Students who graduate from a college or university receive a “bachelor’s” degree. This has nothing to do with being unmarried, and nobody knows exactly how this word came to be associatedwith the degree.If the student has done work in cultural subjects, generally called the arts, he gets a B.A. degree whichmeans Bachelor of Arts. A student who specialized in scientific subjects is awarded a B.Sc. degree (Bachelor of Science). Many people do not stop their studies at this point but go on for postgraduate studies. The degrees they get are called M.A. (Master of Arts) and M.Sc. (Master of Science). Then there are some who continue from there, and when they complete a few more. years of postgraduate study and publish a “thesis” which shows they have the ability to carry out independent research, they get a degree of Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy). Other kinds of degrees are given to people who have professional courses such as being a doctor or a lawyer, but they often have to pass other exams before they can go into practice. Our system … Read more