Talk:Bachelor's degree/Archive 2019

Vandalism – AMIE

Musharraf Hossain Bhuian (talk · contribs) has been repeatedly adding "AMIE", which is seemingly related to the Institution of Engineers (India). It is not a bachelor's degree however, and despite many reversions by many users, and requests to explain their thinking here, they have not done so. In repeatedly ignoring such requests, and continuing to repeat the same behaviour, I would believe this could be classified as vandalism, and actions may need to be taken to reduce the likelihood of it reoccuring. Does anyone have any thoughts on the issue? Also, does the user in question wish to explain their thinking? Shadowssettle_(talk) 19:07, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for opening this discussion. These edits are problematic especially as they've occurred multiple times without any discussion or even an edit summary. He or she will likely be blocked if this continues. ElKevbo (talk) 19:30, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

I would think it would probably be classified as WP:Disruptive editing rather than WP:Vandalism, and this is the warning template that has been used on their talk page. I agree that this is definitely problematic, and if it continues will probably have to be brought to WP:ANI.

I looked a bit into the background of AMIE. It seems that it is similar to the graduateships that used to be offered by Priests institutes in the UK (and still are by City and Guilds). Until 2013 it was recognised by the Indian government as equivalent to a bachelor's degree, but changes in the recognition rules then meant it stopped being recognised and court cases have been winding their way through the system since then (the Institution of Engineers (India) page reflects the older situation). It was, however, never recognised as being a bachelor's degree, just as equivalent to one. Such qualifications are mentioned briefly in the UK section of this article, but it is made clear there that they are not degrees and the UK section is long enough that this does not end up giving undue weight to the bachelor's-equivalent qualifications. Robminchin (talk) 03:15, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Bachelor of Integrated Studies

I have just added George Mason University to a "laundry list" of schools that has this kind of program. If that's piling on, I'd understand.

-- Jayxmn (talk) 01:56, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

References

Weak, vague, too-general definition.

To learn what it really means, I had to go to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bachelor's%20degree Suggest wiki learn the diff between no errors or error-free, and communication.
--2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:55DF:D8:B913:2FFB (talk) 22:04, 23 December 2019 (UTC)just saying...

The M-W definition is "a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study", while the definitive here is "an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years". Apart from the range in length of study, which is due to the M-W definitive being US-specific while Wikipedia is international, I fail to see how the Wikipedia definitive could be considered more vague. But if you have concrete suggestions as to how the article can be improved, please share them. Robminchin (talk) 00:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)