1987 "Trial Measures for Training Students with a Second Bachelor's Degree in Colleges and Universities" was issued, which clearly stated that the prerequisite for studying for a "Second Bachelor's Degree" is "having completed a certain undergraduate professional course in a certain discipline, and having been allowed to graduate and obtain a bachelor's degree". In the eyes of educators, "the second bachelor's degree attracts many people's attention because it is between a bachelor's degree and a master's degree." Students can get two degrees without a master's degree. " Therefore, among these concepts, only the "second bachelor's degree" is expressly stipulated in the Administrative Measures and has legal effect.
But in practice, these concepts are confused. People usually call a second bachelor's degree a second degree, and a minor degree a double degree. Based on this, this paper discusses the difference between the two degrees. "Second bachelor's degree" refers to the degree recognized by the Ministry of Education. Generally speaking, taking the "second bachelor's degree" requires on-the-job or fresh undergraduate graduates after graduating from college. They often need to pass the exam and study full-time for two years after entering school. Double degree usually refers to another major different from this major offered by students who have spare capacity in the school. They obtained the professional degree by completing the credits, and the degree certificate was issued by the school. However, because China is different from European and American countries, almost all European and American countries have a school degree system, and the degree awarded by the school can be recognized by the society. However, China belongs to the national degree system, that is, the degree needs to be recognized and awarded by the state, so the double degree awarded by the university is often not recognized by the national civil service examination, but usually recognized by some provinces or some work units in the province where the university is located. For example, Article 7 of Hunan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security's Answers to Relevant Policies for Recruitment of Civil Servants in Hunan Province's 20 14 Examination: "Double-degree personnel can apply for the majors (including minor majors) written on the graduation certificate, or they can apply for degree certificates, graduation certificates and professional minor certificates."
According to 1987, the "Trial Measures for Training Students with Second Bachelor's Degree in Colleges and Universities", "The specialty setting of the second bachelor's degree must be approved by the Ministry of Education, and no college may enroll students and award degrees without authorization." It is clear in the measures that the title of such degrees is "second bachelor's degree". This kind of degree is recognized by the Ministry of Education, that is, the degree recognized by the national education administrative department. The "Second Bachelor's Degree" awarded after 1 in September 2008, the degree certificate belongs to "Bachelor's Degree Certificate (Undergraduate Graduates of Ordinary Colleges and Universities)", which is electronically registered on the China Academic Degree and Postgraduate Education Information Network (Degree Network of the Ministry of Education) and can be inquired. The corresponding academic qualifications can also be found on Xuexin.com of the Ministry of Education. Therefore, the second bachelor's degree is a degree recognized and filed by the Ministry of Education, commonly known as "official double degree".
The "double degree" awarded by the university itself is called "folk double degree" and has not been filed with the Ministry of Education. So far, there is no clear definition of "double degree" in China's Higher Education Law, Academic Degree Regulations and other educational laws and regulations. In the policy consultation on the website of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education publicly replied to public messages in 2007 and 2008 respectively, saying: "At present, the so-called' double degree' system has not been implemented in China" and "there is no corresponding policy applicable to' double degree' in China". In the public documents of the Ministry of Education, the term "double degree" refers to a double degree jointly run with foreign universities. (For example, the Ministry of Education's Opinions of the National Development and Reform Commission of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance on Deepening the Reform of Postgraduate Education pointed out: "Promote Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools and support cooperation with overseas high-level universities to carry out' double degree' and' joint degree' projects." According to Zhou Guangli, a teacher of the National People's Congress, the concept of "double degree" first appeared in 1985 "Decision of the Central Committee on Education System Reform" issued after the second national education work conference. The decision pointed out that it is a very important and urgent task to "reform the teaching content, teaching methods and teaching system and improve the teaching quality". In view of the existing disadvantages, various teaching reform experiments should be actively carried out, which explicitly mentioned "implementing the credit system and double-degree system".
Zhou Guangli said: "At that time, there was no specific policy on what a double degree was, how to train it and how to pay for it. According to my own understanding, some schools try out double degrees under the banner of university autonomy. Because there is no unified national standard, the requirements of different schools vary greatly, resulting in different training quality. " In March, 2009, Science Times published an article saying that this was an embarrassing breakthrough in the name of a double degree. This paper distinguishes between "double degree" and "second bachelor degree": the former is that colleges and universities "design a group of fewer courses (more than minor courses) for undergraduates to study outside their majors"; The latter means "students will begin to study other professional courses after graduation".
Because 20 12 Fujian provincial examination only recognized the "second bachelor's degree" certified by the Ministry of Education, it caused controversy. 20131kloc-0/4 Fujian provincial department of education standardized "minor in second degree". It is required that relevant colleges and universities should not take "minor major education" (that is, minor major in second degree) as double major, double degree education or "second bachelor's degree" education for enrollment promotion.
Fujian Provincial Department of Education said that colleges and universities can set up minor majors according to regulations, and issue minor professional certificates and minor degree certificates. The list of students who have obtained these two certificates can be found on the website of the Provincial Department of Education in the column of "Information Inquiry of Minor Certificates in Colleges and Universities in Fujian Province". Due to the irregular operation before, many minor (degree) certificates in colleges and universities appeared in the name of "double bachelor's degree certificate". Actually, a minor degree is completely different from a double degree or a second bachelor's degree.
Regarding the treatment, the Ministry of Education clearly stipulates that the second bachelor's degree should be treated as a postgraduate class, but the treatment of double degree varies from province to city: Five departments of Fujian Province issued Opinions Gao [2009] No.9 to support double degree: "Undergraduate graduates who have obtained a" double degree "can enjoy the salary treatment of graduate students who have not obtained a master's degree." The public mailbox of Chongqing Personnel Bureau [20 13]34 17 clearly states that a double degree does not enjoy the same salary as a second bachelor's degree: "Undergraduate graduates who have studied for six years or more will be paid after the probation period expires. Among them, graduates with double bachelor's degrees refer to those who have obtained their bachelor's degrees after graduating from university, and then studied for the second bachelor's degree included in the national second bachelor's degree enrollment plan and obtained the second bachelor's degree, instead of those who have obtained two bachelor's degrees during their college years or those who have only obtained two bachelor's degrees. Mailbox of Governor of Qinghai Provincial People's Government: "Graduation treatment: according to the first major employment, graduation treatment is undergraduate. But the minor degree can be used as a reference. "Shanxi Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security-Online Acceptance:" A double degree is not the same as a second bachelor's degree. "Shandong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security-Service Hall:" Double bachelor's degree graduates refer to those who study and obtain a second bachelor's degree included in the national second bachelor's degree enrollment plan after obtaining a bachelor's degree, with a two-year academic system. It reflects academic qualifications, not two bachelor's degrees during the four years of college. "Tianjin Personnel Bureau formulated an opinion:" Undergraduate graduates are at Grade 25 and Grade 2; Undergraduate graduates who have obtained double bachelor's degrees (including those who have studied for more than six years), graduate students and graduate students who have not obtained master's degrees. "Most provinces and cities, such as Tianjin, have not clearly defined the meaning of' double bachelor's degree'. Therefore, the treatment of double degrees depends on the opinions of the local human resources and social security bureaus on the issuance of Item (3) of Article 2 of the Notice, which are explained by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Finance.
Of course, if your school already has the qualification to award a second bachelor's degree (which can be found on the website of the Ministry of Education), the general junior counselor will ask you whether you will take the exam or not, and you should stay at school to complete the credits for another degree and pay the money after being admitted. However, in this case, you can get a degree in online certification, instead of the degree awarded by the school itself.