Bachelor of Science
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Definition of Bachelor of Science
1 : the recipient of a bachelor's degree which usually signifies that the recipient has done the greater part of his or her course work in the sciences with some specialization in a particular science
2 : the degree making one a Bachelor of Science
—abbreviation B.S., B.Sc., S.B.the degree of Bachelor of Science in agronomya B.S. in chemical engineeringa B.Sc. in architecture
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The first known use of Bachelor of Science was in 1851
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