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BA or BSc

  • 12-10-2009 2:16pm
    #1
    redout
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    What is the difference between the two apart from "arts" and "science". Is one perceived as more difficult than the other and more respected or does it really matter ? I have read that BA usually last 3 years as opposed to maybe 4 years for a BSc.


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
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    redout wrote: »
    What is the difference between the two apart from "arts" and "science".

    TBH, that's pretty much it.
    redout wrote: »
    Is one perceived as more difficult than the other and more respected or does it really matter ?

    Difficulty, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. What one person may find difficult, another may find trivial.
    redout wrote: »
    I have read that BA usually last 3 years as opposed to maybe 4 years for a BSc.

    You can do an ordinary BSc. in three years, as opposed to a BSc. (Hons) in four.


  • #3
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    At the risk of sounding completely obvious, the Bsc is a more science based degree, so you will probably do more Chemistry/Biology based subjects (modules), rather than literature/reading based subjects.


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