditional and more risky than the BA. But the skills I have learned from the MA do help with knowing what to think about for PhD proposals. In contrast to your experience, I wouldn't say that I had any more interaction with my supervisor on BA or MA. I guess both professors saw that I was in control of the paper, and kind of let me get on with it.

[fernandocortes]

00:10 under 0:47 Masters 1:30 hint 2:20more details 3:40. .lit in more detail 6:00

[najchardszy]

Thanks Andy again! I wonder if the truth you are preaching can go into straight "A" students that want to do phd or is just for the rest of us that already are done with academia ;). For young ones, research ( especially in academia framework) and learning cool stuff are completely different things. If you like what you learn during your studies please consider industry jobs, if you are engineer at heart they are much more fluffing.

[on_in_five]

Oh, I can see why I over did my MBA with 70 pages containing 183 references 👀. Currently working in academia I can confirm all the nonsense that is being mentioned. Thank you for the content!

[DanielLovesPatois]

Love the lack of editing: "Machelor's"... ^_^

[mavicityrelayson]

I’ve mapped out my masters thesis but it’s looking more like a big project with lots of activities not related to just writing and desk research. I’m now trying to understand if masters thesis is still desk research or can I do other stuff?

[avocado]

Hey Andy, I wanted to know if could email you about my undergrad thesis. I need some clarity on how to approach it

[rashedisaboss]

What's the difference between undergraduate and masters if you're both? because I'm a masters student but considered an undergraduate student due to my course being an integrated/immediate masters certifications?

[ryanandida]

In my first publication I dedicated the paper to my father who died unexpectedly right before I submitted it, and then the journal said I could keep it, but proceeded deleted it before publication without letting me know 😅 Was a bit bummed about it, but maybe it’s a normal thing in academia

[backfischritter]

For me i really did not feel a hughe difference between my batchelors and masters thesis, mainly because my batchelors thesis was about researching and applying knwoldege and was rather lenghty.

[cobalius]

Yeah, i wish i would be able to do that but i've adhd and ultimately had to drop university. Sad, but i see no way to mitigate my disabilities

[thecatholictypologist]

My Australian university allowed me to submit a Master’s 105, 000 words long. It contained a great deal of original research and one of the examiners - an internationally recognised expert in the field - sang its praises. Wife is dirty that I wasn’t given a doctorate (supervisor never agreed to put in the paperwork). Thoughts?

[hanzo]

Is your master thesis somewhere to be downloaded?