A dictionary is a book full of random words, and giving the definitions, but a glossary, just has the definitions of the words in the book. Scarlet Â· 9 years ago 1
Honours degree. The term honours degree (or honors degree) has various meanings in the context of different degrees and education systems. Most commonly it refers to a variant of the undergraduate bachelor's degree containing a larger volume of material or a higher standard of study, or both, than an ordinary, general or pass bachelor's degree.
A degree may be awarded with or without honours, with the class of an honours degree usually based on a weighted average mark of the assessed work a candidate has completed.The degree classifications are: 1  First-class honours (1st). 2  Second-class honours, upper division (2:1).hen a candidate is awarded a degree with honours, (Hons) may be suffixed to their designatory lettersâfor example, BA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MA (Hons). An MA (Hons) would generally indicate a degree award from certain Scottish universities.