What is the process to earn bachelor's degree?

Answer 1

If you have a high school degree, then you have to apply to colleges that offer a BA in the major of your choice. After you're accepted, you will spend the first year or two working on GURs -- General University Requirements. Those are just your basic classes that cover a wide variety of subjects and make sure that you'll be well-rounded when you leave the school.

At some point you'll declare your major -- your school will have a process for doing that -- and possibly your minor if you choose to have one. You'll finish all the classes required for that, apply for graduation, and go on from there.

This question is also in the Associates Degree section so I'll cover that too. I got my associates degree first. If you have a GED, many BA programs won't take you unless you get an AA first. Alternately, as a way to save money or simply because it's easier, you can do your AA before taking a BA, which is why I did it. An AA is sometimes known as a transfer degree, and during an AA you will mostly get all of your GURs out of the way. You apply, get in, take your classes, graduate, then apply to a school that has a BA in the major of your choice. When you start up at that school, you should be able to get right into taking classes for your major. Apply for the major, deal with that, graduate as normal. The plus side? You'll only be working on your BA for two years because you'll have spent the first two years getting your AA, hence why it saves money.