Does anyone know about degrees in the UK?
 

Do you know what an A 2:2 Degree is?
Also what would an 4 year BA degree from US be classed as in UK?
Thanks in advance ladies and gents.
I'm finding info for my oldest who asks me random questions I have no idea about :lol:

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Hi
A 2:2 class degree is call a second class degree. In the uk they come in first, second (both 2:1 and 2:2 ) and third class degrees.That's in the order from the top. Usually they come with (hons) part.
A BA in the uk would be a Batchelor of Arts. There are websites which offer to convert your educational achievements, but at a cost.
But I should also say that there are many an institution that consider 'where' the degree was obtained - not just the result.

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From what I remember, 2.2 is like a medium score.

If you get a 1st class you are genius material.

Then you can get a 2.1 which is upper second class degree,
and 2.2 is kinda medium second class.

I can't remember what it goes down to. I think you can get 2.3 and 3.0 also...but I might be making that up :rolleyes:

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ok, bilbos92 just answered better than me :D

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Oh OK I didn't realize there are different classes of degrees, interesting.
So a BA from here needs translating. It's supposed to be one of the tier one top colleges in the US (or was the year he started) I haven't looked since.
Whoops I got his degree wrong, it's a BS in Business admin with a core concentration in accounting.
That probably will need translating too anyway.

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For honours degrees the breakdown is roughly:-
1st Class = A grade
2nd Class upper division (2:1) = B grade
2nd Class lower division (2:2) = C grade
3rd Class = D grade

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Thanks

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Agreed - though this may be interpreted slightly differently at different institutions.

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IIRC, a 3rd was classed as an "ordinary degree", i.e. not with honours.

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Not at any UK university that I ever heard of.

A 3rd is a "third class honours degree".

Candidates who don't even scrape through with a 3rd may be awarded an "ordinary" degree at some universities.

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That is true. In Scotland, you can graduate after 3 years with an unclassified/ordinary degree. A 4th year will give you an honours classification. Graduating after 4 years with a 3rd class honours is often viewed as being worse than graduating after 3 years unclassified. This is because even very good students choose to graduate after 3 years and the lack of classification at that point isn't an issue.

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A Desmond is just that. US degrees are normally considered equivalent to UK degrees in the UK (not least because it usually takes a year extra to get the same level of degree in the US).

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There you go, that'll be what I was thinking of. Thanks. :)

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Maybe I'm being dense, but what's a Desmond?

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Bishop Desmond Tutu - a 2:2 :)