Masters Abroad = Issues with PhD?

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I'm considering applying for programs like Fullbright which allow one to complete a year of study in a foreign country after I graduate. Would it be frowned upon or create more complications if I received an MA in Psychology in a country like England before applying to a Clinical PhD program than if I just went straight to a PhD/MA program after my undergraduate work?

Would it ultimately hurt or help or neither?

🙂Thanks for your comments!🙂
 
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It probably won't hurt you and may help you if the degree is heavily research bas3ed. European graduate education is different than in the US. Certainly doctoral education is very different since the Ph.D is by dissertation only. It also depends on the type of master's degree. In Britain they have the MA and M.Sc. degree that are very similar to US master's degrees in that they are taught degrees in which students take a particular number of courses but often don't involve research. They also have an M.Res degree with is a research only masters degree. Finally, there is the M.Phil degree which is another "research only" degree that involves no coursework.. The M.Phil is a degree that is "higher" than the M.A. or M.Sc. In my opinion an M.Phil from Oxford Cambridge or the University of London, The Sorbonne, Leiden or Edinburgh would be very well received if you were applying to a Ph.D. program in the USA.
 
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