The modern
education system in Russia has undergone significant changes in the last 20 years. This process is especially noticeable in the context of
higher education institutions. Earlier, higher education was reduced to a single degree - a specialist. Moreover, after vocational schools or technical schools, the title sounded like a "junior specialist", and after graduating from a higher educational institution or institute, a person became simply a "specialist". Simply. Concisely. Clear. But it is completely inapplicable to the European system of education that has developed over the centuries. Therefore, diplomas issued earlier could not be quoted abroad on a par with the local ones - the categories of education were very incomparable.
Everything has changed since independence and has taken the course towards integration into the European process of education and training of qualified specialists. Now in Russian education there are various degrees - “bachelor”, “specialist” and “master”. What is the last one? Let us dwell on this issue in more detail.
Master is a stage of higher professional education. It follows after undergraduate studies and is designed to deepen the acquired professional knowledge. If a bachelor's degree is considered, in general, a complete higher education that allows you to work according to your profile, then a master's degree is a step on the path to a scientific career. It is in connection with this that after the end of the 4th year in many universities, the flow of students into two areas should be divided - “specialists” and “masters”. The former receive additional knowledge focused on practical skills in the profession and their application. Masters, on the other hand, devote their training to polishing knowledge as such, as well as to studying the scientific method, methods of research in specialization, so that in the future it will be possible to enter graduate school and continue scientific activity.
Usually, admission to the magistracy is conducted on a competitive basis and at the request of the student. That is, the quality of bachelor's work, the average score for the previous 4 years of study, as well as personal achievements of the student in the academic field are taken into account. Education in master's specialties can last from a year to two, and ends with writing a master's work - a full-fledged scientific work of a student, which he created during his studies, and in many universities - also passing a
qualification exam in a specialty.
At the same time, one should not assume that a magistracy is some kind of higher education against the background of “specialists” or “bachelors”. This is not true. It is just that this particular level of training is sharpened for scientific activity, and the emphasis is on the theoretical foundations of the profession, often to the detriment of practical skills. At the same time, the master's program does not actually occur in absentia. According to the norms of modern education, this degree is obtained exclusively when studying in a hospital. Although, of course, there may be exceptions for universities in the private education sector.
In general, a master's program is not only a way to join the scientific life as a young qualified specialist in his field, but also a good preparation of the student for scientific life, the specifics of writing works, conducting research and searching for information and processing it. She does not give any superblog, but in order to continue her education further at any foreign university, obtaining this degree will always be only beneficial.