non-degreeadj.

1930 A. Flexner Universities iii. 130 248 There are now eleven degree-granting universities and five non-degree-granting university colleges in England.]

1932 K. McHale et al. Changes & Exper. in Liberal-Arts Educ. in 31st Yearbk. National Soc. Study of Educ. (U.S.) ii. 184 This offers the alternatives of staying away or probationary entrance to limited, non-degree curricula.

1963 Higher Educ.: Rep. Comm. under Ld. Robbins ix. 115 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2154) XI. 639 Another possibility would be to provide an initial common course for all students and divide them into a ‘degree stream’ and a ‘non-degree stream’ later.

2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 12 July Polytechnical staff felt second rate to the mainstream universities and gradually dropped teaching non degree courses.

1944 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 18 83 The exsoldier who wants nondegree college work in accounting.

1991 Univ. Maryland Graduate School Catal. 1991–3 18/1 The matriculation of all students, both degree and nondegree, is continued at the discretion of the major professor.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Oct. 86/4 He spent four years at Berkeley without taking the courses necessary for a degree, then a year as a nondegree student.