Bachelor Degrees
Bachelor Degrees require at least three years of full-time study and 120 credits. Degrees in professional fields require a higher number of credits and a longer period of study. Programs in accounting, dentistry, engineering, and law require four years. Programs in architecture, veterinary medicine, and medicine require five years of study.
Programs are generally structured with a year of generalist courses and core courses in the general field of study, with the remainder focused on compulsory core courses and elective courses in the area of specialization.
Private colleges offer various programs leading to Bachelor Degrees through special teaching and transfer arrangements with partnering domestic and foreign universities that typically award the degree.