Nowadays, many families with good conditions go to college and choose a different track from other families. That is, do not participate in the domestic college entrance examination, and choose to go to a well-known foreign university for further study at the undergraduate level. This is a very common phenomenon in foreign Chinese middle schools in some municipalities, sub-provincial cities, and prefecture-level cities.
The benefits of this are obvious!
If the child has to apply for a master's and doctoral program from an overseas famous university later, the application result is often much stronger than applying from many domestic universities, because foreign master's and doctoral programs are relatively more favored by undergraduates under the same education system.
However, when choosing an undergraduate degree program, we often see the difference between a BA (Bachelor of Arts) and a BS or BSc (Bachelor of Science). What's the difference between the two?
Very simply, studying in universities abroad is divided into liberal arts and science like in China, BA is a bachelor of arts, and BS is a bachelor of science. However, there is a big difference between the division of liberal arts and science majors abroad and the division of liberal arts and science majors in China.
For example, business is classified as liberal arts in the concept of Chinese, while abroad, many majors under business are classified as science.
Why is that? You ask a college professor, and the professor will tell you, "BA is more inclined towards critical thinking, communication, and holistic learning; BS focuses on logic, reasoning and quantitative skills. ”
This passage is very accurate, but the cultural level is not high enough, and it is really incomprehensible.
To put it simply: the difficulty of mathematics, BS requirements are higher than BA, for example, calculus, mathematical statistics, probability theory and linear algebra are all compulsory subjects. BAs often don't have that requirement.
Some business majors need to learn the above mathematical knowledge, so in foreign countries, accounting and finance majors may also be science. On the other hand, because the majors of literature, history, philosophy and law do not need to learn the above mathematical knowledge, in foreign countries, the majors of literature, history, philosophy and law belong to the same liberal arts as in China.
From this distinction, parents should generally understand the difference between BS and BA.
That's right! If the child plays small mathematics, or is not tired of learning mathematics, choose BS's major, if the child hates number classes when he is young, and he is stunned when he gets to the math exam, he will choose BA's major.
In this way, the idea is clear.
Let's take a look at which are the majors under BA and which are under BS:
Humanities (literature, religion, philosophy, history, foreign languages).
Employment direction: literature and art (including museums and institutions).
Educate. Visual and Performing Arts.
Social Sciences (Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, Law).
Employment direction: non-profit organizations.
International Contacts. **
Social services. Law.
Communications, News, or **.
Employment direction: advertising, sales and marketing, human resources business.
News or**.
Study. Natural sciences (biology, environmental sciences, chemistry, physics).
Career direction: health care (medicine, nursing).
Natural resources and sustainable management.
Agriculture or Food & Beverage.
Pharmaceuticals. R&D.
Chemical industry. Mathematics and Technology (Mathematics, Statistics, Information Technology, Computer Science).
Employment direction: science and technology.
Information technology. Data science.
Engineering (Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical).
Employment direction: engineering.
Manufacturing. Aviation or aerospace.
Technology. Of course, some majors are not based on the above criteria, such as computer science (CS) majors, many schools have BA and BS, and the distinction between them is still in mathematics.
A Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science typically requires a higher level of mathematical ability. BS courses usually have more rigorous math requirements, like what advanced calculus, linear algebra, discrete math, and probability theory, which are mandatory. A Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Computer Science typically places less emphasis on advanced math courses. Although some mathematics courses are still required for bachelor's degree programs, students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science can take courses such as statistics, data analysis, and applied mathematics, which are relatively shallow.
What other majors are also like this, and it is possible to have a BS degree? Is it possible to have a BA degree?
Psychology. Direction of employment.
Social. Marketing and sales.
Study. Educate.
Direction of employment. Primary or secondary education.
Non-profit organizations.
Business and Economics.
Direction of employment. Banking or Finance.
Enterprises (from companies to start-ups).
* or think tanks. How to divide the employment direction of BS and BA in the same major?
Take, for example, the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology and the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Psychology. Student A likes social work or counseling, and can choose to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, while Student B likes to do research in the laboratory and has a plan to study for a PhD, so she can choose to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.
From the above analysis, we can draw the following conclusions:
1. When a major only has a BA degree and no BS degree, then the mathematical knowledge to be learned in this major must be the easiest.
2. When a major has both a BS degree and a BA degree, then the mathematics to be learned in the BS degree must be relatively more difficult, and the mathematics in the BA degree must be relatively simple.
3. When a major only has a BS degree, there is no need to guess, the mathematical difficulty of this degree is the mathematical difficulty that normal science majors in China should have.
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