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common design template of a bachelor's degree diploma from the
United States  A bachelor's degree (also baccalaureate, from
Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is usually earned for an
undergraduate course of study that nominally requires three to
five years of study (depending on institution and field of
study). In some cases, it may also be the name of a second
graduate degree, such as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Bachelor of
Education (B.Ed.), Bachelor of Civil Law, the Bachelor of Music,
the Bachelor of Philosophy, or the Bachelor of Sacred Theology,
degree which in some countries are only offered after a first
graduate/bachelor's degree.  The term bachelor (Middle Latin
baccalarius) in the 14th century referred to a young squire in
training, and by the end of the century was also used of junior
members of guilds or universities. By folk etymology or
wordplay, the word baccalaureus came to be as