{"id":81,"date":"2022-09-13T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T12:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2022-09-13T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:04:37","slug":"postgrad-jargon-buster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/postgrad-jargon-buster\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate Jargon Buster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are some terms specific to postgraduate degrees at Newcastle that you ight come across during your time here. Pair this page with the undergraduate-focused Jargon Buster<\/a> for all your acronym- and jargon-busting needs!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A<\/a>BCD<\/a>EFGHI<\/a>JKLM<\/a>NOP<\/a>QRSTUVWXYZ#<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

APR<\/strong> – Annual Progression Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distinction<\/strong> – The highest grade possible in an MA<\/a> or MLitt<\/a> programme. Your work is often awarded a numerical mark: if this is 70 or above, then your work is of distinction standard (or can be referred to as \u201ca distinction\u201d). Check the marking criteria<\/a> for\u00a0SELLL\u00a0<\/a>and any\u00a0module<\/a>-specific criteria to see the characteristics of a piece of work of distinction standard. These numerical marks are *not*, we repeat *not*, percentages or marks out of 100. (See also: Pass<\/a>, Merit<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ii<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IPhD<\/strong> – Integrated PhD. This programme combines a year’s full time (or equivalent) taught and guided work with a three year full time (or equivalent) research programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA<\/strong> – Master of Arts (from the Latin Magister Artium<\/em>). This is the degree that you will be awarded on successful completions of a taught Masters programme, where you take two semesters of classes and complete a dissertation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(PG) Marking Criteria<\/strong> – The descriptors and qualities that determine what mark is given to your work in taught modules. There is a set of School marking criteria for work in Language and Linguistics (as well as Literature), which you can read on the SELLL website<\/a>. Some of your modules<\/a> <\/a>might also have specific criteria for different types of assessment, so check the module<\/a>‘s Canvas<\/a> <\/a>course page to be sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLitt<\/strong> – Master of Letters (from the Latin Magister Litterarum<\/em>). This is the degree that you will be awarded on successful completion of a 1 year full-time (or equivalent) research Masters programme in SELLL, where you complete two short research projects and a 16,000 to 24,000 word dissertation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPhil<\/strong> – Master of Philosophy. This is a degree that you may be awarded after more than a year’s full-time (or equivalent) research work and completion of a 40,000-50,000 word dissertation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merit <\/strong>– The second highest grade possible in an MA<\/a> or MLitt<\/a> programme. Your work is often awarded a numerical mark: if this is between 60 and 69, then your work is of merit standard (or can be referred to as \u201ca merit\u201d). Check the marking criteria<\/a> for\u00a0SELLL\u00a0<\/a>and any\u00a0module<\/a>-specific criteria to see the characteristics of a piece of work of merit standard. These numerical marks are *not*, we repeat *not*, percentages or marks out of 100. (See also: Pass<\/a>, Distinction<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) Pass<\/strong> – The lowest grade in an MA<\/a> or MLitt<\/a> programme. Your work is often awarded a numerical mark: if this is between 50 and 59, then your work is of pass standard (or can be referred to as \u201ca pass\u201d). Check the marking criteria<\/a> for\u00a0SELLL\u00a0<\/a>and any\u00a0module<\/a>-specific criteria to see the characteristics of a piece of work of pass standard. These numerical marks are *not*, we repeat *not*, percentages or marks out of 100. (See also: Merit<\/a>, Distinction<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pass mark<\/strong> – The pass mark for an MA<\/a> or MLitt<\/a> piece of work in SELLL<\/a> is 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PGT<\/strong> – Postgraduate Taught (i.e., MA students)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PGR<\/strong> – Postgraduate Research (i.e., MLitt, MPhil, PhD students)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PGCCG<\/strong> – Postgraduate Community and Culture Group. A collection of over 30 various reading, writing, research and social groups across and beyond SELLL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD<\/strong> – Doctor of Philosophy (from the Latin philosophiae doctor<\/em><\/em>). This is the degree you will be awarded on successful completion of our 3+ year research doctoral programme and a 80,000-100,000 word thesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some terms specific to postgraduate degrees at Newcastle that you ight come across during your time here. Pair this page with the undergraduate-focused Jargon Buster for all your acronym- and jargon-busting needs! ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ# Aa APR – Annual Progression … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}