TITLE: Finite extensions of fields that are algebraically closed
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Consider a finite field extension $K/k$ with $K$ algebraically closed.  The immediate example that comes to mind is $\mathbb{C}/\mathbb{R}$, of degree $2$.  Are there any other examples?  Can we construct them of any desired degree $n$?
Motivation: I've recently been studying the Weil restriction of an affine scheme, which requires a finite extension of fields, and because algebraic geometry is cleaner over an algebraically closed field, I'd like one of my fields to be algebraically closed.  Since there are no non-trivial finite extensions of an algebraically closed field, I'm left to find a field that has a finite extension that is algebraically closed.

REPLY [6 votes]: See the Artin-Schreier Theorem.