<p>Whats the concrete difference between a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science ? does it even matter ? If you major in MCB in the college of L&S, do you receive a BA ?</p>
<p>If you’re in L&S, no matter what major you are, you get a BA.</p>
<p>Yeah but I do agree that it is weird that berkeley students in L&S get a bachelors of arts in subjects like Chemistry, Math, and Physics as opposed to a bachelors in science.</p>
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<p>At MIT, you can get a Bachelor of Science in Literature or in Writing. I never realized that literature and writing were sciences. Can you actually apply the scientific method to literature?</p>
<p>So… it doesnt really matter then its just a title ?</p>
<p>Well, there is no concrete difference I guess. BA is supposedly more focused on arts and humanities path while BS is more focused on science and mathematics path, but at Berkeley … I have no clue.
Well, apparently to this website BS has a higher salary than BA degree …
[PayScale</a> - Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Bachelor_of_Arts_(BA)/Salary]PayScale”>Bachelor of Arts (BA) Salary | PayScale)
[PayScale</a> - Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Bachelor_of_Science_(BS)/Salary]PayScale”>http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Bachelor_of_Science_(BS)/Salary)</p>
<p>It’s a Bachelor’s degree either way.</p>
<p>Science majors in L&S (Astrophysics, EPS, IB, MCB, Physics, etc.) all add up to around 50 units. CNR, CoE, CoC, and Haas majors add up to at minimum to 80 units.</p>
<p>A BA major is around 50 units, a BS major is around 80. On facebook, there is an idiotic group of MCB students and alumni who think MCB should be its own college and it should be BA, though they don’t realize that unit-wise MCB (or any other science) is nowhere near enough units for a BS</p>
<p>Also, in common parlance we translate BS as Bachelor of Science, but scientiae baccalaureus actually means Bachelor of Knowledge. Scientia, -ae means knowledge, not science. It is derived the present participle (sciens, scientis) of scire, which means ‘to know’.</p>
<p>Just because something is a BS does not really mean it is a science and if something does not have BS that does not mean it is not a science.</p>
<p>^ Nevertheless, I think a BS is a little bit more highly looked upon by others than a BA. But just a thought after perusing around… =</p>
<p>In certain Asian nations, a B.A. would mean “Oh, JUST a B.A.” However, in the same Asian nations, I’d say if you said you went to Berkeley, they’d be all smiles =]</p>
<p>i’m talking about jobs though, not bragging rights. lol</p>
<p>where do u sit in 8am frechet? batman? i never see u… .or do i?</p>
<p>well it’s not like I can dress up as batman and go in now. That’s only for night. You probably have seen me, though I kinda ditched these past 3 lectures. lol</p>
<p>ok. go on tuesday. and say. I AM BATMAN!!! then ill know.</p>
<p>lmao i’ll try to go on tuesday (if not i’ll try to remember to do it on thursday), but i have a paper due at 930 in my ac class so i may skip.</p>
<p>… lol. just say ur batman. ill know</p>
<p>The concrete difference between a “BA” and the “BS” is the letter after the “B.”</p>
<p>When employers and graduate/profession schools see a degree from Cal, they don’t give a damn whether it is a BA or a BS (because they know either way, it is an extremely valuable degree).</p>
<p>True, and further, it depends on what you can do and how you fit their needs afterwords.</p>