DCHP-2

pass degree Pass Degree, (Pass) Degree DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• n. & adj. — Education

  a university degree obtained without a major or area of specialization.

  Type: 2. Preservation — The term appears to be a preservation from British English. Pass, denoting the status of a degree, is cited in OED-3 as early as 1838 (see OED-3, s.v. "pass" n⁴ [4]). Internet searches indicate that the term is prevalent in Ireland and Australia as well, but has little currency in the US (see Chart 1), which gives it a Canadian dimension in North America.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "pass¹" (n.2b), which is marked "Brit & Cdn".