A colloquial term for such degree would be all but dissertation.

He also received a master's degree and then completed doctoral coursework (all but dissertation) in jurisprudence from Kyoto University.

Therefore, in terms of coursework credits, it corresponds to an ABD status, ("all but dissertation").

She said that she was "A.B.D." (all but dissertation), and hasn't given up on that goal.

She spent 10 years pursuing a doctoral degree, was ABD (all but dissertation), but ultimately took a second master's and ended her graduate career.

Ph.D. candidates who complete class work and exams but not their dissertation are generally known as "A.B.D.," or all but dissertation.

She was a sort of A.B.D. astrophysicist-you know, Robin, 'All But Dissertation'.

"All but dissertation" on Ph.D. in Physics at University of California, San Diego (on hiatus as of 1995)

All but dissertation (ABD) is a mostly unofficial term identifying a stage in the process of obtaining a research doctorate in the United States and Canada.

In other universities, such students used the informal designation of Ph.D. (ABD), for "All But Dissertation," not an actual degree but an informal convention.

The term "ABD" (All But Dissertation or All But Defended) usually means that a candidate has only to complete the writing and defense of the dissertation.

Leaving UC-Berkeley A.B.D., (All but dissertation), Bromige took a teaching position in the English Department at Sonoma State University in 1970.

The DEA was generally equivalent to the North American "All But Dissertation" or ABD status within a doctoral program or a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)

D (all but dissertation) in Management and Educational Psychology from Temple University, and an M.S.A. in Organization Development under Richard F. Ericson and Jerry Harvey at the George Washington University.

At the Art Institute of Chicago, Ms. Barter, who has a Ph.D. in cultural history from the University of Massachusetts, seeks other Ph.D.'s or "A.B.D.'s" ("all but dissertation") for her department.

Additionally, doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy but not filed a dissertation ("ABD," for "all but dissertation") often receive master's degrees and an additional master's called a Master of Philosophy, or MPhil, or C.Phil.

This recognizes achievement beyond the Master of Arts and Master of Science degrees conferred after 1-2 years of graduate study and formalizes the more colloquial "All But Dissertation" status; as such, defense of a dissertation proposal is sometimes required for conferral.

In 1976, he attended the State University of New York at Albany, where he did his graduate work in political science, completed a Masters of Science degree and returned to New York City as an ABD (all but dissertation) in 1980 to write his dissertation.

But there be bad abd good, as the pirates say.

But until that time you are Abd, my foot slave.

Take my Abd to his cell, but have him ready at dawn.

He walked across the grass abd lay down to lick himself.

But he called him in a direct abd undeviced way.

Moreover, they are often addressed by other Iraqis as abd, meaning "slave".

Her long black hair flew about her, she looked wild abd wanton.

Nothing remains of the original dome built by Abd al-Malik.

In 1999 the church was fully redecorated abd rearranged.

Finally, after an ordeal of what Mr. Abd believed to be about four hours, it was over.

Good ambiance abd sound here have fun!

The ABD is not only about speed limits, absurd through some of them are.

His name at birth was Abd al-Shams (servant of the sun).

At the time, Abd al-Rahman was about 21 or 22 years old.

They decided to try to marry Abd al-Rahman into their family.

If that did not work, then Abd al-Rahman would have to be killed.

However, by 763 Abd ar-Rahman had to get back to the business of war.

His name seems to include the Aramaic prefix "Abd" which means slave.

She is married to the French rapper Abd al Malik.

Chaos returned after the death of Abd al-Aziz I in 1372.

Since its inception in 1932, the ABD has certified over 13,000 physicians.

The age of 'Abd Allah is also contested.

However Abd el-Krim ordered his forces not to attack the town.

Today, it is still inhabited by some Abd al-Hadi families.

It was said that Abd al-Malik only escaped due to the speed of his horse.

In children all areas may be involved, including the face or abdomen.

A 21-year-old man who was shot in the abdomen died days later.

She took his hand and moved it to her abdomen.

Pain in the abdomen can come from any one of them.

Some feel pain in the abdomen and not the back.

On her abdomen, she felt as if someone had built a fire.

Almost everyone has pain in the abdomen at one time or another.

He raised up off me and I felt his hands move to my abdomen.

He was also shot in the arm and the abdomen.

Then I felt another function taking over in my abdomen.

Others may have the abdomen background color red instead of black.

The pain is usually present in the lower abdomen on the left side.

Each person has two, on the left and right sides of the abdomen.

The pain may move down to the lower right side of the abdomen.

The father talks to his baby through the mother's abdomen.

But most of them form after surgery on the abdomen.

There is very bad pain in his lower right abdomen.

The third pair is at the end of the abdomen.

The pain in her abdomen was worse than last night.

It is on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach.

The pain is not limited to one part of the abdomen.

The surgeon does not need to cut into the abdomen.

I dropped both, because he had caught me in the abdomen.

In a moment he was free, pressing a hand against his abdomen.

There was a spot of blood on her lower abdomen.