Thanks VaiBabe. I'm really looking forward to it. It would have been nice to have found people on here who were also doing the course or had done it, so I could have got a good heads up about the course, reading material, etc. But I guess I'll meet plenty of people in the same boat in a couple of weeks.

I should probably be a little worried that I'm excited about studying though!

Bono

Looks like I'm doing it alone! :-(

Bono

Excellent, thanks for the reply Magictime. It does make sense to have different grades, it's just not something I hear people mention, hence the question. People tend to make a point of saying they have a 1st or honours with an undergrad, but simply say a 'Masters' for above. Maybe they don't have a distinction!!

Thanks - Bono

Thanks Ruby, that makes a lot of sense. It's been a long time since I have done any real studying, so whilst I'm excited, I'm also a little apprehensive. My employer's pushing me to do a PhD, but due to being out of study practice for years, I felt I should do the MSc first!

Would I be right in thinking I should be getting a rough idea of the PhD topic a good 6 months before I apply or can this wait?

Thanks - Bono

Hi, this really is basic and I should probably know, but.... what's the pass mark for a MSc? I understand how an undergrad scoring system works, but what about a Masters. Is that simply a pass or fail?

Many thanks - Mark

Hi, sorry if the following are a little basic, but I thought I should start at the beginning,

1. How would I go about finding/reading previous PhD's done for Criminology?
a. Basically, I want to try and work out how much work is needed and having never done one, it's very hard to visualise.
2. How do I know if I'm really up to it?
3. Criminology and corruption is the area of greatest interest to me, but how do you turn that in to a PhD topic?

Many thanks - Bono

Hi, I'm starting a MSc in Applied Criminology in a few weeks and wondered if there was anyone out there who's already done the course or part way through?

Many thansk - Bono