What Exactly are university degrees (2.1, 2.2)?
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Our teachers have always explained in like this:
First-Class Honours (First or 1st) = Grade A**
Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1) = Grade A*
Lower Second-Class Honours (2:2) = Grade A
Third-Class Honours (Third or 3rd) = Grade B
Ordinary degree (Pass) = Grade C
As you'd imagine achieving a First is very very difficult, like an A** would be in A level (especially as it doesn't exist, lol) but it is attainable with lots of hard work, if not extra work, and an extreme passion for the subject. The average result of degrees in the UK is a 2:2...that's what most get, depending on their subject of course.
A Non-Hons has no grading system like this: you either pass and get a degree or don't.
First-Class Honours (First or 1st) = Grade A**
Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1) = Grade A*
Lower Second-Class Honours (2:2) = Grade A
Third-Class Honours (Third or 3rd) = Grade B
Ordinary degree (Pass) = Grade C
As you'd imagine achieving a First is very very difficult, like an A** would be in A level (especially as it doesn't exist, lol) but it is attainable with lots of hard work, if not extra work, and an extreme passion for the subject. The average result of degrees in the UK is a 2:2...that's what most get, depending on their subject of course.
A Non-Hons has no grading system like this: you either pass and get a degree or don't.
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