<p>I was wondering what's the difference between BA Econ major w/ math emphasis and BS Econ major w/ math emphasis? I know that basically, BA means less Physical and Biological Science courses, BS means more of that. Will that affect apply graduate school or graduate study in Econ?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Without knowing what school you’re talking about, it’s difficult to say what the differences could be. My first reaction reading your post was that any one school with both those majors has some pretty redundant offerings. </p>
<p>At UCSB (my school), the Econ-Math major really focuses on giving students enough math to have a leg up for graduate studies - it basically incorporates requirements from the math major into the economics major. If those BA and BS degrees you mentioned are from different universities, then I would look at the required courses for each (and check the corresponding course descriptions). It wouldn’t surprise me to see that they may not be that different, in that case. </p>
<p>If you’re looking at studying graduate-level economics, I’d think that they’d look at your transcript more than the BA/BS title your degree has - I’m an undergraduate, but I have a hard time believing that economics PhD programs would discount an economics BA with a math emphasis that easily.</p>