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Interesting to see "BA Biology" in the "most subsidized" list. Is that because it's a popular default major at many schools, and unlike a BS it is less rigorous
by gnicholas 4y ago
Interesting to see "BA Biology" in the "most subsidized" list. Is that because it's a popular default major at many schools, and unlike a BS it is less rigorous? I went to a school that only granted BAs, except for Engineering, so all of our Bio majors were BAs. I don't know how common or uncommon this is, or if there are schools that offer both BAs and BSs in Bio.
- wink 4y agoNo idea how it is in the US, but here in Germany even ~20y it was said that a plain degree in biology is kinda useless, you kind have to tuck on a PhD (I'm deliberately not calling the first one undergraduate degree, because our system used to be Diploma (~10 semesters) + Dr. after that, and not BSc+MSc+PhD.)
- bbatha 4y agoI had a lot of BA in Biology friends who were pre-meds. They got the BA so they could fit the other required pre-med classes in that didn't count towards BS requirements. It would also make sense that we subsidize a medicine related degrees.