1337saur Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hey folks - I'm going into my last year at a US school that offers both a BA and a BSc in Biology. There's no difference between the two degree requirements except for the senior project - the BSc requires a year-long research project, whereas the BA only requires a 15-20 page senior essay. I'm a year-round varsity athlete and don't have a ton of free time, so I was thinking about doing a BA - anyone know if this'll be frowned upon/will put me at a disadvantage? Do any Canadian schools offer BAs in the natural sciences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swank Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I doubt it will make a difference for Canadian medical schools, as the type of degree usually doesn't matter (though I think Western requires an honours degree). I've never heard of a school out west offering a BA in natural science. Eastern USA and Europe are the only places I've seen this. I think if you were to apply for a "normal" job a BA could be frowned upon, just because it is exclusively associated with humanities where I live. You should be fine with medical schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 A BA will not put you at a disadvantage. Canadian med schools don't care what your degree is in, as long as you took the required pre-req courses. Also, some Canadian schools do offer BAs in the natural sciences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ace of Spades Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Like swank said, it will not matter for medical schools, but for anything else a BSc looks better on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Like swank said, it will not matter for medical schools, but for anything else a BSc looks better on paper. except social work, business, communications and anything else non-science related. however, i would say that a majority of the population thinks that getting a science degree is harder... therefore looks better and the people who get science degrees are somehow better off because of it. in the end though... it's just a piece of paper that qualifies you for a certain subset of jobs that other people with a different piece of paper do not qualify for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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