janeyu

thanks

admission=coursework

and offer=thesis

right?????

thesis is better than coursework?

manson

No. Actually, admission = get accepted without scholarship, and offer = get admission with financial aide(like TA,RA).

Thesis option means your main work during the graduate study is doing research with a professor (to get a degree as M.A.Sc or M.Sc), on the other hand the course option means all you have to do in this 2 years is taking courses(to get a degree as M.Eng). The main difference between those two is that, you cannot apply for the PH.D with your M.Eng degree. However,as for job, that's the same.;)

janeyu

the difference between applied computer science and computer science.
thanks

janeyu

you cannot apply for the PH.D with your M.Eng degree.???

you mean the degree get by coursework is M.eng?

manson

You can say that there is almost no difference between M.A.Sc and M.Sc. It's only a matter of title. However, generally, the graduate school will not accept the PH.D appllicant with a M.Eng on course option. So if you wanna choose the academic research as your career, go for the thesis option. If not, both M.A.Sc and M.Eng are same for job hunting.

janeyu

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mikewolf

还有一些区别就是M.A.SC必须修够45个学分，并且不用写thesis，但是M.SC只需修16个学分，然后写thesis（占29个学分）。当然M.A.SC不能读Ph.d:confused:

Post by manson
You can say that there is almost no difference between M.A.Sc and M.Sc. It's only a matter of title. And generally, the graduate school will not accept the PH.D appllicant with a M.Eng degree. So if you wanna choose the academic research as your life career, go for the thesis option. If not, both M.A.Sc and M.Eng are OK for job applying.