How are BA Economics, BA Economics Honours and BSc Economics different from each other?
BA, BA(Hons), and BSc(Hons) in Economics are nearly all same.The course curriculum varies in each. Also affiliated University plays a major role in deciding the Degree. Above all BA is the simple graduation in which you've to study Arts/Social Sc Subjects for 3 whole years. BA(HonS) is mastering the Honours subject in final year.BSc (hons) is also the same thing albeit in BSc you'll have more of mathematics and calculative part as compared to the counterparts.I'll give my own example. I and my other two friends are pursuing graduation in Economics. I'm from BHU, one is from Delhi University and the other one is from Calcutta University. We all study the same thing. But, I & my friend from DU will be awarded BA(Hons)-Economics and the Calcutta guy will be awarded BSc(Hons)-Economics.Overall, Degree don't matters. What matters is from where it is being pursued. :)
What is the difference between a BA (Hons.) and a BSc?
BA, BA (Hons.), BSc, BSc (Hons.) are all bachelor level academic degrees awarded to students after the completion of their undergraduate study (there are exceptions, for example, in S. Africa a bachelor degree with Hons. is equivalent to a masters). The differences between a BA/Bsc degree and a BA (Hons.)/Bsc (Hons.) degree are as follows:An Hons. degree requires the student to mandatorily write a dissertation, whereas it is not necessary for a pass degree.A degree with Hons. is usually considered more academically superior because it involves a larger volume of material or a higher standard of study, or both, as compared to a pass degree.Many masters courses require you to have an undergraduate degree with Hons. rather than an ordinary pass degree.In some countries, it takes 4 years to complete an Hons. degree as compared to 3 years for an ordinary pass degree, but not necessarily so. Canada and Australia are examples of places where Hons. degrees take longer to complete.Cheers.
What is the difference between a BSc (hons) in physics and a BSc (physics)?
God there's so much misunderstanding people have here in their answers.Let's clear something. The questioner has asked the difference between BSc (hons) Physic and BSc (Physics). It's not the same as BSc (hons) Physics and BSc (General) PCM.And the answer here is there isn't any difference! BSc (Hons) Physics and BSc (Physics) are just different names to the same soup by different institutes. You shall be studying Physics in a rigorous manner for 3 years/4 years (depending on the country) with some side subject of your choice, out of which mathematics is often taken compulsory.It's not even remotely same as BSc (General), which doesn't have a specialization in terms of subject and is a lot less rigorous. What you shall be learning may or may not be enough to qualify you for a masters. Which is why honors is always preferred among candidates who wish for a proper career related to the subject they study.In terms of course work, BSc (General) is a lot easier compared to the more specialized honors course. Some universities even want a dissertation for honors courses. You shall be molded keeping in mind the possibility that you one day, might be a contributor to the same subject.Compared to the old and the new systems of education, BSc (hons) Physics will represent the former while BSc (Physics), the latter. A BSc (Physics) course may or may not have a fixed module system, where you shall be given a particular set of subjects, all of which you have to study and in the final one or two year, having more of the specialized papers in Physics. BSc (hons) Physics may give you more option in terms of selecting the side subjects that you want in your course. Most of the universities giving hons. course have a separate syllabuses for type hons. and general, for a given subject, therefore giving you the freedom to choose the honors subject syllabus with 2 or 3 general subject syllabus.
How is ISBF for economic honours? Is it really affiliated with LSE?
ISBF’s BSc Economics programme is LSE’s equivalent of the popular Indian Eco (Hons) programme. I have studied the latter myself from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi University, and have been teaching the former for over 4 years now. And I can safely say that as far as rigour and conceptual depth and breadth go, the LSE programmes offered at ISBF are truly superior to the ones offered and taught at DU or most other Indian colleges that I’m aware of.As you can perhaps tell from the above paragraph, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is integral to academics at ISBF. In fact, all non-teaching academic input for our programmes comes from LSE. The course is designed by LSE, it is they who send the study material for the programmes, and the examinations are also set and corrected by LSE academicians. You can visit the ISBF YouTube channel to hear about all this from Dr. James Abdey, a faculty member in LSE’s Department of Statistics.Technically, ISBF’s affiliation is with University of London International Programmes (UoLIP), but all the courses offered under UoLIP are designed by member colleges of UoL, such as LSE. All the social science courses, which are the only courses taught at ISBF, are designed, examined and assessed by LSE. Hopefully that explains the nature of our association with LSE.I’m not fully familiar with Quora, so I don’t know if the sub-question below your main question has also been asked by you, but I’ll take the liberty to answer it anyway. Since our students are, quite simply, studying the LSE programmes in India, every year LSE makes an offer to the top student(s) at ISBF to transfer into 2nd year at LSE and complete his / her undergraduate degree as a full-fledged student of LSE. This offer is exclusive to UoLIP’s Affiliate Centres, such as ISBF.Transfers to other UK colleges for continuing one’s undergraduate study are also an annual feature, and top universities across the UK are generally happy to make transfer offers to UoLIP students, since they recognize the rigour and relevance of these programmes.Hope that answers your questions! All the very best.