What is an undergraduate program?

[gillian59]

I want to study immigration law and I know that an undergraduate is the first four years, and then the graduate is the last three years in my case. But I'm not exactly sure what happens, because apparently you don't go into law until your last three years, the first four are something different, like whatever you want, or something like that. I just wish for someone to explain to me what exactly it is that I need to sort out and choose and do! please and thank you!

[rumford]

An undergraduate degree is a four-year program leading to a bachelor's degree -- a B.A. (bachelor of arts) or B.S. (bachelor of science) degree. Once you have your bachelor's degree, then you can go on to study law at law school, which is a three-year graduate-level program in the U.S. You can study any subject as an undergrad and then go on to law school. The majority of law school students studied subjects like history, political science, English or international relations while they were undergrads.

[victorio83]

Your undergraduate is what people talk about when they refer to your "degree". Officially, it's your Bachelor's degree, and your graduate degree is called a Master's (or PhD if you're doing a doctorate).

For Law, normally you will do a Bachelor's in Law, and then your law exams (solicitor finals or whatever, I'm not too sure). However, you can do a degree in whatever you want (I know some people who did History or English, but you can do anything really) and then do a Law conversion course, after which you will take your exams as though you had just completed your Bachelor's.

For example, you could take PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics), do a Law conversion course, and then go into Commercial Law after taking certain exams.

However, don't take what I've said to be 100% accurate - call up a university or talk to a careers advisor for further information; don't just rely on some random person on Yahoo.