Double Majoring as a Graduate

theloneranger
Thu, 01 May 2008 00:57:12 +0000

You would have to be quite mad to try to take two masters at once.

You could get one at first and then go for a second.

But as a general rule university professors tend to have advanced degrees in only a single subject. They may have extensive knowledge on other subjects, including seminars, undergrad majors, and postgrad classes, but they will typically have an MA and PhD in a single subject. They rarely have a MA in a second and almost never have a second PhD.

Some masters programs may combine your interests, though, and some may be more broad than what you are looking for. For example, instead of French Linguistics (which I believe would actually require you to select either a Linguistics MA with French concentration or a linguistic track of a French MA) and Russian Studies, you could take Linguistics and take coursework in French and Russian.