Education 'level' poll

[kingchris20]

BSc in Business/Accounting

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

At UC Berkeley, you get a BA in biology

Okay, you're not just going to post that and not say the reason why.

 

[Hygro]

Okay, you're not just going to post that and not say the reason why.

I already did . BA and BS are arbitrary, done differently in different places for different reasons.

Here, which one you get is defined by the college the department is in. So bio is in Letters & Sciences, which awards BAs exclusively. It doesn't matter how competitive and ridiculous the two bio majors are.

Economics is the same, and while I think it's better referred to as an art, a whole lot of schools throw it in the BS category. Many of those schools don't cover nearly the same material—not until their masters programs do they! Meanwhile, business administration has its own college and they all about that hustle so they're gonna make it look as polished as possible, and science it is.

 

[Old Hippy]

just to balance the thread

none ... I left school at 15

but over the years have picked up a few certificates/associate diplomas in stuff like a trade/building technology/drafting/quantify surveying/specification writing/project management and wine/cheese making

and am presently studying to get a bit of paper for case management in community work that I should complete this year. so basically I have been enrolled in a TAFE (community college) certificate course for the last 35 years with only 20 more years to go, probably

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I already did . BA and BS are arbitrary, done differently in different places for different reasons.

Here, which one you get is defined by the college the department is in. So bio is in Letters & Sciences, which awards BAs exclusively.

Just curious about the reason it ended up that way in UC Berkeley, that a department with "Sciences" in the title awards Bachelor of Arts degrees. It doesn't matter how competitive and ridiculous the two bio majors are.

 

[MilesGregarius]

BSc in Politics and International Relations...so I can get work visas to teach English in Asia.

 

[bhavv]

BSc Human Biology with Music (major / minor).

 

[JollyRoger]

JD, which doesn't really fit comfortably in a category.

 

[Birdjaguar]

MBA many years ago.

 

[ParkCungHee]

In the middle of a stalled Masters in History.

 

[illram]

JD, which is a doctorate so I guess closest in the list is a PhD.

 

[Hygro]

JD, which is a doctorate so I guess closest in the list is a PhD.

Haha you rounded up.

I rounded down ;D

 

[Mise]

I guess a JD is more a professional qualification than an academic qualification? If you can make that sort of distinction meaningfully.

IIRC Cambridge also gives BAs for science degrees. It doesn't even distinguish between degree subjects: you just get a "Bachelor of Arts degree", as opposed to e.g. a BA in Engineering.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I got kicked out of highschool too. Good to see you back, btw.

Thanks brohammed. How you been?

 

[bhavv]

People often ask why I did my subject combination, and now I can reply because it also taught me how to make this!


Link to video.

 

[Cutlass]

Thanks brohammed. How you been?

Busy busy busy. You?

 

[Bartleby]

PhD Organic Chemistry.

 

[Takhisis]

Industrial.

The university system in Brazil is different from here in the US. There's no such thing as major / minor, nor an "undergrad". An engineering degree takes 5 years and is considered a graduate degree. A Master's takes 2 years and is a post-graduate degree.

The same system applies here, so in a few years' time we'll see.

I can interpret this both ways

¿Por qué no los dos?

Congrats!

Would your position be baron?

That is the OP's.

 

[Richard Cribb]

If I remember correctly, a Master in History and a Bachelor in Philosophy. Or in other words, a colossal waste of money, time and good life.
And in any case, all that was so long ago that it hardly seems real. I don't see me achieving something like this today.

 

[Kyriakos]

That is the OP's.

Check the avatar, i am Sebastokrator now