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BACHELOR'S DEGREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bachelor's degree mean?
• BACHELOR'S DEGREE (noun)
The noun BACHELOR'S DEGREE has 1 sense:
1. an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
Familiarity information: BACHELOR'S DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
baccalaureate; bachelor's degree
Hypernyms ("bachelor's degree" is a kind of...):
academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bachelor's degree"):
AB; Artium Baccalaurens; BA; Bachelor of Arts (a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences)
ABLS; Bachelor of Arts in Library Science (a bachelor's degree in library science)
Bachelor of Arts in Nursing; BAN (a bachelor's degree in nursing)
Bachelor of Divinity; BD (a bachelor's degree in religion)
Bachelor of Literature; BLitt (a bachelor's degree in literature)
Bachelor of Medicine; MB ((a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine)
Bachelor of Music; BMus (a bachelor's degree in music)
Bachelor of Naval Science; BNS (a bachelor's degree in naval science)
Bachelor of Science; BS; SB (a bachelor's degree in science)
Bachelor of Science in Architecture; BSArch (a bachelor's degree in architecture)
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (a bachelor's degree in engineering)
Bachelor of Theology; ThB (a bachelor's degree in theology)
Context examples
A bachelor's degree in business studies.
(Bachelor of Business Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
Indicates that a person has received a degree for completion of at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.
(Master's Degree Completion, NCI Thesaurus)
A special-purpose degree that allows someone who has some prior studies but not achieved a bachelor's degree to resume their education and pursue the study of law towards an eventual Juris Doctor degree.
(Bachelor of Science in Law, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree in theological disciplines.
(Bachelor of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree in the liberal arts, usually awarded for studies in the social sciences or humanities.
(Bachelor of Arts, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree, usually awarded for studies in natural science, pure science, or technology.
(Bachelor of Science, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree in education awarded to students seeking training to become teachers in primary and secondary schools.
(Bachelor of Education, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree in arts awarded to students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts.
(Bachelor of Fine Arts, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree in engineering awarded to a student after three, four or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university.
(Bachelor of Engineering, NCI Thesaurus)
A bachelor's degree awarded to someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in psychosocial evaluation and intervention, including therapy, to effect a change in the feelings, attitudes and behavior of a client, whether an individual, group or community.
(Bachelor of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)
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