“He does not get a degree in graduate studies. Only gratuate students can get a degree in graduate studies”
What an oddly bifurcated process of thought. Either you’re an undergraduate and get a degree in that, or you’re a graduate and get a degree in that. Weird.
How about you’re an undergraduate until you graduate, then you’re a graduate and can proceed to further degrees? And we can call the degree you receive...um...wait for it...I know, a freakin’ Bachelor’s degree! Or does that erode too much the wall between post-graduates and undergraduates?
“What doesn’t make sense is that you took my fun post seriously.”
It’s not so much your post; it’s the issue. The phrase sticks in my craw.
Actually, if you wander in the academic circles you will see the Associates degree referred to as an undergraduate degree and the four year degree as a Bachelor's degree. Further degrees (for graduate studies) are referred to as post-baccalaureate.