Any clear difference between these two degrees & what are their respective prospects?
2006-11-30 23:58:49 · 6 answers · asked by Drees 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You have to be more precise, because it varies with the country.
In Scotland, "Arts" are languages, history, philosophy, politics, economics, social science etcetera. "Science" is maths, physics, chemistry, biology, botany etcetera and also engineering. Master of Arts, or Bachelor of Science, are earned by three years of university study, or four for an Honours degree. Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Science, are post-graduate qualifications. It isn't logical, but that's the way it is.
However, at Cambridge in England, all three-year courses (four years for engineering or modern languages) lead to "Bachelor of Arts". Five years later you can automatically become "Master of Arts" unless you are dead or have had a criminal conviction or something. That's not logical either, but it's just like that. Oxford may well be different, and both of them are likely to be different from every other English university.
I cannot say anything useful about their respective prospects.
2006-12-01 07:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At a US college, a BA and a BS are roughly equivalent, but the difference is in the amount of science courses you take. You can get a BA in a scientific discipline (BA in biology, for example), but you'll be taking a lot fewer lab science classes than if you earned a BS in biology. In liberal arts fields (english, history, etc), you don't typically have the option of getting a BS degree and almost always get a BA.
A BS is good if you know you want to pursue a career in the sciences, or go on to medical school. You might choose the BA route if you have other interests and don't need all the heavy sciences - for example, if you want to go on to law school (biology would be a useful background for an environmental lawyer!) or if you don't know what you want to do but think it'll involve biology.
But apparently this is all completely different in the UK, so keep in mind that my answer is only good for the US!
2006-12-01 07:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by supercheesegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your definition of science is dreadfully naïve, and your definition of religion is obviously wrong. Religion =/= Christianity. Even if it did, most churches ignore the Bible most of the time. Science isn't carried out by robots - Scientists have ambitions, and careers, and bosses, and various other motivations to fudge results a lot of the time. When you say, "science openly admits that it does not have all the answers" - 'science' doesn't admit anything, 'science' can't talk. Only scientists talk, and on a debated topic, they will more often claim to the public that their personal favourite theory is true, rather than admit that the answer is unknown. I've heard life on mars, multiple universes, flat space, and many other highly debatable claims all presented as fact by the scientists who favour them. They do NOT admit that they don't really know, and they are NOT 'extremely open to changing their views'.
2016-05-23 07:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you study subjects in the arts or literature, language etc. then you are awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. If you study such subjects as Physics, Chemistry then it would be Bachelor of Science. Their relative prospects would be determined by market forces.
2006-12-01 00:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by darestobelieve 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is the difference between a BA and a BS? About $30,000 per year when you get out of school.
2006-12-01 01:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What's the difference between your mother and your father?
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2006-12-01 00:09:41 · answer #6 · answered by baltic072 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋