What's the difference between a BA and a BSc?

[magoo]

Isn't one more theory and one more practical?

 

[Hiney]

I think one relates to an Arts degree and the other relates to a Science degree

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I only have personal experience of a BSc and that had an element of mathematics and a practical slant. I lived with a couple of BAs and there was nothing practical, much more research etc. Everyone undertaking a BSc had to do some form of foundation maths, apart from those that did A-Level of course.

Basically, it does what it says on the tin. Arts vs Science.

 

[Bars Mar]

If You're Not Clever Enough To Know, You Don't Need To Know

 

[REDLAND]

Ones a science degree and the others a big black bloke !!!

 

[Mr Blobby]

I think one relates to an Arts degree and the other relates to a Science degree

Indeed it is

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Sciences

Depends what UG degree you do.

 

[sten_super]

Indeed it is

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Sciences

Depends what UG degree you do.

Unless you go to Oxbridge... there they are all MAs, even Maths.

 

[severnside gull]

frightening......all I need now is to be told that Magoo is a university student

 

[Tooting Gull]

About 30 hours lectures a week.

 

[the right footed denilson]

Unless you go to Oxbridge... there they are all MAs, even Maths.

They are? I did a Bsc and went to Portsmouth of all places.

 

[Dr Q]

About 30 hours lectures a week.

Is the right answer!!

 

[Badger]

I've got a computer science degree but it's a BEng although I had the choice to change it to BSc if I wanted, not entirely sure why it was classed as both

 

[Simster]

About 30 hours lectures a week.

I was in a house with 5 lads at Uni in my second year. The one engineer (BSc) did more hours every week than the rest of us put together (Law & bus studies degrees).

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

the theory vs practical thing used to be a loose and broad definition of the difference between a university and a polytechnic.

 

[Djmiles]

Rule of thumb:

BSc - Proper degrees

BA - Worthless (Drama, Film + TV etc)

 

[magoo]

frightening......all I need now is to be told that Magoo is a university student

don't let my high brow banter and intellectual posts fool you...

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Rule of thumb:

BSc - Proper degrees

BA - Worthless (Drama, Film + TV etc)

Yup, that's the one. At the Uni I went to, some wag had written above the toilet roll holder in one of the toilet cubicle 'Get your BA Degrees here'.

Suffice to say, as an MSc and BSc student, I found it funny

 

[sten_super]

They are? I did a Bsc and went to Portsmouth of all places.

Yeah my better half has a BA in Natural Sciences (a mixture of Chemistry and Biology); about as science-y as you can get! No idea why.

At other universities it does seem to be dependent on whether it's mathsy or not. I did a BSc in Economics (at Bath) but a couple of people on my course did BAs in Economics and Business (or similar) where they missed out the maths and did even more essay-type modules.

 

[magoo]

Rule of thumb:

BSc - Proper degrees

BA - Worthless (Drama, Film + TV etc)

so why would there be a BA (Hons) in Leadership and Management when it's nothing to do with the arts?

 

[Djmiles]

Yup, that's the one. At the Uni I went to, some wag had written above the toilet roll holder in one of the toilet cubicle 'Get your BA Degrees here'.

Suffice to say, as an MSc and BSc student, I found it funny

Never gets old that one