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External Degree, an academic degree awarded to nonresident students, who spend little or no time in formal classes.
The University of London in 1943 began a program, mainly for overseas students, by which most of its degrees can be earned by passing examinations, regardless of where or how the student learns. The New York State Education Department started a similar external-degree program in 1971, awarding A.A. and B.B.A. degrees. An associates degree is a degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges and some bachelors degree-granting colleges and universities in Canada and the United States upon completion of a course of study equivalent to the first two years in a four-year college or university. ...
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor degree in Business Administration. ...
Open University, at the new city of Milton Keynes, England, began comparable instruction of 25,000 students in 1971. Instruction is by television and radio lectures, films, slides, tapes, and correspondence. Study centers at many colleges provide libraries, laboratories, recordings and videotapes for review, tutoring, and counseling. The B.A. can be earned in three years. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...
Empire State College, with headquarters in Saratoga Springs, part of the State University of New York, began instruction in 1971 with a similar program. Plans called for 20 learning centers to be established at various colleges to provide counseling, laboratories and libraries, and opportunities for some classroom instruction. Requirements are flexible, and degrees awarded are the A.A. and B.A.
See also Distance education Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy/andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that is effectively incorporated in delivering education to students who are not physically on site to receive their education. ...
| Academic degrees | | Associate's degreess (U.S.) | AA, ABS, AS | | Foundation degreess (U.K.) | FdA, FdEd, FdEng, FdMus, FdSc, FdTech | | Bachelor's degrees | AB or BA, BBus, BCom or BComm, BE, BS or BSc, BFA, BCL, LL.B., BM or MB, BBA, BChir or ChB, BEng, MB ChB, SB, BSSc | | Master's degrees | MA, MS or MSc, MSt, J.D., MALD, MApol, MPhil, MRes, MFA, MTh, MTS, M.Div., MBA, MPA, MSW, MPAff, MLIS, MLitt, MPH, MPM, MPP, MPT, MRE, LLM, MEng, MSci, MChem, MPhys, MMath, MMus, MESci, MGeol, MTCM, MSSc, BCL (Oxon), BPhil (Oxon) | | Specialist degrees | EdS, B.Acc., C.A.S. | | Doctorate degrees | PhD, EdD, EngD, DNursSci, DBA, DD, DSc, DLitt, DA, DMA, DMus, DCL, ThD, PharmD, DrPH, DPT, DPhil, DOM, OMD, PsyD, DSW, LL.D, J.S.D., S.J.D. | | Law degrees | B.A. Law, Juris Doctor, LL.B., LL.M. | |
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