Bachelor of Arts

== Degrees in other countries ==
=== Australia, Nepal, New Zealand, and South Africa ===
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In colleges and universities in Australia, Nepal, New Zealand, and South Africa, the BA degree can be taken over three years of full-time study.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bachelor of Arts degrees |publisher=[[Australian National University]] |url=http://cass.anu.edu.au/node/144 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401072859/http://cass.anu.edu.au/node/144 |archive-date=2010-04-01}}</ref> Students must pursue at least one [[academic major|major]] area of study and units from that subject are usually studied in each year, though sometimes students may choose to complete upper-level classes in the same year and as a result, can leave space for elective subjects from a different field. At some universities, students may choose to pursue a second major; alternatively, the remainder of the degree is taken up with a minor area of study (in the first two years) and other individual or stream-based subjects. Honours is an additional year of study after the BA degree, that combines aspects of undergraduate study with those of postgraduate research. Entry to the honours program is usually highly selective.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}