What does a B.D degree mean? What does it stand for?

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Martin Luther King Jr. had this degree.

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The B.D means Bachelor Degree.


A bachelor's degree (Artium Baccalaureus, A.B. or B.A.) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. It may also be the name of a postgraduate degree, such as a Bachelor of Civil Law (granted by the University of Oxford.)





Under the English system, and those influenced by it such as the Canadian, Irish, Indian, Maltese, Singaporean, and Hong Kong systems, undergraduate degrees are differentiated either as pass degrees or as honours degrees, the latter denoted by the appearance of "(Hons)" after the degree abbreviation. An honours degree generally requires a higher academic standard than a pass degree, and in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and most Canadian provinces an extra year of study. In Scotland, there also exist General Degrees.






BA, AB, BS, BSc, SB, ScB
Today, the most common undergraduate degrees given are the Bachelor of Arts (Artium Baccalaureus) and the Bachelor of Science (Scientiæ Baccalaureus). Originally, in the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin all undergraduate degrees were in the Faculty of Arts, hence the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Since the late 19th century, most universities in the English-speaking world have followed the practice of the University of London in dividing undergraduate degree subjects into the two broad categories of arts and sciences, awarding the degree of Bachelor of Science to students of the latter category of subjects.

In the United States, many colleges (particularly what are known as "liberal arts colleges") and universities award the BA for all "academic" subjects (whether English or Chemistry) — often these colleges and colleges within universities only offer academic (rather than pre-professional) courses. Schools that have professional training ("Police Science", "Finance", "Nursing", and so on) often reserve the BS degree for these subjects. Some schools award the BA for humanities academic courses and the BS for courses in the physical sciences; in some cases a student may choose between a BA course of study and a BS course of study in the same subject at the same college.


BMedSc
The title BMedSc is granted to students who have qualified in the field of Biomedical Science. One such university to offer this course is the University of Birmingham.


BArch
The Bachelor of Architecture is awarded to students who complete the five year course of study in the field.


B.L.Arch
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is awarded to students who complete the four year course of study in the field.


BDes
The Bachelor of Design is awarded to those who complete the four years course of study in the Design, usually majoring in a specific field of Design.


BLA, ABL, or BSGS
The Bachelor of Liberal Arts or Bachelor of Science in General Studies is sometimes awarded to students who major in the liberal arts, interdisciplinary studies, or who design their own concentrations.


BAI, BEng, BE, BESc, BASc
The Bachelor of Engineering (Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria) degree or the Bachelor of Applied Science[3] degree is a professional degree awarded to students who have completed the four year course of study in engineering. There are more specific variants for many subfields, such as the BSEE degree (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering). The BAI is awarded by the University of Dublin (Trinity College Dublin)


BBA, BSBA, BBus, BComm
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree is awarded to students who complete the four year course of study in certain areas of business (general business administration, marketing, accounting, and so on). Some institutions award this degree as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA). New degrees with similar intent include the Bachelor of Business (BBus), Bachelor of Science in Business/e-Business (BSB/eB) and Bachelor of Commerce (BComm).


BFA
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is a specialized degree awarded for courses of study in fine arts, frequently by an "arts school" or conservatory, although it is equally available at a significant number of traditional colleges and universities.


BJ
The Bachelor of Journalism degree is a professional degree awarded to students who have studied journalism at a four-year accredited university. Not all universities, however, grant this degree. In the United States, schools tend to offer the BS with a major in Journalism instead.


BM or B.Mus.
The Bachelor of Music degree is an undergraduate degree in music at most conservatories in the U.S.


LL.B.
The Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree.


BPhil
The Bachelor of Philosophy degree is either an undergraduate or a graduate degree that often entails independent research, a thesis, or a capstone project.


BS in Ed
The Bachelor of Science in Education is a four-year undergraduate degree offered by many U.S. colleges and universities for those preparing to be licensed as teachers. Variants include the B.Ed, B.A.Ed, B.A.T. (Bachelor of Arts for Teaching), and B.S.T. Preparatory to the MS in Ed, this degree is most often taken by those interested in early childhood, elementary level, and special education, or by those planning to be school administrators. Secondary level teachers -- for high school students -- often major in their subject area, as History or Chemistry or Mathematics, instead, with a minor in education.


BSN or BN
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Nursing degree is an undergraduate degree in nursing.


MInf
The Master of Informatics is a four-year undergraduate degree programme. It is traditionally a multidisciplinary degree programme with Computing as its main focus.


Other
There are many other specialized Bachelor's degrees offered. Some are in very specialized areas, like the five-year BID or BSID degree in industrial design. Others are offered only at a limited number of universities, such as Stanford University's BAS (Bachelor of Arts and Sciences) degree for students completing two Arts and Sciences majors, one of which would ordinarily lead to the BA while the other would ordinarily lead to the BS, but who are receiving only one degree. At many schools one can only complete a two-degree program if the bachelors degrees to be earned are of different types; e.g., one could earn a BA in philosophy and a B.S.Ch.E. in chemical engineering simultaneously, but a person studying philosophy and English would receive only a single BA with the two majors. Rules on this vary considerably, however.


Asia Pacific
The education systems in Asian countries are largely patterned after the western models.


] India
In India, arts and science colleges provide three year bachelor's degrees (BA, BSc, BBA, BComm, etc.).

Engineering and medical colleges provide 4- to 5-year degree programs for bachelor's degree (BE, BArch, BTech, MBBS).

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What does a B.D degree mean? What does it stand for?
Martin Luther King Jr. had this degree.

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Bd Degree

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Those who think it's a regular bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or Bible college are all wet!

B.D., meaning "bachelor of divinity" used to be the standard degree given by theological seminaries. (Most students came already having another sort of bachelor's degree [such as Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science] from a four-year college.)

This WAS the name of the degree, the ordinary one for people training for pastoral ministry in a local church (who go by the title of "the Reverend So-and-so"), when King attended seminary. Nowadays, though, seminaries call the degreee "M.Div", that is, "MASTER of Divinity", to acknowledge that it is something in addition to the undergraduate bachelor's degree.

Since this degree is obtained as part of the training for a profession it is considered a "professional degree" (compare degrees that lawyers and medical doctors get), as opposed to an "academic degree" like Ph.D (or even a M.Phil --"Master of Philosophy", which is obtained 'on the way' to a Ph.D.)

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The undergraduate degree granted by four-year colleges and universities Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor of Divinity

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Bible study Doctor, given by many Bible colleges as a honorary degree gift certificate to people have high public visibility among church goers and claimed church goers.