On Feb 17, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Judith Evans wrote:
I can't remember much of the British system of marking and lots must have changed since I was at Sussex. Thus I can't quite make sense of "a 2.1 + an MA pass." Does this mean that students must have a 2.1 degree before they can enter a master's program or is 2.1 now used as part of a general marking system for essays and such? If the latter is the case, what does "+ an MA pass" mean? And how is this formula 60 percent of something, which will in turn be "at least 70 percent by U.S. measures"(given the need for a measure that Accreditors will accept....) the one I'm familiar with is, a 2.1 + an MA pass. (So, 60 per cent. But that's at least 70 per cent by US measures.) It was the requirement for all courses, not simply undergraduate level ones (in which MA students were taught separately). Had such students read more than undergraduates who got a 2.1? Not necessarily. Was their work more advanced than such undergraduates? Not necessarily. After all, universities need fee income, also, a "successful" i.e. large + high pass rate graduate school brings in government money, too. (Rant cut.)
David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
