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Higher Education

Date: Oct 28 2007

Lesson

Here's some vocabulary terms relating to higher education. Add more if you know them or ask about others you're not sure about.

Higher Education

Vocabulary

A. = Adjective ADV. = Adverb IDM. = Idiom N.= Noun V. = Verb

a college	N. an educational institution similar to a university
a degree	N. a title given by a university
facilities	N. services or conveniences
a junior college	N. an educational institution where students can begin their university education or complete two year programs
a major	N. the main field of study in which a student specializes
a minor	N. the secondary field of study in which a student specializes
to stand for	V. to be the short form of, to represent, to mean
terminology	N. specialized words or expressions used in a particular field, activity, job, science, etc.
to transfer	V. 1) to move from one place to another said of people or things
B.A.	N. Bachelor of Arts, a university-level degree in a humanities-related subject
B.S.	N. Bachelor of Science, a university-level degree in a science-related subject
Masters	N. the graduate-level degree after a Bachelor and before a Ph.D. There are also different kinds of Masters, including M.A. (Master of Arts), M.S. (Master of Science), M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration), etc.
Ph.D.	N. Doctorate, highest graduate-level degree Although Ph.D. stands for Doctor of Philosophy, it is commonly used to refer to a doctorate in any field.

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Little Vincent

China

thank you

lucylucy

China

these words are so important for us to really understand meanings of articles!

Martinko

Slovakia

Pretty good explanation, unfortunately in our country are used different names for degrees.

chibi

Morocco

Thanks a lot for this

brycecharm

South Africa

hi everyone!!!higher education is totally fantastic,incredible,owesome,sumptuous and all that you guys can think of!!!and Ooops!!ialmost forgot….."you can be my friend if you like nomater the gender or race coz in the lord we wear the same face:)

roprop_m

Thailand

Josue.hc

Peru

we the speaker of spanish there are some words don`t know and we need the form to talk so how to write, because the english is diferent his the form to write and the form to speak

Josue.hc

Peru

we the speaker of spanish there are some words don`t know and we need the form to talk so how to write, because the english is diferent his the form to write and the form to speak

rat-xuelan

China

有人说中文吗?我英文不好呀,个别是单词可以,可一多就不知了呀!!!请多多指教

phicha

Indonesia

thanks for the info ^^

lody 2007

Egypt

Thank u

lody 2007

Egypt

Thanks

theking.t3

Algeria

sorry for the interruption,but is there anyone here who can help me studying PERl or PHP

salehth12

Yemen

thank you about infarmation

Rehan Alam

Bangladesh

keep it ur chaege & love

Dr Mano

Egypt

thank u .that's really beneficial

winter.lain

China

it's nice

i like it!!

Lost_Heart

Russian Federation

Absolutelly. But u've fogotten about next step after 'aspirant' (and 'candidate'-degree) which is 'doctorant' (and 'doctor' of some science degree). How about that?