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BACHELOR'S DEGREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
Synonyms:
baccalaureate; bachelor's degree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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:
The Master's Degree is an award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of at least the full-time equivalent of 1 but not more than two academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree.
(Master's Degree, NCI Thesaurus)
Bachelor's degree is an award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education) conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies, that normally requires at least four years of full-time equivalent college-level work.
(Bachelor's Degree, NCI Thesaurus)
