What is Bachelor's degree?
{{no sources|date=April 2021}} A '''bachelor's degree''' is the [[certificate]] given to a [[university]] student after they have succeeded in an end of course [[examination]]. In [[England]] and [[Wales]] the degree requires three years of study; in [[North America]] and some other countries four years are required. In many countries there are other qualifications after [[school]] attendance is ended. Most of these are below degree level, and based on practical skills, but details vary according to the country. In the British tradition there is a distinction between general degrees, and honour degrees or special degrees. In [[Scotland]], for example, a general degree takes three years, while an honours degree takes four years. The content of a bachelor's degree varies according to the Faculty, the part of the University which does the teaching. In a Faculty of Arts or Humanities a student studies for the [[Bachelor of Arts]]. Other traditional Faculties are those of Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and so on. Honours degrees are always labelled by their content, so BSc is a [[Bachelor of Science]], BA a Bachelor of Arts, and so on. [[Medical degree]]s are labelled variously. [[London University]] awards MB, ChB (bachelor of medicine and surgery) as the basic degree; [[Edinburgh University]] awards the [[MD]] as the basic qualification. Higher [[academic degree|degrees]] than the bachelor are possible. Again, regulations vary, but often the next two steps are usually the [[Master's degree]] and the [[PhD]] degree. [[Category:Academic degrees]]