Majoring in something. I don't understand...

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One thing that always confused me was the use of BA and BSc in the US. In Canada (as I imagine in most other countries) there's a set requirement for what subjects constitute arts, and what subjects constitute Science. So, your bachelor degree type indicates the field of study.

ie: Arts: Social Studies, languages (sometimes fine arts), History
Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Math...

Whereas in America it seems the difference between BA and BSc is mostly about what electives you take (credits not included in your major or required)

That is what I expect, too, but I guess it varies among the US colleges and universities. I know some well known universities only offer BA degrees but they do have science majors.

One university that I was looking at offers only BS degrees for all of the math, science, and computer related majors except for the math and science majors specifically. Those 2 also have a BA option for people who want to apply them toward humanities and social science areas and the BS option is for people who want to apply them toward math and science areas.

As long as potential graduate schools and employers understand it, I guess the distinction between the two doesn't matter as much as I thought it did.