BACHELOR OF ARTS Definition & Meaning

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Bachelor of Arts

noun

a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts, usually awarded for studies in the social sciences or humanities.
a person having this degree. : A.B., B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

noun

a degree conferred on a person who has successfully completed his or her undergraduate studies, usually in a branch of the liberal arts or humanities
a person who holds this degree

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Origin of Bachelor of Arts¹

First recorded in 1570–80

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“I don’t have a Nobel Prize in economics, I only have a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of Washington, but I can tell you the oil and gas industry is not going bankrupt.”

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In May of last year, Curry completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology at Davidson and received his diploma.

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He received his associate of arts degree from Clark College in 1962 and his Bachelor of Arts from Lewis & Clark College in 1964 before launching into the world of politics.

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He graduated from Northwestern University in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and English and earned a master’s degree in political economy from Harvard in 1955.

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For economics, the Bachelor of Arts would be cut, but the Bachelor of Science would remain.

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