The graded courses. Bachelor and Master.
With the introduction of tiered courses should indeed be avoided simply put, that a student was standing in the event of early termination of the study were, with empty hands, without a diploma. scolded Although just in the recent past, much because of the very high work pressure, the introduction of the consecutive studies, a necessity whose great advantage, as above-mentioned was the fact is that students, after a certain number of semesters, usually six, after all, the first academic degree , that of the Bachelors have in their hands, forming a solid academic foundation. The Bachelor is for many highly successful and lucrative careers in demand as a highly academic degrees.
Where does the name Bachelor? In the English language means' Bachelor 'today' yes' bachelor '. But it can not build here. We have to go back in time very far in the 13th Century. At that time already been awarded to the world famous University of Paris La Sorbonne, the 'bachelor', the first in the course of studying the sciences awarded academic degrees. The word origin is thus not fully understood, but it is assumed that, the French word 'bas chevalier', a minor knight, then, the name of the Bachelor is incurred. However, in connection with the Bachelor to be in any way of subordination or inferiority of the speech. It is, to put it quite casually expressed, as in a contest in which you reach a certain income level, which ensures a considerable amount of money. We must decide whether to stop or carries on. Once the completion of the bachelor in his hands, it is for the graduates to decide whether to build or whether his career he studied further with the aim of the Master's degree.
A most excellent proposal put forward by the Rectors' Conference, is that given bachelor graduates with exceptional good results the possibility of a doctorate without having to have their Master's degree in hand. A national decision on this is to date not yet fallen, but there is in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Saarland, the possibility to allow highly qualified Bachelor graduates to doctoral studies. If this possibility could be a matter of course for students with outstanding performance, that would be another very big plus for the Bachelor degree. We hope.
The Bachelor. A challenge.
We remember so well the student protests of last year. The reason for the understandable anger of the students was based on the fact that compared to the previous graduate degree significantly less time is available, the curriculum is to be imparted but remained the same. This is exhausting, this is actually a very big challenge, but let's assume they, like other countries have done. Let us use the time advantages offered by the Bachelor's degree, for life.