Talk:Bachelor of Arts
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I would like to know where people can get a 3 year BA in BC or Alberta. Even degrees at UC's and BCIT take 4 years?! And I know for a fact that all BAs at UBC, UVic and SFU are at least 120 Hours (yes even the "major" degrees). Honours degrees are 120plus. I am going to change this. I would also like to note that a lot of Ontario school are phasing out the 3 year degree (i.e. U of T) now that thier isnt OAC (Gr. 13); however, many school are not.
Normally, graduates of universities with an honours degree of Bachelor of Arts abbreviate it as B.A. ( Hons ). However, it is possible that a graduate with an honours degree of Bachelor of Arts does not abbreviate the name of his/ her degre as above. For example, Universiti Putra Malaysia offers several Bachelor of Arts programmes whose graduates, upon graduating, are awarded with a degree namely " Bachelor of Arts ( English Language) with Honours Second Class Upper ". Thus, these graduates normally abbreviate their degrees' name as B.A. ( English Language ) with no indication of honours received.
Written by: Effendi bin Abdullah, Malaysia. < effendiabdullah@pd.jaring.my >
In Ireland, graduates of Trinity College, University of Dublin may put "mod." after B.A. to indicate that they have taken an extra fourth year and so achieved honours. Thus J.Bloggs,B.A. (mod.),T.C.D.
I want to know what facts the person who posted under "Duration" can offer to support his or her conclusion that it is an increasingly common practice in the U.S. to take five years to complete a B.A. program.
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[edit] Brazil
The information about bachelor´s degree (Bacharelado, not Bacharelato) in Brazil is incorrect. Like in the USA, the bachelor´s degree here is a 4 years degree, but without the General Education component. For example, before being admited to a college you must choose your field of study. There is no majors here. You begin studing your selected subject in the first year of college.
The 2 years degree is recent and is called "tecnólogo". Basically, it is a Associate of Applied Science Degree.
[edit] Concerning See Also
I think that the Bachelor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Science should be removed from the See Also area since the Bachelor's degrees link is already there. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, however, should probably stay listed since it and the BA share a similarity and not many folks know the difference between the two. If not that then perhaps there should be a short section about the BFA added to this article explaining the differences between it and a BA. Teliis 19:51, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
As well, this article doesn't seem to mention that some schools (especially larger US or Canadian universities) only offer BAs in the humanities/social sciences, whereas BScs are for subjects in the natural/applied sciences, regardless of the depth of concentration in a specific major. To denote concentration, they usually have Hons/General designations.
[edit] Canada ?
Canada have 2 separate education systems, one in quebec and one for the rest of canada. A Bachelor in the Quebec province last 3 years instead of 4 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.82.53.182 (talk • contribs) 23:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Concerning See Also
I agree with the person who said, 'I want to know what facts the person who posted under "Duration".' There is no evidence to support what is said, so I'm going to change it. -THalleck, 8/8/06 - 12:06am
[edit] Content, credit, contact hours
How many teaching hours should a BA include? In the 'credit' systems, is there a usual number of credits a student takes during a BA? (To compare it to other programs.) Njál 11:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
