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How to denote two MSc degrees?

  • 02-08-2015 9:41pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 992 ✭✭✭


    I am about to finish a second MSc. In terms of writing these qualifications, how do I record the fact?


    e.g.

    Mr. John Smith, BA, MSc, MSc????


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭EuropeanSon


    I'd suggest not doing it.

    I automatically think less of anyone who puts B.A. or M.Sc. after their name.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    From Wikipedia, so don't take it as gospel
    Where two different postgraduate qualifications with the same name have been obtained (for example two different postgraduate MAs from King's College London and University of Sussex), this can be indicated by using one degree postnominal, and the abbreviations of the two awarding bodies in parentheses, sometimes joined by the Latin "et" (or with an ampersand), e.g. "Jane Smith MA (KCL et Sussex)", and not "Jane Smith MA MA".


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    I'd suggest not doing it.

    I automatically think less of anyone who puts B.A. or M.Sc. after their name.

    Ah, it's warrented on stuff like business cards, or Linkedin, or CV's, where credentials are relevant.

    - Andrew, BA, MSc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭EuropeanSon


    andrew wrote: »
    Ah, it's warrented on stuff like business cards, or Linkedin, or CV's, where credentials are relevant.

    - Andrew, BA, MSc.

    Not after your name it isn't.

    On a CV or LinkedIn, definitely include it, but putting it after your name looks desperate. It should go nowhere near a business card unless you've a very specifically applicable degree to the role you're working in which it might not be assumed you have.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Also, don't include the bachelor's if you have a master's. The bachelor's is assumed and thus redundant. It's acceptable to put the master's in if you've got a doctorate, but it's rarely seen. Most doctorates tend towards the 'Dr' before, not the 'PhD' after.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭moc moc a moc


    MSc²


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭MrWalsh


    I'd suggest not doing it.

    I automatically think less of anyone who puts B.A. or M.Sc. after their name.

    Is that because you don't have any ;)


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    Not after your name it isn't.

    On a CV or LinkedIn, definitely include it, but putting it after your name looks desperate. It should go nowhere near a business card unless you've a very specifically applicable degree to the role you're working in which it might not be assumed you have.

    So we agree, it should go after your name, where applicable.


    Also, don't include the bachelor's if you have a master's. The bachelor's is assumed and thus redundant. It's acceptable to put the master's in if you've got a doctorate, but it's rarely seen. Most doctorates tend towards the 'Dr' before, not the 'PhD' after.

    Lots of people do Masters' and BA's in unrelated subjects, might be warranted then?

    - Andrew, JC, LC, BA, MSc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭EuropeanSon


    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Is that because you don't have any ;)

    No. I've a B.A., first class, and a gold medal to go with it, and an Sch., if you'd like all my credentials before deciding if my opinion is worthwhile. I've already decided by the juvenile nature of your post that yours isn't, and I don't expect any titles you can provide will change that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭MrWalsh


    No. I've a B.A., first class, and a gold medal to go with it, and an Sch., if you'd like all my credentials before deciding if my opinion is worthwhile. I've already decided by the juvenile nature of your post that yours isn't, and I don't expect any titles you can provide will change that.

    A gold medal! Well they do say trinners for winners :rolleyes:

    Although I wouldn't be putting just a mere BA after my name either :D


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    No. I've a B.A., first class, and a gold medal to go with it, and an Sch., if you'd like all my credentials before deciding if my opinion is worthwhile. I've already decided by the juvenile nature of your post that yours isn't, and I don't expect any titles you can provide will change that.

    What did you get your BA in? Being sh¡t at parties?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭Lawliet


    Back on topic guys

    Lets try to stick to helpful advice for the OP.


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