Bachelor of Arts
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| Subclass of | bachelor's degree, arts degree  |
|---|---|
| Short name | B.A., B. A., BA, SmSa |
| Next higher rank | Master of Arts |
| Female form of label | bacharela em artes, bacharela em belas artes |
| Male form of label | bacharel em artes, bacharel em belas artes |
Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA, A.B. anaa AB) na bachelor's degree wey dem give for undergraduate program insyd liberal arts anaa samtimes oda disciplines.[1]
How long e go take finish Bachelor of Arts degree depend for de country den institution top, buh e mostly dey take three to four years.
- For sam countries like Peru, Argentina, Brazil, den Chile, e dey take five anaa more years to get degree.
- For places like Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada (except Quebec), China, Egypt, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, de Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, de Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, de United States, den Zambia[2] e dey take four years make dem plete BA degree.
- Some countries like Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, de Caribbean, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel,[3] Italy, Montenegro, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Quebec (Canada), South Africa (sam degrees), Switzerland, den UK (except Scotland), BA degree fit take three years. For places like Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, den Russia,[4] dem get three-year BA programs too.
Definition
[edit | edit source]De Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree be undergraduate postsecondary degree wey focus for liberal arts den studies.[5] Dem compare to Bachelor of Science (BS), BA get more focus for science, math, den engineering top. BA degree be one type of baccalaureate degree.[6][7] E dey usually take four years make dem plete, wey mean say e need four years of full-time coursework during term time. Buh like oda degrees, sam fit take longer based for de student ein ability, motivation, den financial support top. Traditionally, public den private universities den colleges per dey offer Bachelor of Arts degrees.[5][8][9] Just like oda bachelor's degrees, BA be admission requirement give graduate den professional school. From de 1990s, junior colleges start make dem confer dema own baccalaureate degrees. Career-specific BA degrees too dey, like Bachelor of Arts insyd Functional English, Bachelor of Arts insyd Administration, Bachelor of Arts insyd Interdisciplinary Studies, den Regents Bachelor of Arts.[7]
History
[edit | edit source]Na de BA degree dey academics for centuries. Na e influence universities make dem start dey focus for broad topics top like algebra, psychology, biology, art, history, den philosophy.
De way BA degree be, e never change for ein history. BA degree cam from de study of liberal arts.[6][8] Liberal arts be term wey dem use for de study of chaw learning branches like grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, den music.[6] De study of liberal arts start for Middle Ages. For Renaissance period, de term liberal arts mean general studies in a broader sense.[6][8] Dis definition of liberal studies still dey remain de same till today.
For Japan den de United States, historically, public anaa private institutions den colleges per dey give BA degrees.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Understand the Difference Between a BA and BS Degree". US News and World Report (in American English). 2018-10-23. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ↑ "FAST-US-5 United States Education Reference File". Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ↑ "BA Business Administration – RRIS – IDC Herzliya". www.idc.ac.il (in English). Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ↑ "Degree (Pass) prospectus" (PDF). National University, Bangladesh (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Degree, Academic." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Jan. 2018. EBSCOhost Database. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Liberal arts." The Columbia Encyclopedia. Credo Reference Database. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Floyd, Deborah L.; Ramdin, Gianna; Salinas, Cristobal (2020), "Baccalaureate", The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 153–156, doi:10.4135/9781529714395, ISBN 9781473942912, S2CID 219813700, archived from the original on 2 April 2022, retrieved 2 April 2022
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Degree, Academic." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Jan. 2018. EBSCOhost Database. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ Bachelor of Arts. (2014). In Collins Dictionaries (Ed.), Collins English Dictionary (12th ed.). Collins. Credo Reference Database
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