Bachelor of Arts and Science

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Bachelor of Arts and Science(s) (BA&Sc, BASc, BAS, B.A.&Sc., B.A.Sc., or B.A.S.), sometimes also named Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA), [1] is an undergraduate bachelor's degree conferred by a small number of universities from countries including the United States, Canada, [2] the United Kingdom, [3] New Zealand, [4] Australia, and France [5] . There is no one set way in which a Bachelor of Arts and Science programme is generally structured but they generally involve students taking interdisciplinary courses from both the liberal arts and the sciences, [2] and/or require a student to complete the general requirements for a bachelor's degree for two different academic majors (or academic minors) — one that usually leads to a BA degree and one that usually leads to a BSc degree. [3] The degrees are generally designed to be completed in three to four years, depending on the institution.

Technically speaking, in English-speaking universities it is not an example of a double degree, as universities only confer a single degree. [6] [7] However, Sciences Po, the only French-speaking university to offer the programme, grants a dual Bachelor's degree upon completion. [5]

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  1. Introducing the New Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA) in the College of Natural Sciences - website of University of Texas at Austin
  2. 1 2 "Our Program". Quest University. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Arts and Sciences (BASc) programmes". UCL. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. "Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc)". University of Otago. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASC) - An interdisciplinary Dual Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences". Sciences Po. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. UC Davis Registrar "A student who completes all requirements for approved multiple majors in which one major normally leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree and another normally leads to a Bachelor of Science degree, will receive a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree."
  7. "Stanford University Registrar". Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-01-31.