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Originally the second of three degrees in sequence – Legum Baccalaureus (LL.B., last conferred by an American law school in 1970); LL.M.; and Legum Doctor (LL.D.) or Doctor of Laws, which has only been conferred in the United States as an honorary degree but is an earned degree in other countries. In American legal academia, the LL.M. was ...
The first associate degrees were awarded in the UK (where they are no longer awarded) in 1873 before spreading to the US in 1898. In the United States, the associate degree may allow transfer into the third year of a bachelor's degree. [1] Associate degrees have since been introduced in a small number of other countries.
Pages in category "Academic degrees of the United States" ... Associate degree; B. Bachelor's degree; C. Certificate of Advanced Study; College Student Personnel; D.
Associates Only (Assoc) only award associate degrees. Associates Dominant (Assoc-Dom) award some bachelor's degrees, but award more associates's degrees. Arts & Sciences Focus (A&S-F) award least 80 percent of undergraduate degrees in the arts and sciences.
Associate degrees (2 C, 5 P) B. Bachelor's degrees (96 P) Business qualifications (1 C, 73 P) D. Degrees offered by unaccredited institutions of higher education (1 C ...
President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-361 on 14 July 1976 authorizing the AETC commander to confer the associate degree. [4] Following an evaluation in October 1976, the U.S. Commissioner of Education certified degree-granting authority in January 1977. The college awarded its first AAS degree in April 1977. [3]
The first medical schools that granted the M.B. degree were at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. Columbia University was the first American university to grant the M.D. degree in 1770, although, as in England, this followed the M.B. (which was the qualifying degree) and required completion of a thesis.
This list of honorary degrees lists all honorary degrees, including honorary doctorates. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .