Talk:Licentiate
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[edit] Name in Dutch
"Also spelled Licenciate or Licenciaat in Dutch"
- This is NOT true. It is though often misspelled as Licenciaat. Licentiate in Dutch is Licentiaat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.224.34.5 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Belgium
Study is very rigorous. Students in Belgian universities usually take more than 30 hours a week (as opposed to an average of 15 at American universities.) Thus, students are able to complete their degrees in four years, as opposed to the usual six at American institutions.
- I don't know about this, I study at a belgian university (KU Leuven) and only have about 22 hours of classes in a week, I'm not sure if the "30h average" is true. Also, does it really matter how many hours you take? The quality of the lectures counts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lamadude (talk • contribs)
- Seriously. During my undergraduate degree at a Canadian university, it's true that I had an average of 15 hrs/week of classes. But I can't imagine doubling that while still getting the same out of each course. --Saforrest 20:24, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- In Mexico we have this system, and yes, it's quite hard. Most of "Licenciaturas" don't let you have a half time job. In Biology an Communication Sciences at least (four year an four and a half year respectively), the average of hours is indeed 30 hours a week. Three 2-hour classes a day with a small recess between each, or 2 three hour classes with a midclass recess (some of these had laboratory for a half of the class). And like in most cases, lecture quality varied from professor to professor. At least here we have the real professors giving most classes, and not just the assistants. In fact, for Biology, classes are given by two professors (PhD's or PhD Grad students).--Jorge Octavio Juarez Ramirez, UNAM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.141.36.124 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Switzerland
"The licentiate will be progressively changed for the 'Bachelor' grade 3-years of study and the 'DEA & DESS' for the 'Master' grade 2-years of study, due to the Bologna Convention." Licentiates are claimed to be equivalent to masters, NOT to Bachelors, cf. http://www.ects.ch/deutsch/lehre/bologna/schweiz/equivalence.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.201.194.34 (talk) 13:57, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
