what is the difference between degree and dimploma?

Question

i mean diploma

Answer 1

A degree is the title you get for fulfilling a certain level of education. Your bachelors level degree, masters level degree, doctorate level of degree. That kind of thing.

Your diploma is the piece of paper (used to be sheep skin I believe) confirming to the world that you hold this degree/title.

Answer 2

Yes, the length of time studying could be the correct answer but it's not (sorry Helen). The key to the different levels is what may be expected educationally from students or in other words how much work and what type of work is expected from students at each level.

There are 3 levels of learning by which (theoretically) teachers are expected to measure in their students:
- Cognitive
- Affective
- Psychomotor

Just think of COGNITIVE at the moment.
Cognitive is basically to do with thinking, and the way we measure thinking ability is to set some sort of written work (ww)such as exams, and therefore such as diploma exams/ww, degree exams/ww, masters' exams/ww, PhD exams/ww. Actually, the first level, i.e. level 1, is Certificate Level which is why it is a bad idea to define these levels in terms of time rather than the more correct educational level.

Therefore:-
LEVEL 1 = Certificate
LEVEL 2 = Diploma
LEVEL 3 = Degree
LEVEL M or just M = Masters

The way to measure these levels educationally using exams or written work is:-
a) to know which level you are working to, i.e. " I'm doing a degree" (sorry some students don't know) and
b) the really important bit - your teacher/exam board will use volcabulary in the question which will gear you towards ANSWERING TO the correct/appropriate level, and
That teacher/exam board should also be MARKING towards that level as well so that you get the right mark for the right level that you are studying.
Please say you get that bit - because I think students wander around in a fog and hope for the best - and this is really, really important!

Cognitive (thinking) skills are broken down even further into:-
KNOWLEDGE
COMPREHENSION
APPLICATION
ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS
EVALUATION.
Don't forget this is still all educational theory, but most teachers in this country work with it in mind.

So, an example will perhaps make it much clearer.

If your teacher/exam board asks you to DEFINE or DESCRIBE something and you do precisely that, and you are studying for a CERTIFICATE then you should get good marks and eventually get your certificate. However, if you are on a DEGREE course and you are only defining and describing all the way along, despite help for example, you would probably fail your degree, but you may come away with a certificate by default, and a good University prospectus will always tell you if you can that.

Because, at degree level you should not only have the KNOWLEDGE base but you should also be able to APPLY and ANALYSE this knowledge as well.

The words associated with cognitive skills given above are based on something called BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OF LEARNING and in the reference I've given below you will see the LEARNING ADJECTIVES Bloom has attached to each level so that you will be able to recognise those words in set written work. If you see learning adjectives which are WAY BEYOND those of the level you are studying then that is obviously grounds for appeal. However, categories will overlap, e.g.knowledge, comprehension and application will overlap, as will application, analysis and synthesis.

As for the other 2 (bigger) categories of learning, AFFECTIVE and PSYCHOMOTOR, affective basically measures attitudes and teachers on most courses will be looking out for those especially where attitude really matters like medicine or nursing. Psychomotor basically looks at practical skills and again these type of exams are found in medicine and nursing.

So all we can really do on most courses is measure the cognitive domain (as these categories are referred to) and test levels of thinking. So, basically:-

knowledge }
comprehension } = certificate

knowledge }
comprehension }
analysis } = diploma

knowledge }
comprehension }
analysis }
synthesis } = degree

knowledge }
comprehension }
analysis }
synthesis }
evaluation } = M level

PhD level is a piece of ORIGINAL RESEARCH at which you can't really fail to do all of the above (fingers crossed!!).

Answer 3

Helen L above has the correct answer for parts of Europe.

In the United States there is no difference, exept the word "Diploma" is generally used to refer to the actual piece of paper.

Answer 4

There is a degree of difference. You have to work harder for a degree. A diploma is usually a certificate confirming you've passed some test or acheived a result. You can also receive a diploma telling the world that you have a degree. I liked The Three Degrees- did you?

Answer 5

A diploma is normally awarded after completing/passing 2 years full time at University - whereas a degree is normally after 3 years of full time study - 4 if you do a sandwich year

Answer 6

Degree is your "profession". The diploma is the paper that says you graduated. Either way, congrats if you are in the boat.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

One of them is what you need for your spelling,and the other is even more betterer even than that,innit?

Answer 9

One is better than the other

Answer 10

Apparently more money!