Engineering degrees

• The Bachelor of Engineering (Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria) degree or Bachelor of Applied Science^[8] degree is a professional degree awarded to students who have completed the three or four year course of study in engineering. Common abbreviations include BEng, BE, BSE, BESc, BSEng, BASc, BTech, BSc(Eng), AMIE ,GradIETE. The BAI (Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria) is awarded by the University of Dublin (Trinity College Dublin); some South African Universities refer to their Engineering degrees as BIng (Baccalaureus Ingeniaria).
• There are more specific variants for many subfields, such as the BSEE degree (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering). The BSE and BSEng (Bachelor of Software Engineering) are awarded by the University of Waterloo and University of Victoria, respectively. In India the Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Technology and AMIE (Association of Membership of Institution of Engineers) are professional degrees awarded in specific discipline such as computers, electrical, electronics, mechanical, communication, civil, plastics, chemical etc. Specialization is referred into brackets e.g. "BE (computers)".
• The Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology degree (BSET) is a professional degree awarded to students who have completed a four year course of study in engineering technology. There are variants including general engineering technology, mechanical engineering technology, electrical engineering technology and civil engineering technology. Some of these variants even have optional areas of concentration. For instance mechanical engineering technology could include mechanical systems design, manufacturing systems, marine engineering technology, among others.

  Business and management degrees

• The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is awarded to students who complete three to four years of full-time study in business administration. The degree often, though not always, requires a major in a specific field such as accounting, finance, HRM/personnel, marketing, management, management information systems, real estate, strategic management, and others. Similar programs include the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Business, Bachelor in Management Studies and Bachelor of Administrative Studies.
• The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom, or BComm in Canada) is, likewise, an undergraduate degree in general business management, although it is more theoretically based, and usually incorporates an academic major. The distinction between the BComm and the BBA then is, often, that the latter allows students to apply theories to real-life business situations, while the former concentrates on ideas and concepts.^[9] It is often offered as a three year program.
• The Bachelor of Business Science (BBusSc) is similar to the BCom, however it is a four-year Honours level course with an increased focus on the major, and which covers management theory in further depth. Additionally, all Business Science degrees require the student to take a full first-year mathematics course.
• The Bachelor of Accountancy (B.Acy. or B.Acc. or B. Accty) is a specialized degree in accountancy; it is often the principal (or only) undergraduate degree recognized for later professional practice. It is distinct from a BBA or BComm with a major in accountancy in that the entire program is focused on accountancy, while other topics are supplementary. It is also known as: Bachelor of Accounting or Bachelor of Accounting Science or Bachelor of Comptrolling (B.Acc.Sci. or B.Compt.).
• The Bachelor of Economics (BEc, BEconSc; sometimes BA(Econ) or BSc(Econ)) is similarly a specialized degree in the field of economics. Courses may last anywhere from three years, to as long as six years, and are typically more theoretical and mathematical than the BBA or BComm with a major in economics (often substantially so). Economics is not a business discipline, as such, but a social science, and economics degrees are therefore often offered through liberal arts colleges.
• There are various other specialised business degrees. An example is the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management (BAOM) which is awarded to students who complete a four year course of study in the field. The core functions of this program are to learn organizational functions, communication, group behavior, decision making, human resource management, ethics, and to develop and deploy effective skills in management and leadership.