Text “School in the US”

In the United States, the word " school" describes any place where people learn.

I You can call a college a " school". You can even call a university a " school". You can use the

word " school" for any English language institute, graduate program, or secondary (" high" )

school.

College or university follows after high school, or secondary school. A college in the

U. S. A. is not a high school or secondary school. College and university programs begin in the

thirteenth year of school, when a student is 17 or 18 years old or older. A two-year " junior"

college offers an Associate Degree. A four-year college or university offers a Bachelor's

Degree. Programs that offer these degrees are called " undergraduate" schools"

A " university" is a group of schools for studies after secondary school. At least one of

these schools is a college where students receive a Bachelor's Degree. The other schools in a

university are " graduate" (also known as " postgraduate" ) schools where students receive

advanced degrees. Therefore, a university offers both the Bachelor's Degree and graduate

degrees such as the Master's (M. A. ) and Ph. D. (doctorate) A university usually offers

graduate programs both in professional fields such as engineering and in academic subjects

such as English literature.

You can earn a Bachelor's Degree at either a college or a university. However,

students in the USA prefer to use the word " college" rather than the word " university" when

they talk about the four-year undergraduate program and the Bachelor's Degree. They say

“going to college" and " a college degree" when they talk about undergraduate programs at

either a college or a university.

Most " colleges" are separate schools. They are not located in a university. Some

colleges are part of a university and are located on the university campus. (The " campus" is

the school buildings and surrounding area. ) A few colleges offer graduate programs in

selected subjects. Usually, however, it is universities that offer graduate programs. So,

Americans use the word “university" and not " college" when they talk about graduate study.

Vocabulary:

to describe - описывать;

high school - старшие классы школы

to follow - следовать (за);

junior - младший;

degree - научная степень;

undergraduate - студент последнего курса;

secondary - средний (о школе, образовании);

to receive - получать;

post-graduate course - аспирантура;

advanced - продвинутый, повышенного типа; 18

therefore - следовательно;

to earn - зарабатывать;

either... or... - либо... либо..;

to prefer - предпочитать;

separate - отдельный, раздельный;

to be located - размещаться, находиться;

surrounding – окружающий

to select - отбирать, выбирать.