Master of Applied Science (abbreviations include MASc, MAppSc, MApplSc, and MAS) is an academic degree.
"MASc" degrees are generally conferred in Commonwealth of Nations for engineering-related studies more academic than those required for the Master of Engineering (MEng).
[1] MASc degrees are also conferred for other subjects, such as psychology at the University of Waterloo [2] "MAppSc" and "MApplSc" degrees are conferred in Australia and New Zealand for a wider variety of professional studies, to include practitioner fields outside of engineering.
"MESc" is conferred at The University of Western Ontario,[14] although the degree is equivalent to the MASc.
"MASc" is conferred at the University of Waterloo under the department of management sciences,[15] and also in psychology for developmental communication sciences [16] and industrial/organizational psychology [17] "MAS" is conferred at Johns Hopkins University, Missouri Western State University, and the University of California San Diego in various sciences including chemistry, engineering technology management, forensic investigation, spatial analysis, and clinical research.