<p>Hello guys. I am planning to take psychology as a pre med major. However, the university am planning to take psychology does not offer BS Psychology, instead it offers a BA psychology. That being said,
1) does a med school accept BA or they insist for a BS?
2) Can anybody make me understand whats a BA and how is it different wiht a BS?
3) And before i get to attend BA/BS should I need to finish any further education like associates degree or anything like that?</p>
<p>1) doesn’t matter
2) BA is more interdisciplinary, BS is generally more professionally-oriented and/or may contain more science or major-specific courses
3) No</p>
<p>1) They accept both
2) More work for the BS usually, but if your school doesn’t offer a BS in Psych then they aren’t going to hold it against you (not that I believe they do). If it comes up tell the truth, you didn’t have a choice.
3) No, 3-4 years at a University straight through is all you need.</p>
<p>I concur with both posters above on responses 1 & 3. But a BS is only “more work” if a college makes it that way; in general, the graduation requirements are roughly equivalent (number of courses/units required for a degree). A BS is only more “professional” in the professional schools like undergrad biz and engineering.</p>
<p>A BS may just mean a couple of additional science classes in lieu of humanities/lit distribution courses. For a science geek, that is a god-send, and LESS work than writing papers on Chaucer. A liberal arts major might prefer the additional hume/lit courses as opposed to another lab course. And, with psych, a BS may be more intune to those desiring grad school in psych. For example, Duke offers both a BS and a BA in Psych, and one differentiating feature is that the BS requires Calc. Of course, someone anticipating grad school in a social science is highly advised to take calc, anyway. Thus, not necessarily pre-professional.</p>