I want an A.B. !

<p>When I graduate from UChicago in 2011 (hopefully!), I wish I would get an A.B. with a concentration in philosophy as opposed to the bland B.A. with a major in philosophy.</p>

<p>What prompted UChicago to make the switch?</p>

<p>The addition of minors.</p>

<p>Haha this is kind of embarassing, but can anyone explain the difference in A.B and B.A?</p>

<p>I think it’s exactly the same thing, except Chicago names the degree differently because Chicago is being pretentious/classy depending on how you look at it.</p>

<p>A.B is Latin: Artium Baccalaureus</p>

<p>B.A. is English: Bachelor of Arts</p>

<p>I can understand how the addition of minors forced UChicago to switch from ‘concentration’ to ‘major’ but it has nothing to do with A.B. / B.A. does it?</p>

<p>Ah, good times. Good times.</p>

<p>Relax, when you come onto campus you’ll still be a first year instead of a freshman; you’re professors will go by their first names or Mr. or Ms. instead of Dr., Sir, or Professor; you’ll “write your BA” instead of write your thesis; and you’ll overall be an awesome person.</p>

<p>will the switch only affect the 2011 graduates or all graduates from here on out?</p>

<p>I just found this online. They don’t have much information on the switch on their site that I could find.

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