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<p>However, doing TA work was not a requirement for or normally part of the MA degree, right? I.e. MA candidates doing TA work would normally be those doing the MA on the way to a PhD, as opposed to those in a terminal MA program.</p>
<p>In many PhD-granting departments, there may be no terminal MA or MS program, though PhD students (the pool from which TAs are drawn) may do an MA or MS along the way to a PhD.</p>