“bachelor of”

The following 2 entries include the term bachelor of.

Bachelor of Arts

: the recipient of a bachelor's degree which usually signifies that the recipient has passed a certain number of courses in the humanities abbreviation B.A., A.B.

Bachelor of Science

: 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


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