Unit 1. Becoming a Master’s degree student

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela

Task 1. Scan the text “The Master’s Degree: A Closer Look” in Task 4 for the highlighted words and create a mini-glossary ^[1] on the topic:

1. Organize the words in bold type alphabetically.

2. List each word and write its dictionary definition after it.

3. Remember that each entry for a word in an English-English dictionary usually has the pronunciation and stress; the part of speech; any irregular forms; definitions; example sentences.

4. Give the Russian equivalents for the words.

For example, master's degree, noun. /ˌmɑː.stəz.dɪˈɡriː/ US /ˌmæs.tɚz-/ (informal Master's) – an advanced college or university degree: An MA and an MSc are both Master's degrees. – Степень магистра.

5. Expand your Glossary with unknown words and phrases during the Unit.

Task 2. Match the words with the similar meaning.

1. first-year (adj)	a. award (n)
2. applicable (adj)	b. specialized (adj)
3. second-year (adj)	c. advisor (n)
4. graduate (n)	d. dissertation (n)
5. requirement (n)	e. freshman (adj)
6. intended (adj)	f. investigation (n)
7. thesis (n)	g. agenda (n)
8. conferral (n)	h. appropriate (adj)
9. supervisor (n)	i. planned (adj)
10. progress (n)	j. advance (n)
11. field-specific (adj)	k. sophomore (adj)
12. research (n)	l. alumnus, alumna (n)
13. schedule (n)	m. prerequisite (n)

Task 3. Match the sentence parts to make definitions.

1. An advisor is	a. the act of giving an honor or degree.
2. To enhance means	b. to improve something, or to make it more attractive or more valuable.
3. Exposureis	c. someone whose job is to give advice on subjects they know a lot about.
4. To comprise means	d. the act of providing someone with the opportunity to experience new ideas, activities etc.
5. A conferral is	e. you have to do it, for example, because of the rule or law.
6. Full-timemeans	f. working or operating the customary number of hours in each day, week, or month.
7. Acourseworkis	g. a sequence of events to occur at or during a particular time or period.
8. If you are required to do something,	h. a work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course
9. Aschedulemay refer to	i. to get (something desired), esp. as a result of one's efforts; obtain.
10. To gain means	j. to consist of two or more things.

Task 4. Skim the text “The Master’s Degree: A Closer Look” and find which paragraphs contain the information on each of these topics.

a) Course load for first year students	______
b) The aim of the master’s degree	______
c) Course load for second year students	______