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Bachelor of Business Administration
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a four-year undergraduate degree of about 120 credit hours covering accounting, finance, marketing, operations, and management; business is the largest bachelor's degree field in the United States.
Bachelor of Commerce
The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) is an undergraduate business degree covering accounting, finance, economics, and marketing, running three years in most Commonwealth countries and four in Canada and the United States.
Bachelor of Economics
The Bachelor of Economics (BEcon, BEc) is an undergraduate degree covering economic theory, econometrics, and quantitative methods, awarded by universities in Australia, Hong Kong, Portugal, Singapore, and the United States.
Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed., BEd): undergraduate teacher-preparation degree combining subject study, education sciences, pedagogy, and school practice; lengths range from 3 years (Germany) to 5 (Hong Kong), with honours and alternative-certification variants worldwide.
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng, B.E.) is an undergraduate professional engineering degree, typically three to four years, defined by accreditation criteria such as ABET's 30 math/science and 45 engineering credit hours and recognized internationally through the 25-signatory Washington Accord.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), the professional undergraduate degree in visual and performing arts, emphasizing intensive studio practice over the broader Bachelor of Arts; typically 120 credits, portfolio admission, senior exhibition, and the pathway to the MFA.
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws (LLB, Legum Baccalaureus) is the undergraduate law degree of most common law countries, entered after secondary school; first awarded in English law in 1839, replaced by the JD in the US in the 1960s.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, also MBChB; Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae) is the primary undergraduate medical degree in Commonwealth and related systems, regulated in India by the NMC with NEET-UG admission and CBME 2024 curriculum.
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm, BS in Pharmacy): undergraduate degree qualifying pharmacists. Entry-level credential in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore; replaced by the six-year PharmD in the US beginning in 2000.
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc): an undergraduate degree distinguished from the BA by more math, lab science and technical coursework; typically 120 US credits or 180-240 ECTS, first awarded at Harvard in 1851.
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) is an undergraduate degree in selecting, developing, and administering secure computing technologies, typically 120 credits over four years.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN): the four-year US baccalaureate degree for registered nurses, distinct from the ADN and diploma pathways; covers curriculum, 400–1,000 clinical hours, NCLEX-RN licensure, costs, patient-outcome evidence, and RN-to-BSN and accelerated routes.
Bachelor of Veterinary Science
The Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) is an undergraduate professional degree qualifying holders to practice veterinary medicine, awarded in countries including Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
Bachelor pad
Bachelor pad: a mid-1950s American housing type for the single professional man, defined by Playboy and films; apartment for entertaining, pleasure, and stylish consumption, coined in print by the Chicago Tribune.
Bachelor party
Bachelor party (stag do, buck's night, enterrement de vie de garçon): pre-wedding celebration for a groom, traced to fifth-century B.C. Sparta; modern stag/hen form from the mid-19th century, with coed parties now rising.
Bachelor Party (1984 film)
Bachelor Party (1984) is a Neal Israel sex comedy starring Tom Hanks as Rick Gassko, a school bus driver whose stag night before marrying Debbie (Tawny Kitaen) spirals into chaos; it grossed $38.4 million for 20th Century Fox.
Bachelor Party (2024 film)
Bachelor Party (ಬ್ಯಾಚುಲರ್ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ) is a 2024 Kannada comedy-drama, Abhijith Mahesh's directorial debut, produced by Rakshit Shetty's Paramvah Studios. Released 26 January 2024 with Diganth and Yogi; shot largely in Thailand; later the subject of a Delhi High Court copyright case over two songs.
Bachelor Point
Bachelor Point (ব্যাচেলর পয়েন্ট) is a Bangladeshi comedy-drama series created by Kajal Arefin Ome, first aired 4 August 2018 on Channel 9, about bachelors sharing a Dhaka flat; five seasons, led by Ziaul Hoque Polash as Kabila.
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree, also known as a baccalaureate degree or baccalaureus, is the usual undergraduate qualification awarded by universities after completing a required program of study and its examinations.
Bachelorette (film)
Bachelorette is a 2012 American comedy film written and directed by Leslye Headland, adapted from her off-Broadway play, starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, and Lizzy Caplan.
Bachelorette party
Bachelorette party (hen party, hen do): a pre-wedding celebration for a bride-to-be, traditionally female-only. Emerged in the 1960s-1980s from bridal showers and stag/hen parties; now averages $1,300 per attendee.
Bachem
Bachem is a Swiss manufacturer of peptide and oligonucleotide active pharmaceutical ingredients and a CDMO, founded by Peter Grogg in 1971 and headquartered in Bubendorf, Switzerland.
Bachendri Pal
Bachendri Pal (born 1954) is an Indian mountaineer, the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, on 23 May 1984; Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee and longtime head of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation.
Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
Bachhav Shobha Dinesh, born 1959, is an Indian National Congress politician and physician who has represented Dhule, Maharashtra, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving as mayor of Nashik and in the Maharashtra assembly.
Bachi (film)
Bachi (బాచి), also Baachi, is a 2000 Telugu action comedy directed by Puri Jagannadh, starring Jagapathi Babu and debutant Neelambari, with Chakri's debut score. It opened strongly but flopped, based on a Vijayawada lottery fraud case.
Bachir Attar
Bachir Attar is a Moroccan musician and bandleader who has led the Master Musicians of Jajouka since 1982, collaborating with the Rolling Stones and Ornette Coleman.
Bachir Gemayel
Bashir Gemayel (بشير الجميّل, 1947-1982), Lebanese Forces militia founder and Kataeb leader, son of Pierre Gemayel; elected Lebanese president 23 August 1982 with Israeli backing, assassinated 14 September 1982 before taking office.
Bachkovo Monastery
Bachkovo Monastery, also known as Petritsoni Monastery, is the second largest monastery of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, founded in 1083 in the Rhodope Mountains near Plovdiv.
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO), Canadian hard rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, formed 1972 by Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, and the Bachman brothers. Hits 'Takin' Care of Business' and 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'; Not Fragile topped US charts; over 7 million 1970s albums sold.
Bachmann Industries
Bachmann Industries, also known as Bachmann Trains, is an American model railroad maker in Philadelphia, founded in 1833 and owned since the 1980s by Hong Kong's Kader group.