When I'm talking about colleges and stuff, I don't understand what an undergraduate is. Is it a good thing or what? What's the difference between the two if you're majoring in business?
2006-10-08 08:32:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
"Undergraduate" is when you are getting a 4-year Bachelor's degree. "Graduate" is when you are seeking advanced education in an area of study after you have already gained a Bachelor's degree.
For instance, when you are attending college for a Bachelor's degree in physics, you are called an "undergraduate" student. After you get that degree and then go back to college to study more to get a Master's degree in physics, you are called a "graduate" student.
2006-10-08 08:37:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Undergraduates are students at university that have not yet received their first degree and are either applying to do a undergraduate course or are studying one.
Graduates are students that have received a degree and are either going to go on to a graduate course to follow up to the degree that they already have or are going to get a job with their degree.
No affects in businesses, but the point is that a graduate will have completed the degree whilst an undergraduate hasnt yet.
2006-10-08 08:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by Honey!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first four years of college are your undergraduate years, it is when you are attaining the a Bachelors. When you graduate from your bachelors and go onto a Masters degree then you are a graduate student. The difference has nothing to do with your major, it has to do with what level of a degree you are going for.
First- Bachelors (4 yrs)
Second - Masters (yrs depend)
Third - Doctorate
2006-10-08 08:35:22 · answer #3 · answered by Alixa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A graduate degree is any degree that requires more education than a Bachelor's degree. So... graduate degrees are usually as the Master's (e.g. MBA) or Doctoral level.
An undergraduate degree is a Bachelor's in Arts or a Bachelor's in Science, generally.
2006-10-08 08:35:33 · answer #4 · answered by UofMWolverines03 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An undergraduate is still working on a bachelor's degree.
A graduate is finished with the bachelor's degree. Classes that count towards a degree higher than a bachelor's are considered graduate classes.
2006-10-08 08:35:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think undergraduate is one who does 4 years of schooling, and then anything after that and you're a graduate student in grad school.
2006-10-08 08:34:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An undergraduate is persuing a bachelors degree. Aaduate student is persuing a higher degree; PHD, MA, Pharmd, MD.
2006-10-08 08:42:37 · answer #7 · answered by Jack G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Undergraduate is someone studying for their first degree (BA/BSc), ie has not yet graduated.
A graduate is someone who has graduated from their degree.
Postgraduates are studying for a second/further degree (masters or PhD).
2006-10-08 08:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by Emma P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋