Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Medical degrees differ from other undergraduate degrees in that they are professional qualifications that lead holders to enter a particular career upon receipt. This is not the case with most other undergraduate degrees, so whilst the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery are undergraduate or graduate degrees (depending on the institution), they are perhaps more accurately conceptualised as a so-called first professional degree. Other professions whose qualifications follow a similar pattern include:
Bachelor of Laws
The programme of study for common law has traditionally been an undergraduate LL.B. degree, which has now been replaced by the J.D. at nearly all Canadian common law schools, with McGill University an exception. Entrants to the J.D. programme generally hold an undergraduate degree before registration in the law programme and a significant number hold a graduate-level degree as well. However, admission may be granted to applicants with two or three years of undergraduate studies towards a degree. Unlike the United States, the J.D. is considered a bachelor's degree-level qualification.