Degrees Directional

Degrees Directional

Why is Masters Degree Important?

The next degree earned after a Bachelor’s degree is normally a Master's degree. Holding a Master’s degree indicates that the graduate possesses the knowledge necessary to teach the discipline / major chosen. A wide range of Master’s degrees is offered by colleges nowadays. One can opt for Master's of Science in Healthcare, Master's of Science in Arts, Master of Business Administration (MBA) etc. that are professional degrees involving intensive research and technical skills in order to successfully complete the program. All Master's Degrees demand a completed research project or a thesis in order to graduate.

If you choose to excel in an area of your chosen discipline, a Master's degree is an impressive addition to your educational armor. A two-year Associate's degree or a four-year Bachelor's degree both demonstrate a proficiency in the level of your education, but a Master’s degree indicates a level of expertise in a specific area of study. Most employers nowadays require a four-year degree at minimum for entry-level positions in a host of various careers. Having a Master’s degree to your credit will only make the job application process that much more advantageous in your favor as well as help you advance up the career ladder more easily. Research indicates that people with Bachelor’s degree earn less than those with advanced degrees such as a Master’s or even a Doctorate. And if you want to keep yourself more marketable and your training skills more current, an advanced degree may be just what you need.

You could opt for a Master’s degree directly after graduating with your Bachelor’s degree or, like many people are choosing, you could return to an advanced degree after a few years of gaining experience in the workplace. Even in such instance, having a Master’s degree gives you an option of a career change if you want to diversify and switch to another chosen discipline.

Apart from boosting your income and giving you an advantage while competing for jobs, a Master’s degree is often considered for certain higher-level positions in the fields of business, public policy, engineering, and administration. Candidates without an advanced degree might not even be entertained, so make sure you investigate the requirements of your career choices and plan your education accordingly.

A Master’s degree also allows the student to be fully immersed in a subject matter they obviously feel passionate about. Conducting research, meeting and interacting with prestigious faculty and peers, and creating long term contacts are all part and parcel of such an educational experience.

Colleges and institutions offer diversified degree programs to choose from for Master’s. While you can opt for a traditional classroom and attend lectures at a school, many colleges now offer the same Master’s Degree Programs online as well. This is a boon for those of you who want to advance your career but cannot interrupt your life to do so.

Online Masters degree allows you to maintain your income, keep your day job and further your education at the same time. The process is amazingly flexible and convenient with the pace of studying set by you. No doubt, there will be times when all your commitments – your family, your job, or your studies may clash but with a sense of discipline and a whole lot of motivation, you will manage.

Online Masters Degree Programs are also less expensive than the traditional graduate degree programs. Since you can opt for an accelerated online graduate degree nowadays, the sooner you graduate, the faster you can reap the benefits of your advanced degree in terms of higher pay and better job prospects. As we discussed earlier, a Master’s degree will help you advance your career and make you invaluable to the company you work for. Many companies often sponsor their employee’s higher education as well, so check this out with your Human Resource department if you are interested.

Choosing to complete a Master’s degree is not a decision to be taken lightly. It is a major commitment of time and money with intensive work and research, but the end results will more than make up for it. Of that there is no doubt.

About the Author

Stevens-Henager College was established in 1891 and is distinguished as one of the oldest colleges in Utah. It has trained generations of graduates through its on-campus and online degree programs for Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate's Degrees. Stevens-Henager College also offers FastFlex online degree programs for working professionals. Stevens-Henager’s degree programs help enhance your career and your qualifications, while placement staff helps to find exciting job openings and even setting up interviews as well.

Trigonometry Word Problem?

The police are trying to catch the operator of a pirate radio station. They park two vehicles with directional antennas on the side of a straight section of road 2000m apart. They aim the antennas to find the pirate station signal, which is coming from a location somewhere between them. From Constable Abel's vehicle, the angle is 70 degrees. From Constable Barker's vehicle, 30 degrees. Which police officer is closer to the pirate radio station, and how far away, to the nearest meter, is it from that officer?

. . . x

A----y------------------B

(Pretend that Y is right below x)

we have two right triangles, axy and bxy. Angle a is 70, angle b is 30. We are looking for the length of the line ax and bx.
So soh cah toa.

The sine is the opposite over the hypotenuse.

ax is the bypotenuse and xy is the opposite side for Constable Abel. sin(70) = .94

so xy/ax = .94 and .94ax = xy

bx is the hypotenuse and xy is the opposite side for Constable Baker. sin(30) = 0.5

so xy/bx = .5 and .5bx = xy

and if those two things both equal xy, they must equal each other so

.5bx = .93ax then multiply by two,

bx = 1.86 ax, so Constable Baker is 1.86 times further away, Abel is closer.

That's the first part, using sines. How far is a different question using tangents and cosines.

Part two starts with tangents, opposite over adjacent.

tan(75 degrees) = 2.75 = xy/ay, so 2.75*ay = xy.
tan(30 degrees) = .577 = xy/by, so .577*by = xy.
Then 2.75* ay = .577 * by, then divide by 2.75 and

ay = .2098 by and ay + by = 2000 so by = 2000 - ay

so ay = .2098 * (2000 - ay)
ay = 419.6 - .2098*ay - subtract .2098ay
0.7902ay = 419.6 - divide by .7902
ay = 531 meters.

Now we need a cosine. Adjacent over the hypotenuse.

Cos(70 degrees) = .342 and that is ay/ax.

We are looking for ax and we know ay is 531, so

.342 = 531/ax. -- multiply by ax
.342ax = 531 -- divide by .342
ax = 1552.6 meters.

I suppose you could also do this all with the tangents and cosines, just working out the distance for both a and b. There is not always one right way to get there.

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