What's the difference between undergraduate and junior college?
Generally speaking, a university includes a college, which is a kind of university. Usually, people in society generally define a university as a bachelor's degree.
1, from the perspective of education time:
A junior college is generally a three-year program, some are two-years, an undergraduate course is generally a four-year program, and some majors may be a five-year program, such as medical college.
2. Judging from the degree obtained:
If you can graduate smoothly, you can get a bachelor's degree; Universities do not offer degrees. The minimum education in China is a bachelor's degree, which is only awarded to undergraduates who have successfully graduated.
College education can also be divided into two categories, junior college and higher vocational and technical college, with little difference between them.
3, according to the college entrance examination admission score:
Undergraduate admission scores will be higher than junior college. Undergraduate courses can also be divided into levels, such as one, two and three. One book has the highest admission score.
It can also be seen from the admission scores that undergraduates have more knowledge than junior college students in junior high school. Generally speaking, undergraduates are better than junior college students on the whole, and the employment rate is higher. Of course, junior college students will also have excellent talents. They may have an average exam level, but school and society are two different rules of the game. It is not that all undergraduates are better than junior college students under the rules of the school.
4. Different training objectives:
College: training middle and senior talents with certain professional knowledge and skills; Cultivate technical application-oriented talents who can adapt to the front line of production, management and service and the vast rural areas; To cultivate talents with certain theoretical knowledge and professional skills who can engage in a certain occupation or a certain type of work, the teaching of their knowledge should focus on "practicality" and "practicality".
Undergraduate course: to cultivate senior talents who have a solid grasp of the basic theory, professional knowledge and basic skills of this subject and have the initial ability to engage in scientific research or undertake professional and technical work. Students are required to have a reasonable knowledge structure, master the general methods of scientific work, correctly judge and solve practical problems, have the ability and habit of lifelong learning, and be able to adapt to and be competent in changing professional fields. The teaching of undergraduate education knowledge should not only develop to the depth of disciplines, but also pay attention to the horizontal connection between disciplines. At the same time, undergraduate education should focus on cultivating students' scientific thinking ability, creativity, innovative spirit and entrepreneurial spirit.
5. Different functional structures:
College: Teaching is the main function.
Undergraduate course: Its main functions are teaching, scientific research, achievement transformation and industrial service.
6. Different knowledge structures:
Specialist: a horizontal module of professional post knowledge, emphasizing post business knowledge and practical operation skills. This theory is based on "sufficiency" and "practicality". Pay more attention to "what to do" and "how to do it"
DO ",focusing on transforming the category of understanding the world, is the unity of a relatively complete practical system and a relatively incomplete theoretical system.
Undergraduate course: vertical framework knowledge system, emphasizing the integration of courses, the integrity and comprehensiveness of disciplines, and the transfer of interdisciplinary knowledge. Focusing on "what is ∑" and "why ∑" and taking understanding the world as the category, it is the unity of a relatively complete theoretical system and a relatively incomplete practical system.
7. Different disciplines and majors:
Specialist: Mainly for the industry or local area, with narrow professional coverage, small quantity and limited social adaptability. The potential for further study is very weak.
Undergraduate course: mainly oriented to industries and large economic regions, with wide professional coverage, large quantity and strong social comprehensive adaptability. There is great potential for further study.
8. Different teacher structures:
College: Undergraduate is the main body, teachers take teaching as the main task, and the evaluation of teachers mainly depends on the teaching effect. "Double-qualified" teachers are favored, and there are few influential academic leaders.
Undergraduate course: the proportion of master's degree and doctor's degree is high. Teachers should not only teach but also undertake scientific research tasks. Teaching ability and scientific research ability are the main basis for teachers' evaluation, among which there are many influential academic leaders.
9. Different organizational structures:
College: small scale, few levels and linear unified decision-making management. The teaching and research section has become the basic unit of teaching and scientific research.
Undergraduate course: the scale of running a school is large and there are many levels. The management system is mainly linear or flat, and the powers and responsibilities of the secondary institutions of colleges and departments are enlarged. Team research in the form of project team is more common.
10, different modes of running schools:
College: The entrance is students, and the exit is mainly students. The school's teaching quality monitoring system is not open, international, self-contained and relatively closed.
Undergraduate: There are students and scientific research projects at the entrance, and students, theoretical achievements and application achievements at the exit, with high academic level, high openness and strong social influence.