Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue took some heat for unclear descriptions of her graduate work.
But what exactly is state Treasurer Richard Moore's degree?
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate has been careful not to call it a master's in conversations with Dome and on a resume submitted to the N.C. Forum for Research and Economic Education. So what is it exactly?
According to a spokeswoman for the London School of Economics, Moore earned a "Diploma in Accounting and Finance" in December of 1984.
The diploma was "intended to furnish a basis for further graduate work in accounting and finance," according to a course description. But it wasn't a degree, explained press officer Esther Avery.
"Like its modern-day equivalent, the Diploma was therefore a graduate qualification requiring a high level of performance on an exacting course of study beyond undergraduate level, but in UK Higher Education terminology was technically distinct from a degree," she wrote Dome.
After the jump, the full description.
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The London School of Economics description of Richard Moore's graduate program, from a 1983-84 school publication:
The course is primarily intended for graduates with first degrees specialising in subjects other than Accounting and Finance and persons holding approved professional qualifications in other specialisms. The Diploma is intended to furnish a basis for further graduate work in Accounting and Finance, as well as providing a foundation for a career qualification in accountancy and finance. In suitable cases it will be possible for a student to enrol for an MSc in Accounting and Finance by means of a further year's study after passing the Diploma examination at a sufficiently high level.
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