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Hieman aiemmin oli puhetta tutkinnoista, niiden tasoista ja Englanninkielisistä nimikkeistä. Bachelor's Degree on juurikin oikea nimi vaikkapa insinööri(amk) -tutkinnolle. Se, mistä oppilaitoksesta/koulusta tutkinto on saatu, ei ole ratkaisevaa, vaan tutkinnon sisältö. Turha verrata jotain amk-tutkintoa johonkin MIT:n bachelor-tason tutkintoon, samalla voisi verrata MIT:n tutkintoa johonkin Alabaman kristillisen Collegen tutkintoon. Tuossa on ECTS:n mukaisen Bachelor-tutkinnon määritelmä. Suomessakin siirtyminen ECTS:ään helpottaa sitä, jos opiskelija jatkaa opintojaan/on vaihdossa vaikka Yhdysvalloissa, niin niiden opintopisteiden konvertoiminen jenkkien credit hour:hin on helpompaa ja tarkempaa. Euroopassa taas pisteet käy suoraan. Bachelor-tutkinto ei ole määritelty yliopistotutkinnoksi Bolognan sopparissa. Ja jenkkien college/university taas on hieman erilainen järjestelmä. Siellä suurin osa opiskelijoista suorittaa Bachelor-tutkinnon. Master-tutkinnon suorittaneet ovat asia erikseen. Yleensäkään ei voida arvoida tutkinnon vahvuutta muuten kuin sisällön perusteella, koska yksityiset koulut eivät ole yleensä maailmalla vastuussa opetuksestaan kenellekään.
Linkki koko tekstiin : http://www.wes.org/ewenr/04jan/Feature.htmII. The Bologna Bachelor’s Degree
Under the new system currently being implemented, bachelor's and master's degrees can be awarded by universities and non-university institutions of higher education. The degrees will be defined by their content and outcome rather than by the type of institution that awarded them. Hence, the new degree structure under Bologna represents a departure from the traditional binary system of universities and polytechnics because the value of degrees is now based on the content and objectives of the curriculum rather than school type. Some degrees will be designed to allow immediate access to the labor market while others can be used for admission to graduate study at the master's and doctoral levels. In sum, the new degrees will require a significant restructuring of traditional systems of higher education.
A principal objective of the Bologna Process is to make university degrees transparent so that employers and institutions of higher education will be able to understand a student's credentials. To further facilitate transparency, the new degrees will be quantified in terms of ECTS credits and accompanied by the diploma supplement, which provides a detailed description of the studies completed by the individual.
In order to promote the desired comparability and transparency among European credentials, some common criteria have been formulated to define the new Bologna bachelor's degree:
1) A bachelor-level degree is earned at an institution of higher education and requires between three-and-four years of full-time study, or 180 to 240 ECTS credits.
2) A bachelor-level degree is earned at both traditional universities and at non-university institutions of higher education.
3) The details (profile) of each degree program and its learning outcomes should be noted in their title and included in the diploma supplement issued to the student.
4) Bachelor’s degrees that prepare students for further study should be freestanding and should not be regarded as part of a longer curriculum. This allows students to change disciplines and/or pursue graduate studies at another institution. Admission to second-cycle (graduate) degree programs requires successful completion of first-cycle (undergraduate) degrees.