during/since Master's degree

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Maybo

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Can I use "during" and "since" the following ways?

1. During Master's degree, I took a modern Chinese history course.

2. Since Master's degree, I have been passionate about folk arts.
 

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No. You need to say more about the degree. Do you mean Since receiving my Master's degree, Since I began studying for my Master's degree, or something else?
 

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Since I began studying for my Master's degree
Yes!

For "during", can I say "during my at time studying for Master's degree, I took a modern Chinese history course"?
 

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Yes!

For "during", can I say, "During my [STRIKE]at[/STRIKE] time studying for a master's degree, I took a modern Chinese history course"?
Hi, Maybo!

You can also say, "my master's degree."

Use capital letters for proper nouns and first letters of sentences.
 
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Not "during my at time studying for Master's degree" but "while studying for my master's degree."
 

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Yes!

For "during", can I say "during my at time studying for Master's degree, I took a modern Chinese history course"?

I took a modern Chinese history course on my Master's sounds more natural to me.
 
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