<p>why did davis change their bachelors degrees to A.B. instead of B.A.</p>
<p>because davis is weird like that ;)</p>
<p>Actually, I think it's because in Latin, it's Artis Baccularatum, thus A.B. is more traditional. That's my guess, anyway.</p>
<p>That's correct, they use the traditional Latin arrangement of the words "Artium Baccalaureus" to distinguish a Bachelor of Arts from a Bachelor of Science. Why they don't do S.B. for "Scienti</p>
<p>BA & BS....?? they are distinguished enough.</p>