<p>I'm confused about a lot of things. When you major in something, is this done in graduate school or in undergraduate school? Is this the same as getting a degree? And is a degree the same thing as 'bachelor of' or 'masters'? If a person double majors does this mean they are doing intense studies in two different areas? and what happens if you only do the undergrad thing? I guess I just don't understand much about how university works. I'd appreciate it if anyone helps me. thanks.</p>
<p>You major in a subject or double major in two subjects. Your degree is conferred upon you in that subject i.e. Bachelor of Arts in English or Bachelor of Science in Physics. A masters is after your undergraduate degree...so you can get a Bachelor of Arts in English and then go on to get a Masters Degree in English or in Education or any other subject. I hope this clarifies it for you a bit...</p>
<p>so when you graduate from graduate school you are a bachelor of one thing?</p>
<p>you get a Bachelor's degree (either of Art or of Science, depends on the program) when you graduate from an Undergraduate program. Graduate programs grant Master, Doctorate, Law (is there a name for this one?) and PhD degrees and require study beyond the four years of undergrad. When you graduate from Graduate school, you will have a "Master of Science in ....... " (English, for example) or a "Doctorate of ......." (Optometry, Physical Therapy, etc.) but not all Doctorate are for medical professions. PhD's I'm not really familiar with.</p>
<p>But if you're asking what area to look at in your college search, it would be the Undergraduate Admissions/Academics</p>
<p>"Graduate programs grant Master, Doctorate, Law (is there a name for this one?) and PhD degrees"
JD</p>
<p>A bachelor's is undergraduate. After undergraduate, some people start working right away (a majority, I'd guess), some get a masters (and some of those then follow it with a PhD), some get an MD, or a JD, or another terminal degree.</p>
<p>What is the difference between master and doctorate and law?</p>
<p>A doctorate is the PhD. It is advanced study after your Masters degree. Law is JD, it is after undergraduate. JD is from law school.</p>
<p>FYI...the JD (law degree) stands for Juris Doctor. PhD stands for doctor of Philosophy. Conventionally, people with medical degrees (MD) and PhD's are referred to as "Doctor", but not lawyers. Lawyers are addressed as "Esquire" according to the etiquette books, but I don't hear it used anymore.</p>
<p>All of the these degrees (MD, JD and PhD) usually require that the person first has an undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>As far as the undergrad degree -- it does not necessarily need to relate to the graduate degree. Plenty of people get a degree in religion or philosophy and then go to med school, and a person with a degree in chemistry is welcomed at law school.</p>
<p>There's only like four different types of bachelor's degrees. You have the BA or BS (which can be of anything) and then you have BFA for fine arts, and BBA for business in some schools (Michigan and Georgetown use the BBA designation: Wharton and NYU-Stern do not.)</p>
<p>Graduate degrees are MA, MS (of anything), MFA and MBA/EMBA. There's obviously a lot more designations, but they're the main four. MBA can fall under both graduate and professional, since it stands for MASTERS of Business Administration. Anyways in some disciplines in business you can get an MS (mainly accounting and finance) which is just a graduate degree, although you are technically going to "business school."</p>
<p>Doctoral degrees: PhD (insert major), MD, PharmD, JD(aka LLB in some countries)/LLM, DBA. DBA's a weird one because some schools use DBA and others use PhD (usually finance). MD is for med, PharmD is for pharmacy, and JD is for law.</p>
<p>Professional degrees: MBA/EMBA, JD/LLM, MD, PharmD. EMBA=Executive Master's of Business Administration. It's usually a part time program for working professionals.</p>
<p>this would make a good wikipedia entry -- I know many kids starting high school that find this very confusing.</p>