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[Samurai Blur]

Let me first explain. I want to know the difference in a BA and a BS degree. I have looked up all manner of articles, and have posted this on a couple of answer sites (like yahoo answers) and have yet to get what I believe is a proper answer.
To specify, my degree plan at my university is a "Bachelor of Science in English." The university catalog heading for the English degree is BS/BA and it shows the classes, which are the EXACT same as one another, but at the bottom it says for the BA the student must take 12 SCH of the same foreign language. It's 126 hours either way, with 15 hours of electives. Basically, I just take the foreign language instead of some other "blow off" classes as my electives and bada-bing I get the BA instead of the BS.
All the answers I keep getting (along with many articles) claim that the course work is quite different for the BA and BS, and some claim that you get a BA for art and language fields and a BS in science fields, but that is clearly not the case in my situation. So, what I want to know is: What will it matter if I stick with my BS plan or if I take Spanish and get the BA?
Can someone please give me a proper answer?
Thanks.

[Carla]

[xingyiman]

[andrewchon]

If you are concerned about your degree qualifying you to teach in Korea, then don't worry. Any bachelor degree will do. BS or BA, still won't get you higher pay rate if you didn't major in English. I'd say study what you like.

[call_the_shots]

[Reise-ohne-Ende]

My experience (University of Georgia) is that BA = Bachelor of Arts; BS = Bachelor of Sciences. So BA is for humanities and social sciences; BS is for hard sciences. Interestingly, Fine Arts gets its own: BFA I believe.

Obviously that's not the case for yours so...I don't know. Why not go for the BA and take Korean, if it's offered? Or at least Japanese or something?

[Samurai Blur]

[Reise-ohne-Ende]

[thurst]

there's no functional difference between the 2. i've never heard of a BS in english though. i got my BA in math and i know a lot of schools offer a BS for it, but looking at the coursework there weren't any significant differences that i could tell.

[sqrlnutz123]

When I was attending my first university and getting an Environmental Studies degree, I could get a BS or a BA (if I had the language requirement). Then I changed universities and changed my major to Environmental Sciences and I was only able to get a BS. So based on the other posters replies it seems like the difference is in the language, unless your major is strongly science based.

[Samurai Blur]

[Old Gil]

If you want to learn Chinese on your own, Pimsleur Mandarin is a very good It's not a substitute for actual classroom time, but it's not terrible either.

Pimsleur Korean is not so hot.

[Francis-Pax]

[nosmallplans]

I didn't realize there was so much confusion in this.

BA at my school was 12 hours of foreign language.
BS at my school was 12 hours of math/science.

BS certainly wasn't the 'blow off' option, simply suited for students who would be pursuing a math/science degree or simply could not pass 12 hours of language courses (me).

That said... I went for a BFA, which was an addition 12 hours of art classes which suited me just fine. That said, you do have to interview and get accepted into the program on the quality of your work and artist's statement, so certainly still not a 'blow off' option.

I'd weigh both degrees the same, except that someone with a BA is more likely to "know" a second language.

[Samurai Blur]