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A.A. |
abbreviation of "Associate in Arts," an undergraduate degree conferred on a person who has completed a curriculum in the liberal arts. |
B.A. |
abbreviation of "Bachelor of Arts," an undergraduate degree conferred on a person who has completed a curriculum in the liberal arts; A.B. |
Bachelor of Arts |
an undergraduate degree conferred on a person who has completed a curriculum in the liberal arts. (abbr.: B.A.) |
bachelor's degree |
an undergraduate degree conferred on a person who has completed a liberal arts and sciences curriculum; Bachelor of Arts, or Bachelor of Sciences. |
Coll. |
abbreviation of "College," a school or institution of higher learning, usu. providing education in general studies or liberal arts (used in a proper name). |
college |
a school or institution of higher learning beyond the level of high school, usu. providing education in general studies or liberal arts. [1/3 definitions] |
liberal arts |
the subjects that make up a certain college degree program. A liberal arts program gives general knowledge of various subjects, not training for a specific job. |
liberal education |
an education based on the liberal arts. |
Mount Holyoke |
a women's liberal arts college located in Massachusetts and founded in 1837. |
quadrivium |
in medieval universities, the higher section of the liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. (Cf. trivium.) |
trivium |
in medieval universities, the lower section of the seven liberal arts, comprising rhetoric, grammar, and logic. (Cf. quadrivium.) |
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