 Undergraduate academic degree | |
| Acronym | BSc; BS; SB; ScB |
|---|---|
| Type | Bachelor's degree |
| Duration | 3 to 5 years |
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus)1 is a bachelor's degree awarded upon the completion and fulfillment of the requirements of an undergraduate program.2
"B.S." redirects here. For other uses of "BS", see BS.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of London in 1860.3 In the United States, the first conferred the degree in 1851, followed by the in 1855. , who was Harvard's Dean of Sciences, wrote in a private letter that "the degree of Bachelor of Science came to be introduced into our system through the influence of , who had much to do in shaping the plans of this School."