Why is a bachelor's degree so called?
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"'A bachelor's degree is called a bachelor's degree because it won't get you paid enough money to be able to afford to get married' -- Nick Wilson", but seriously:\n\n"The college degree is called a "Bachelor's" degree after the original meaning of bachelor, which was a young apprentice. Since the Bachelor's is the first degree issued, coming before a Master's or Doctor's degree, that first degree became known as a Bachelor's degree."
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Firstly, it's a Bachelor's Degree and can be described as follows: A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three or four years.
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At one time an honorary degree was given to someone who had never earned a degree from a college or university but who had distinguished themselves in a certain field in such an exemplary manner that a school would choose to honor that person by granting them a degree based upon their life work.\n\nSadly, today many honorary degrees are motivated by politics and money as schools seek to win favor with special interest groups and generate publicity for themselves by granting a degree to someone who hasn't really demonstrated the degree of understanding that the average graduate from the school system was required to possess to pass their finals.\n\nTo answer your question more specifically, an honorary degree will not allow someone to engage in work like medicine or any other field that is regulated by the law and that requires certain educational standards to be met. It just gives a person a prestigious title.
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Very briefly.. an undergraduate at a university/college is an individual (student)who is at the Bachelor of Science (BS) or lower. After you have your B.S. degree, you go on in the University/College and you are aiming for your Master of Science (MS) or the Doctorate Degree.... BOTH the MS and Doctorate degrees are in the Graduate levels.
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Yes, Virginia, Associate's Degrees are real degrees.  I have an Associate's Degree, but I didn't stop with it.  It's not useless and it's not necessarily "just a certificate".  It is a degree and having a degree comes certain rights and responsibilities.  Holding a degree gives people a sense of accomplishment. Often people who earn an Associate's degree will not stop, but are building blocks in obtaining higher levels of education.  Having an Associate's degree is much more than most people in the US hold.  Sometimes in certain fields, an Associate's degree more education than is necessary.  Trade and technical schools generally offer the widest selection of certification programs that are available.\n\nTo exand a little bit more, I have an Associate's degree in Business Management, a Bachelor's degree in History and a teaching certificate.  I obtained my certificate as part of my 4-year (which really amounted to 6 years LOL) degree.  Having my Associate's degree actually does more for me than my 4 year degree!
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Corrections:\n1. Bacholar degree is wrong. It is bachelor's degree.\n2. MBA stands for Master of Business Administration; therefore, it is wrong to say, "master MBA."\n\nI think you should think twice about following a business career. I have heard from my well-educated acquaintances that many MBA graduates from prestigious schools cannot find a job very easily because of the high competition. I'm not saying it's easy to find a job with a mere bachelor's degree in biochemistry, but at least scientists are known to be bad spellers. With your unsatisfactory spelling, you will be laughed at in the business world.
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Well, I have my associates degree in graphic design and it's titled: Associates of Applied Science degree, for some reason. For a bachelor degree, I believe it's called a Bachelor of Arts degree. (BA).
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Honours degrees and academic distinctions\nUnder the English system, and those influenced by it such as the Canadian, Irish, Indian, Singaporean, and Hong Kong systems, undergraduate degrees are differentiated either as pass degrees or as honours degrees, the latter denoted by the appearance of "(Hons)" after the degree abbreviation. An honours degree generally requires a higher academic standard than a pass degree, and in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and the Canadian province of Ontario an extra year of study. In Scotland, there also exist General Degrees.
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Graduate is for continuing education after u get your bachelors.  its a continuation and more in-depth studies.
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Simply put, no... it will not be recognized to the same degree that a 'real' bachelor's degree will be.  Many positions that requires a BS/BA will not even consider you for employment, that doesn't mean that none will; just that most won't.  Online degree's overall are looked upon as lessor than a degree given at a physical institution. (a degree for life experience would be even more so)  This doesn't mean that the education is bad, but some online school's have... questionable practices when it comes to issuing diploma's and degree's... this carries over to all of the legitimate online schools and the effect is the same; online degrees are less valuable and often looked down upon when it comes to real life employment.  Especially when it comes to sciences, psychology included.
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Associates is a 2 year degree and bachelors is a 4 year degree
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Associates degrees are earned in generally two years, while bachelors degrees are earned in four years.
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A BS degree gears you toward teaching Biology/Sciences\nA BA degree gears you to non teaching science positions.\nI  have a BS/MS, plus credits toward my doctorate in biology and teach at a local university.
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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinæ Baccalaureus et Baccalaureus Chirurgiæ (abbreviated MB BChir, MB BCh, MB ChB, BM BS, MB BS etc.), are the two degrees awarded after a course of study in medicine and surgery at a university in the United Kingdom and other places following its usage, such as medical schools in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Jamaica, South Africa, Pakistan and India. The naming suggests that they are two separate degrees; however in practice they are usually treated as one. (At Oxford and Cambridge it is/was possible to be awarded the two degrees on different dates.)\n\nThe degrees are the Commonwealth equivalent of what is known elsewhere as the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD). In countries that award bachelors' degrees in medicine, however, the MD refers to a Higher Doctorate, and is reserved for medical practitioners who do research and submit a thesis in the field of medicine.
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A BS is generally considered more sought after, but it depends on the profession.  Some professions don't consider the two different at all.  Some majors only offer a BA.  There are other majors, like most sciences, that offer options of both a BS or a BA.  Students earning a BS have to take more units than those earning a BA.
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In most universities, if you can get a BA and a BS in the same degree path, the BS degree requires more math/science, and the BA degree has more electives.\n\nHowever they're still bachelor's degrees, so there isn't that much of a difference.
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You might need to take a few undergraduate courses to meet admissions requirements but there should be no need get another bachelors.  Just check with the school you want to go to.