本科 běnkē undergraduate course
undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)
How to remember 本科: 本 source + 科 classification = undergraduate course.
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How it is used
- Noun/attributive: 本科生 (běnkēshēng, undergraduate student), 读本科 (dú běnkē, study for a bachelor's degree).
- Contrast with 研究生 (yánjiūshēng, graduate/postgraduate student) - 本科 is specifically the bachelor's-level course of study.