It used to be that the BS degree was more a professional degree; you'd get a BS in engineering, say, and then go out and get a job as an engineer, or a BS in chemistry, and go to work as a chemist.
The BA was more general and nonspecific. Here, there is no real distinction. m ------- "Whatever power the United States Constitution envisions for the Executive in its exchanges with other nations or with enemy organizations in times of conflict, it most assuredly envisions a role for all three branches when individual liberties are at stake." --- July 20,2006 US District Court for Northern California > -----Original Message----- > From: Julie Osland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:53 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] What makes a Bachelor of Science Degree > different from a B.A. > > Dear Tipsters: > > My department is in the process of trying to change our > degree designation from B.A. to B.S. Our initial proposal > and rationale was rejected by our Academic Policy Committee > on the grounds that an empirical approach and use of the > scientific method is not what distinguishes a B.A. from a B.S. > In our department, all majors must take experimental > psychology, plus select two additional research based lab > courses from offerings such as experimental social, learning, > sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, and health > psychology, > > We have read the Wikipedia version (that a BA usually > requires fewer courses in the major and allows a student to > take a greater number of electives outside the major and that > the BS designation is typically reserved for the physical > sciences). However, it seems prudent to seek additional > sources of information on what distinguishes a B.A. from a > B.S degree. If any of you could offer insight on this issue, > we would greatly appreciate it. > > Thank you, > > Julie Osland > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Wheeling Jesuit University > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mo > de=0&lang=english > > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
