{"id":3142,"date":"2018-08-02T13:57:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T17:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2018-08-03T12:27:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:27:49","slug":"i-am-deciding-whether-i-should-take-b-arch-bs-arch-ba-arch-what-are-the-advantages-disadvantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/08\/02\/i-am-deciding-whether-i-should-take-b-arch-bs-arch-ba-arch-what-are-the-advantages-disadvantages\/","title":{"rendered":"I am deciding whether I should take B-arch\/BS-arch\/BA-arch. What are the advantages &#038; disadvantages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3141\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aw080218-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3141\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aw080218-1-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"I am deciding whether I should take B-arch\/BS-arch\/BA-arch. What are the advantages &amp; disadvantages?\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aw080218-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aw080218-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aw080218-1.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am deciding whether I should take B-arch\/BS-arch\/BA-arch. What are the advantages &amp; disadvantages?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In general the difference between a BA and a BS is the type of coursework required for each. Typically a BA has broader and more varied coursework, while a BS is more focused on the major. So if you\u2019re absolutely, positively sure of what you want to do, a BS might be the better choice. On the other hand, if you\u2019re not sure or interested in lots of different things, a BA might be right. You will need to look carefully at the coursework required for the two degrees and do a good self-assessment: What do you want? What are you interested in? What\u2019s your learning style? And so on. And do ask for help and input from school counselors and family. It\u2019s a difficult decision; best of luck in your studies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In general the difference between a BA and a BS is the type of coursework required for each. Typically a BA has broader and more varied coursework, while a BS is more focused on the major. So if you\u2019re absolutely, positively sure of what you want to do, a BS might be the better choice. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/08\/02\/i-am-deciding-whether-i-should-take-b-arch-bs-arch-ba-arch-what-are-the-advantages-disadvantages\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I am deciding whether I should take B-arch\/BS-arch\/BA-arch. What are the advantages &#038; disadvantages?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3145,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions\/3145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}