Unit six P'm Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge Background Information US. Degrees The most commonly granted degrees in the U.s. are the B A or bachelor of arts and the b.s., or bachelor of science both given generally after the completion of a 4-year course of study and sometimes followed by a mark of excellence. the master's degree is granted after one or two years of postgraduate work and may require the writing of a thesis or dissertation. The doctorate requires two to five years of postgraduate work, the writing of a thesis, and the passing of oral and written examinations. In the mid-1990s U.S institutions of higher learning annually granted about 1.2 nillion bachelor's degrees some 387, 000 masters degrees and 43, 000 doctors degrees Book two English teaching plan of cuit 5Book two English teaching plan of cuit 5 Unit Six I’m Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge Background Information – US. Degrees The most commonly granted degrees in the U.S. are the B.A., or bachelor of arts, and the B.S., or bachelor of science, both given generally after the completion of a 4-year course of study and sometimes followed by a mark of excellence. The master’s degree is granted after one or two years of postgraduate work and may require the writing of a thesis or dissertation. The doctorate requires two to five years of postgraduate work, the writing of a thesis, and the passing of oral and written examinations. In the mid-1990s U.S. institutions of higher learning annually granted about 1.2 million bachelor’s degrees, some 387,000 master’s degrees, and 43,000 doctor’s degrees