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regob

hi there i was just wondering could anybody tell me the difference between a bsc hons and a ba hons in economics

cheers

regob

Économiste Monétaire

One is a Bachelor of Science, the other is a Bachelor of Arts. What's more important is the course content and prestige of the University.

Where were you looking at?

regob

regob wrote: »

hi there i was just wondering could anybody tell me the difference between a bsc hons and a ba hons in economics

cheers

regob

No real difference - I have a BA, I know other Universities (for the same course) give an BSc.

I am enrolling in an MSc come October, however UCD do pretty much the same course but its an MA.

As UCD Econ says, its more about the prestige of the University and the quality of the department then the letters.

As an aside (and an exception) Trinity and Oxbridge award a BA for Biochemistry and are the only Universities in the world to do so. Thus a BA in BioChem is quite a novel and interesting degree to have.

Économiste Monétaire

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I am enrolling in an MSc come October

That's quite a large selection of option modules.

Flamed Diving

Generally speaking, I would expect a BSc to be more quantitative than a BA.

regob

the reason i asked this is because i just finished my first year of a bsc hons economics dis. would this put me in a greater equal to or less of an advantage of that of a ba student

Économiste Monétaire

Well, you can't say "I have a B.Sc which is better than a B.A." or vice versa. It's more complicated than that. It would depend on what university your degree comes from, what modules you took, what those modules covered, is the course quite math/stat based, what class your degree is (I.E: a I.I, a II.I, or a II.II).

Flamed Diving

regob wrote: »

the reason i asked this is because i just finished my first year of a bsc hons economics dis. would this put me in a greater equal to or less of an advantage of that of a ba student

Well it depends what you are getting into. I think people tend to sneer at more Artsy subjects when compared to Maths/Science. But you must remember that Maths is only useful to study when you need to apply it, whereas the critical/analytical skills you learn in Arts have multiple, cross-disciplinary uses. So I wouldn't say that one is better than the other, it just depends what you need these skills for. Its all relative!

el_gaucho

does anyone know if a BA(hons) (3 year course in UK) equates to level 7 or 8 in the National Framework?