• Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, meaning "Lower Caraquet', a village on the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, Canada
• Bas-Congo (post-2006, Kongo Central), a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Bas Cuvier, one of the most famous bouldering sites in Fontainebleau
• Bas Ek Pal, a 2006 Bollywood film, directed by Onira
• Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai, a 2001 Hindi movie was written and directed by Goldie Behl
• Bas-Lag, the fictional world for several of China Miéville's novels
• Races of Bas-Lag, list of the races of Bas-Lag
• Bas-relief, a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal
• Bas-Rhin, a département of France meaning "Lower Rhine"
• Arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin department, lists the arrondissements
• Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
• Bas Saharan Basin, an Artesian aquifer system which covers most of the Algerian and Tunisian Sahara and extends to Morocco and Libya
• Bas-Uele Province, a province created in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Constitution of May 2005
• Bas-Vully, a municipality in the district of See, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Charritte-de-Bas, a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France
• Colpach-Bas, a small town in the commune of Ell, in western Luxembourg
• Delaine Le Bas, Outsider artist with Romany background
• Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a Municipality in southwestern Quebec
• Parler tout bas, the third single by Alizée, released in April 2001
• Terre-de-Bas, the largest island in the Îles des Saintes archipelago in Guadeloupe
• Bas means in Arabic languange "enough"

People

• Bernardo Bas, de facto Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina
• Bas Balkissoon (born ca. 1952), politician in Toronto, Canada
• Bas Bron, Dutch musical artist and producer of mostly electronic music
• Bas de Gaay Fortman (born 1937), Dutch politician and scholar
• Bas Giling (born 1982), Dutch professional road bicycle racer
• Bas van de Goor (born 1971), Dutch volleyball player
• Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975), Dutch conceptual artist, performance artist, photographer and filmmaker
• Bas Leinders (born 1975), Belgium racing driver
• Bas of Bithynia, (c. 397-326 BC), first independent ruler of Bithynia
• Bas Pease (1922-2004), British physicist
• Bas Roorda (born 1973), Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Bas Savage (born 1982), English professional footballer (soccer)
• Bas van der Vlies (born 1942), Dutch politician
• Bas van Fraassen (born 1941), member of the Princeton University Philosophy department
• Bas Rutten (born 1965), a mixed martial arts fighter and color commentator
• Hernan Bas (born 1978, U.S. artist based in Florida
• Noël Bas, French gymnast

See also

• BAS

Most commonly:

• BASIC programming language (file extension)
• DONKEY.BAS, a computer game written in 1981 and included with early versions of the PC-DOS operating system

Societies:

• Biblical Archaeology Society
• Birmingham Astronomy Society
• Boston Audio Society
• Britain-Australia Society

Computer science:

• Broadband Access Server (see BRAS)

Other:

• Bachelor of Applied Science
• Bachelor of Arts and Science
• Banc of America Securities
• Bay St. Louis (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code BAS)
• Bergen School of Architecture (written Bergen Arkitekt Skole in Norwegian)
• Belt alternator starter hybrid vehicle system from General Motors
• Book of Alternative Services of the Anglican Church of Canada
• Brake assist system (automobile)
• British Art Show
• British Antarctic Survey
• Broadcast auxiliary service
• Building automation system
• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
• Business Activity Statement (Australian Taxation Office form)
• Buttocks Augmentation Surgery
• Breast Augmentation Surgery
• Battalion Aid Station
• BAS is the IATA airport code for Balalae, Solomon Islands.
• BAS is the SIL code and ISO 639 alpha-3, for the Bassa language of Liberia.

See also

• Bas

Barium sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula BaS. This material was once known as "Bologna Stone", the first synthetic phosphor. Currently the chalcogenides of the alkaline earth metals are intensely studied as candidates for short wavelength emitters for electronic displays. BaS is considered to be the most important synthetic material of barium, being the precursor to BaCO₃ and the pigment lithopone, ZnS/BaSO₄.

Discovery, production, properties

BaSO₄ + 2 C → BaS + 2 CO₂

BaS, m.p. 1200 °C, crystallizes with the NaCl structure and is currently manufactured by an improved version of Casciarolus's route: using coke in place of flour. It is colorless, although like many sulfides, it is commonly obtained in impure colored forms.

Safety

References

Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus, is an undergraduate bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both.

A bachelor of arts degree program generally lasts three years in the European Union, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Iceland, India, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Quebec, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland, and four years in Scotland, the Republic of Ireland, Canada (outside Quebec), and the Netherlands. In the United States the bachelor of arts degree requires four years of study.

Diplomas generally give the name of the institution, signatures of officials of the institution (generally the President or Rector of the University, as well as the Secretary or Dean of the component college), the type of degree conferred, the conferring authority, and the location at which the degree is conferred. Degree diplomas generally are printed on high quality paper or parchment, use ornate lettering and often include archaic terminology or even language (e.g. Latin).

Difference between the BA and BS/BSc

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS or BSc) are similar in some countries in that they are the most common undergraduate degrees. In the United States and Canada (except Quebec), both degrees incorporate a general education component (matriculants take courses in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics). They typically require students to declare an academic major, take a certain number of elective courses, and sometimes have basic skills components (writing or computer proficiency exams), however, in countries not requiring a general education component—such as Australia and the European Union—the subjects studied likely are different in each degree. In many cases, an academic minor or second major is also obtained. At some institutions, a small number of academic programs are considered to be comprehensive and do not require a minor area of study.

The BSc degree typically specifies more courses in the major (or cognate fields) than does the BA degree. The BA focuses on creating a well-rounded graduate through formal study of the arts, letters, and humanities. The BSc degree tends to be awarded more often in the natural sciences (and to some extent, the social sciences) than in the humanities. In the United States, the BSc is often awarded in pre-professional academic majors more than purely academic ones. Beyond these differences, the variation between the BA degree and the BSc degree depends on the policies of the colleges and universities. This can often manifest in unusual ways; for example, physics and biology majors are often given BA degrees, while business majors are sometimes given BSc degrees.

BA and BSc degrees in the United Kingdom and Ireland

The ancient universities of Scotland award a Master of Arts to humanities or arts undergraduates, but a BSc to science undergraduates.

A Bachelor of Arts in the UK or Ireland receives the designation BA for an ordinary/pass degree and BA (Hons) for an honours degree.

The BA and the BA (Hons) in Australia and New Zealand

Unlike other countries, Australian students do not receive an overall grade for their Bachelor of Arts, with varying levels of 'honours'. Instead, students have the option, at the conclusion of their third year of study, and provided they possess a grade average of 75% or higher across their Major area, to undertake an Honours (or fourth) year. The Honours year is generally composed of a coursework component (including seminars or tutorials) and an original researched thesis or dissertation of 15,000-20,000 words.

It is the combined grades of these components which determine whether the student graduates with 'First', 'Second' or 'Third' Class Honours. Some universities, following the classifications of the British university system, also divide Second Class Honours between Division I and Division II. Additionally, those students who achieve an outstanding First Class Honours grade (usually requiring a mark of more than 90%) may be concomitantly awarded the University Medal, whilst those who do not meet the standards of the Honours year are awarded the normal Bachelor of Arts instead.

On graduation, students are permitted to append the abbreviation 'BA' to their name; those who have successfully completed the Honours year may style themselves 'BA (Hons)'.

The Honours degree (or its equivalent international degree) is generally the basic qualification required to pursue higher degrees by research, including the MA and PhD. Within Australian universities, a BA (Hons) candidate is considered to be a postgraduate student.

See also

• Bachelor's Degree
• Lady Literate in Arts