Sociology as I do it is certainly scientific, yes. Not all of those who call themselves sociologists, consider themselves scientists. Some consider themselves non- and even anti-scientific - even some of are so in a scientific manner. No, I did not mean that MA's should be for social sciences and humanities. IMHO, MA vs MS should convey mastery of an approach (such as humanistic vs scientific) not a disciplinary grouping by historical accident. Perhaps you meant your reply to address Thomas' original post?
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of Joao Vieira da Cunha Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 4:00 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-l] sociology is not scientific
Sociology is not scientific?!
Perhaps you meant that MA's are for social *sciences* and humanities
Joao
Phd Student
MIT / Sloan
At 02:52 PM 3/6/2002 -0800, you wrote:
IMHO, it should be an MS when the field or work is scientific, and an MA when it isn't. I tried to get my department to offer an MS in Sociology, but it would have required an act of the state legislature.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Burg Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:29 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] something totally different
Dear Members: I dare to ask something on the margins of this list. We at our university have to invent Master Programs that are internationally comparable. That means here in Austria we are moving from national to international systems and naming. Due to a lack of tradition we struggle with the meaning of MA and MSc programs. We cannot distinguish precisely what makes up the one or the other. Our field is that of New Media, Telematics, Knowledge Management - thus more on the production and management side. We found several programs out there that cover more or less similar contents and courses but are named MA or MSc without any comprehensible reason. Some colleagues are opting for MSc as the default label for our programs but I'm not so sure about that.
Thanks for listening
Thomas N. Burg,