Archive for April, 2008

How many years = a bachelor’s degree

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Strangely it depends on where you got that degree and what you are using it for.  In the US you can take four or more years to complete a degree.  It has been reported that it can be completed by testing out in as little as 4 months see www.degree.com/new

However if you are coming in from another country there is  a good deal of  controversy with many universities, educators and  evaluators saying  a bachelor's degree is  eqivalent to a bachelor's degree.  Certainly the UNESCO guidelines  - which are legally binding - state that.  However this is no guarantee that your non-US bachelor's degree, even one that represents far more study hours than a US bachelor's degree will be considered equivalent.  While we as American's seem to think we are the "gold standard" for world education looking at transcripts knows that many foreign degree holders have worked much harder than  their  conterparts in the US.  For an interesting look at the Indian three year degree see http://degree.com/articles/3-year-indian-degree.html

Welcome to the Online Degrees Blog

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

This blog will be bringing you updates to the online degree world. We will feature online universities, accreditation matters, online graduate and online undergraduate programs and much much more. This site is sponsored by www.degree.com where you can get information on some of the countries top online degree and distance learning universities, courses and programs.