About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: First professional degree, Latin honors, British degree abbreviations, Legal Practice Course, National Vocational Qualification, Diploma, Graduate Diploma, Qualifications for professional social work, European Qualifications Framework, Valedictorian, Candidate of Philosophy, Malaysian Skills Certification System, Postgraduate diploma, Salutatorian, Specialist degree, Higher National Diploma, Higher diploma, Post Leaving Certificate, European professional qualification directives, General National Vocational Qualification, Certificate of Advanced European Studies, Extended Project Qualification, Higher National Certificate, Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers, Diploma of Higher Education, Advanced Diploma, Certified measurement and verification professional, Technical associate, Higher Certificate, Certificate of Higher Education, Diploma Supplement, Postgraduate certificate, Certificate in Financial Studies, Tres honorable avec felicitations, Ordinary National Certificate. Excerpt: A professional degree prepares the holder for a particular profession by emphasizing competency skills along with theory and analysis. These professions are typically licensed or otherwise regulated by a governmental or government-approved body. Areas such as nursing, clinical laboratory science, architecture, law, public policy, medicine, osteopathic medicine, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, engineering, dentistry, psychology, accounting, podiatry, audiology, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, optometry, radiography, pharmacy, social work, or education, among others, often require such degrees for licensing. Professional degrees, often taken as a candidate's second degree after an undergraduate degree in an academic subject, are especially important in the United States. In the United States, many professional degre...
