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Do not fill this in! ===Oceania=== ====Australia==== In Australia, a "bachelor degree"<ref>Note the Australian degree is "bachelor", not "bachelor's" in official documents</ref> is normally a three to four-year program, leading to a qualification at level 7 of the [[Australian Qualifications Framework]].<ref name="AQF">{{cite web|url=http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AQF-2nd-Edition-January-2013.pdf |title=Australian Qualifications Framework |access-date=11 November 2016 |date=January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910151628/http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aqf-2nd-edition-january-2013.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2016 }}</ref> Entry to a number of professions, such as law practice and teaching, require a bachelor's degree (a 'professional' degree). Other degrees, such as Bachelor of Arts do not necessarily elicit entry into a profession, though many organisations require a bachelor's degree for employment. A one-year postgraduate [[Honours degree|bachelor honours degree]] can be achieved as a consecutive stand-alone course following a bachelor's degree in the same field, or as an additional year as part of a bachelor's degree program.<ref name="AQF" /> The honours course is normally only open to those who do well in their bachelor's degree program and involves study at a more advanced level than that bachelor's degree.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413204133/http://www.monash.edu/study/apply/domestic/honours |archive-date=13 April 2015 |url=http://www.monash.edu.au/study/apply/domestic/honours.html |title=How to apply, honours |publisher=monash.edu.au |access-date=13 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both the bachelor and bachelor honours degrees are aligned with level 6 of the [[European Qualifications Framework|EQF]], the same as British and Irish bachelor's degrees with and without honours, and other [[Bologna Process]] first cycle qualifications.<ref>{{cite web| title=Alignment of the AQF with the New Zealand Qualifications Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: consultation paper| url=http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09_AQF_intl_alignment_consultation_paper.pdf| access-date=11 November 2016| date=September 2014| publisher=Australian Qualifications Framework| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217232833/http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09_AQF_intl_alignment_consultation_paper.pdf| archive-date=17 February 2017| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Some bachelor's degrees (e.g. engineering and environmental science) include an integrated honours degree as part of a four-year program. Honours is generally for students who want to take up a research track for [[postgraduate studies]], and increasingly for those who want an extra edge in the job market. Marking scales for Honours differ; generally, First Class Honours (85–100%) denotes an excellent standard of achievement; Second Class Division 1 (75–84%) a high standard; Second Class Division 2 (65–74%) a good standard; Third Class (50–64%) satisfactory standard; a final mark below 50% is a fail of the course. Bachelor honours degrees include a major Independent research component, allowing students to develop skills that will enable them to proceed to further study or to work in research roles in industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=2031 |title=Bachelor of Science (Honours), Courses and Programs |publisher= The University of Queensland, Australia|access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref> First-class or second-class (upper division) honours are generally required for entry into doctoral programs (e.g. PhDs, etc.); an alternative route to doctoral study is via a "masters degree".<ref>Note the Australian degree is a "masters", not a "master's" in official documents</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://internationaleducation.gov.au/Documents/ED15-0091_INT_Australia_Country_Education_Profile_2015_ACC.pdf|title=Australia Country Education Profiles|year=2015|publisher=Australian Government Department of Education and Training|pages=10–11|access-date=11 November 2016|isbn= 978-1-76028-290-5}}</ref> ====Fiji==== The colonial link and the establishment of the [[University of the South Pacific]] in 1968 allowed the education system to follow suit from the qualification system of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]. [[University of the South Pacific]] is the only university in the [[Oceania]] region to be internationally recognized outside Australia and New Zealand with its bachelor's and other awards program. It is also the highest ranked in the university ranking in the island region and also ranked above some Australian universities like the [[University of Canberra]], [[University of Sunshine Coast]] and New Zealand universities like [[Lincoln University, New Zealand|Lincoln University]] and [[Waikato Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranking Web of World universities: Top Oceania |url=http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=oceania |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722011544/http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=oceania |archive-date=22 July 2011 |access-date=4 September 2011 |publisher=Webometrics.info}}</ref> ====New Zealand==== In New Zealand, only recognised institutions – usually universities and polytechnics – have degree-awarding powers. Most bachelor's degrees are three years full-time, but certain degrees, such as the Bachelor of Laws and the Bachelor of Engineering degrees, require four years of study. A bachelor with honours is a program of four years duration (e.g., Bachelor of Arts with Honours). A Bachelor of Medicine degree requires a minimum of six years. Where students opt to study two bachelor's degrees simultaneously – referred to as a "conjoint degree" or "[[double degree]]" – an extra year of study is added. The number of years of study required is determined based on the degree with the greatest number of years. For example, a BCom degree requires three years of full-time study, but a double BCom–LLB degree will require five years of full-time study because the LLB degree is four years long. Exceptional students may choose to complete a degree in a shorter amount of time by taking on extra courses, usually with the help of summer school. Students who complete a double degree program will have two separate bachelor's degrees at the end of their studies. Consistently high-performing students may also be invited to complete the 'honours' program. The bachelor with honours usually requires an extra year of study with an extra honours thesis/dissertation. This degree is considered to fall between the bachelor's and master's levels on the [[European Qualifications Framework]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/our-role/our-role-in-international-education/country-specific-recognition-arrangements/european-union/|title=European Union|publisher=New Zealand Qualifications Authority|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> An honours award is indicated by the addition of "Hons" to the degree name or abbreviation (for example, "Bachelor of Laws (Hons)"). Some honours degree courses also offer a [[postgraduate diploma]] (PGDip) as an exit qualification, which often consists of the same workload but with added flexibility. A PGDip does not usually require a dissertation. However, the student may complete one if desired. A diploma award is indicated by "PGDip" and the degree field (for example, "PGDipArts" or "PGDipScience". 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