# Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

arts degree, academic degree| Subclass of | bachelor's degree  |
| Short name | B.A., B. A., BA, SmSa, B.A.  |
| Next higher rank | Master of Arts  |
| Female form of label | bacharela em artes, bacharela em belas artes  |
| Male form of label | bacharel em artes, bacharel em belas artes  |

**Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA, A.B.** anaa **AB)** na bachelor's degree wey dem give for undergraduate program insyd liberal arts anaa samtimes oda disciplines.

How long e go take finish Bachelor of Arts degree depend for de country den institution top, buh e mostly dey take three to four years.

* For sam countries like Peru, Argentina, Brazil, den Chile, e dey take five anaa more years to get degree.

* For places like Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada (except Quebec), China, Egypt, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, de Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, de Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, de United States, den Zambia e dey take four years make dem plete BA degree.

* Some countries like Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, de Caribbean, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Quebec (Canada), South Africa (sam degrees), Switzerland, den UK (except Scotland), BA degree fit take three years. For places like Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, den Russia, dem get three-year BA programs too.

## Definition

De Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree be undergraduate postsecondary degree wey focus for liberal arts den studies. Dem compare to Bachelor of Science (BS), BA get more focus for science, math, den engineering top. BA degree be one type of baccalaureate degree. E dey usually take four years make dem plete, wey mean say e need four years of full-time coursework during term time. Buh like oda degrees, sam fit take longer based for de student ein ability, motivation, den financial support top. Traditionally, public den private universities den colleges per dey offer Bachelor of Arts degrees. Just like oda bachelor's degrees, BA be admission requirement give graduate den professional school. From de 1990s, junior colleges start make dem confer dema own baccalaureate degrees. Career-specific BA degrees too dey, like Bachelor of Arts insyd Functional English, Bachelor of Arts insyd Administration, Bachelor of Arts insyd Interdisciplinary Studies, den Regents Bachelor of Arts.

## History

Na de BA degree dey academics for centuries. Na e influence universities make dem start dey focus for broad topics top like algebra, psychology, biology, art, history, den philosophy.

De way BA degree be, e never change for ein history. BA degree cam from de study of liberal arts. Liberal arts be term wey dem use for de study of chaw learning branches like grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, den music. De study of liberal arts start for Middle Ages. For Renaissance period, de term liberal arts mean general studies in a broader sense. Dis definition of liberal studies still dey remain de same till today.

For Japan den de United States, historically, public anaa private institutions den colleges per dey give BA degrees.