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MASTER ARTS PHILOSOPHY [1 record]

Record 1 2013-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
OBS

Formerly, style guides recommended the use of the periods in ... abbreviations ... of academic degrees (B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.). The more recent trend ... is towards dropping the periods in all such abbreviations unless tradition or consistency requires them.

OBS

Compound abbreviations are written without spaces.

Key term(s)
  • MA(Ph)
  • MAPh

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
Key term(s)
  • M.A.Ph.

Spanish

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