Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of bachelor degree English)
WordNet
n : an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: baccalaureate]
Wikipedia
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline). In some cases, it may also be the name of a second bachelor's degree, such as the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.), or Bachelor of Sacred Theology (B.S.Th.) degrees, which in some countries are only offered after taking a first bachelor's degree. The second bachelor's degree is, thus, a type of graduate degree.
The term " bachelor" in the 12th century referred to a knight bachelor, who was too young or poor to gather vassals under his own banner. By the end of the 13th century, it was also used by junior members of guilds or universities. By folk etymology or wordplay, the word baccalaureus came to be associated with bacca lauri ("laurel berry") in reference to laurels being awarded for academic success or honours.
Under the British system, and those influenced by it, undergraduate academic degrees are differentiated either as pass degrees (also known in some areas as ordinary degrees) or as honours degrees, the latter sometimes denoted by the appearance of "(Hons)" after the degree abbreviation. An honours degree generally requires a higher academic standard than a pass degree, and in some universities a fourth year of study. In some countries, e.g., Australia and Canada, the honours degree should not be confused with the "postgraduate" bachelor's degree "with honours" or the baccalaureatus cum honore degree. It is a consecutive academic degree, which is the continuation of a completed (honours) bachelor's degree program in the same field and is usually obtained in order to join a doctoral programme; it requires a minimum of one year, but may also take longer.
Usage examples of "bachelor's degree".
As a consequence, he was carrying one subjec for his Bachelor's degree in Commerce.
If you get to be good enough at it, you can coast your way to a bachelor's degree without ever coming close to having an original thought.
Earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in '89 and an M.
Miss Davis, I do not wish to whine, and I do not seek pity, but I have two doctorates and a degree that is superior to a doctorate, and yet I am told repeatedly that I am not qualified for a beginning position that is generally staffed by someone still working toward a bachelor's degree.
I think of this every time I hear a complaint that school and collegiate 'standards' are falling, or that a Bachelor's degree doesn't 'mean' what it once did.
He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has been illustrating ever since.
I explained to him that I had registered as a special student and potential candidate for a bachelor's degree at KCU.
It could minor in psychology and take an anthropology elective, that would grow into a second bachelor's degree.