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astro_noms) wrote2013-04-08 09:42 pm
astro_noms) wrote2013-04-08 09:42 pm
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this makes me think they don't actually *want us in the program
So I found out today that in the MA program at our school, your thesis topic is largely dependent on a) the instructors running the seminars, and b) the topics of the seminars themselves. So, like, if the literature seminar topics are A, B, and C, run by instructors who specialize in, say, A, B, and X with a smattering of C, your thesis on F with a side of Z? probably not going to fly. Which means that there's probably going to be multiple theses on very similar topics.
We had a conversation about this with a few people, and all of us were completely boggled by this restriction. You'd think an academic institution would encourage its students to produce new work, rather than restricting their output. I realize it's difficult to have someone specializing in thing A being a thesis advisor on thing Y, especially if it's something super remote from their area, but I really hope there's some flexibility in this.
We had a conversation about this with a few people, and all of us were completely boggled by this restriction. You'd think an academic institution would encourage its students to produce new work, rather than restricting their output. I realize it's difficult to have someone specializing in thing A being a thesis advisor on thing Y, especially if it's something super remote from their area, but I really hope there's some flexibility in this.