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考博对于跨学科和同等学力考生，需要加试两门专业课，一般只要及格通过即可，不计入总分。
常常有人询问，跨考什么专业要不要加试，其实是弄过了概念。
学科即“一级学科”如经济学、法学、建筑学等，而非“学科门类”，如法学下可分为“小法学”、社会学、政治学等。联系我们扣扣：四九三三七一六二六。电话：四零零六六八六九七八举例来说，如果硕士学的是民商法学专业，考博想考法学的其他专业如经济法学，那么无须加试，因为加试的内容无非就是法理学、法学综合、专业基础课之类。但是，如果硕士读的是社会学专业，那么想考博报考法学的相关专业，这就属于跨一级学科了，是需要加试的，因为这有必要考查一下这些考生的专业基本功如何。“小法学”、社会学同属“法学”学科门类，这样的归类是不合理的，有关部门也在进行我国高等教育的学科专业新调整。
总之，要弄清楚“专业（二级学科）”、“学科（一级学科）”、“学科门类”的区别。
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