Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both.

A bachelor of arts degree program generally lasts three years in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Iceland, India, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Quebec, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa and Switzerland, and four years in Scotland, the rest of Canada and the United States.