bachelor degree

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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–9, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/

This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions. Page updated 18 February, 2009

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Bachelor degree

core definition

A bachelor degree is the first-level higher education award, usually requiring three or four years’ study but more in some medical subjects.

explanatory context

A bachelor’s degree is the standard graduating qualification in Anglo-Saxon countries and those adopting the Anglo-Saxon system. Hitherto, it has not been the norm in other countries., such as much of Europe, where the master’s degree has been the normal graduating qualification. The Bologna process, though is introducing a two-cycle, bachelors-masters system across the European Higher Education Area.

analytical review

The Higher Education Authority [Ireland] (HEA, 2004) defines a bachelor’s degree as:

The degree generally awarded after three or four years' study at higher education level. First-degree courses in Architecture, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry requires five or six years, while Medicine takes six years.

ICN (2003) and NTNC (2002) define a bachelor's degree or baccalaureate as:

the degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science, typically requiring 120 hours of specified course work

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