burg@donau-uni.ac.at:

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.

Hurray for margins! I dare to ask a question, too. What makes MA and MSc naming more international than, say, Magister? A Mastère more international than a DEA? Where, one wonders, did it all start ... ? cheers Bram --