Bachelor's degrees are granted by universities as four-year
degree programs, although earning a bachelor's can often take
more than just four years. Modern technology makes earning a
bachelors online possible, through online coursework. Some
schools also require a thesis in order to graduate with a
bachelor's degree, while others require a paper on laboratory
research if the degree granted is within the fields of science.
Those who do exceptionally well can enter into the honors or
scholars programs, which offer up excelled learning in the
classroom, where the courses are more challenging and the
curriculum is more demanding. The two main types of bachelor's
degrees are: Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS).
These divisions follow the University of London's practice of
dividing the two main types of education into arts and science.
There are many other smaller divisions of either the BA or BS.
Fields like liberal arts, theology, forestry, medicine,
mathematics, engineering, religion, and many mo