Undergraduate degree
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An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree) is the most common and primary academic degree available and is normally studied at a higher education institution, such as a university.
By far the most common type of undergraduate degree is the bachelor's degree, which typically takes three or four years to complete. First professional degrees sometimes contain the word 'Doctor' but are, at least in the U.S., not considered doctorates[1] and are, in Canada, considered to be undergraduate degrees. Oxbridge Master of Arts and Scottish Master of Arts degrees are considered to be graduate degrees. In the United Kingdom, a Master's degree is sometimes awarded as an undergraduate degree for an undergraduate student whose final year consists of higher-level courses and a major research project;
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[edit] Associates Degree
In the United States and rarely in Canada, an Associate's Degree is a two year degree, often undertaken as the beginning of a four year degree. If it is meant to be the first two years of an undergraduate degree, a student transferring to a four year institution can have difficulty in convincing the receiving institution to acknowledge his previous coursework so that he does not need to repeat a course. Problems are not limited to specific class requirements, but also to requisites for graduation and pre-requisites of the new institution. Such a situation can cause the transferring student to remain in the larger institution longer than originally intended.
