MA or Master of Arts is a master's degree awarded by universities, schools of the arts or academies in social sciences, humanities, theology and fine arts. Graduates are required to have a bachelor's degree to be admitted to MA or Master of Arts which typically lasts from one up to two years full-time.
Students of a master's degree in medical sciences are medical graduates and young professionals with ambitions of becoming a doctor, psychologist, nurse. Men and women, boys and girls who follow these postgraduate courses in medicine and health care to be able to work in hospitals, clinics, surgeries.
Master programs and postgraduate courses in blended or mixed formula for graduates with bachelor's degree or master's degree provide part of the educational program with classroom lessons and insights through study programs in distance learning, that is connecting directly from home with pc.
Master programs lasting more than 18 months are usually postgraduate courses designed for students, graduates and young professionals interested in a path that will lead them to a career in management or research. They require to spend more than a year and a half - in some cases up to two years and beyond - for further specialization.