Talk:Undergraduate degree

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Do we need this article as well as academic degree? Loganberry (Talk) 09:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Possibly, possibly not. Academic degree is about degrees in general, whereas this is just about undergraduate. The term is certainly common enough (even if all undergraduate degrees are often mistakingly referred to as bachelor's degrees). There seems to be an article for every other type of degree, so why not? - Green Tentacle 10:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Undergraduate degree is a contradiction

Where and when did this splendidly idiotic phrase originate?

Until you graduate you do not have a degree, once you have one you are no longer an undergraduate.

First degree makes much more sense although bachelor's degree is less likely to be misinterpreted. --Kjwhitefoot 12:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Undergraduate" degree

I always understood "undergraduate degree" to be a mis-nomer: students in a bachelors degree program are undergraduates until they graduate, at which point they are no longer undergraduates; they're now graduates, with a bachelors degree.

I know "undergraduate degree" is used frequently, presumably in contrast to "graduate degree" (which, in turn, should really be "post-graduate degree). Frequent usage aside, both both seem to be vague, especially compared to "bachelors degree" and "masters" or "doctorate" degree. (Of course, it does make sense to talk about "undergraduate students" and "graduate students.")

Could we re-write this article to explain that "undergraduate degree" is a misnomer?

Alternatively, what is the basis for the argument that "undergraduate degrees are often mistakingly referred to as bachelor's degrees"? Could it be that I have it backwards?

Thanks...

David Moloney 14:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)