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50-663: The American Boston industrialist and philanthropist, Godfrey Lowell Cabot , who founded the Cabot Corporation and was also a major benefactor of both MIT and Harvard, where the general science library is named in his honor, established the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes in 1938, in memory of his wife. The prizes have been awarded annually since 1939, by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York , on recommendation of

100-549: A Bachelor of Arts in one university but as a Bachelor of Science in another, and occasionally, both options are offered. Some universities follow the Oxford and Cambridge tradition that even graduates in mathematics and the sciences become Bachelors of Arts, while other institutions offer only the Bachelor of Science degree, even in non-science fields. At universities that offer both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in

150-876: A Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 1997. María Teresa Ronderos , Serves as Director of VerdadAbierta .com. Ronderos is an editorial advisor to Semana . She received the King of Spain Ibero-American Award in 1997 and received a Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 2007. Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Three to four medalists from the United States , Latin America , and Canada are selected each year. Prize winners receive

200-555: A ceremony in the rotunda of Low Memorial Library . In 2009, 34-year-old Cuban writer Yoani Sánchez became the first blogger to win the Maria Moors Cabot Prize. The award was given for her blog, Generación Y , which contained much criticism of the Cuban regime. Sánchez was denied an exit visa to travel to New York to receive her prize. Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot (February 26, 1861 – November 2, 1962)

250-512: A focus on research, granting access to doctoral programs. In South Africa, the BSc is taken over three years, while the postgraduate BSc (Hons) entails an additional year of study. Admission to the honours degree is on the basis of a sufficiently high average in the BSc major; an honours degree is required for MSc level study, and admission to a doctorate is via the MSc. In Brazil , a Bachelor of Science degree

300-417: A license in a discipline. They are specific to a field and awarded to students upon completion of a course of study which lasts at least four and usually five years. In most cases, at the end of a course and as a mandatory condition for its completion (and ultimately, to obtain a degree), students are compelled to produce an original research project related to their field. This project is usually referred to as

350-586: A master's degree (MSc) is also possible, which takes 3 to 5 periods more (1.5 to 2.5 years more). Commonly in British Commonwealth countries and Ireland graduands are admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Science after having completed a programme in one or more of the sciences. These programmes may take different lengths of time to complete. A Bachelor of Science receives the designation BSc for an ordinary degree and BSc (Hons) for an honours degree . In England, Wales and Northern Ireland an honours degree

400-402: A number of research laboratories. By 1890, Cabot Corporation , had become America's fourth-largest producer of carbon black, which was used in products, such as inks, shoe polishes , and paints. But with the subsequent advent and popularity of cars, carbon black became in much greater demand as six pounds of it was required in the production of a single tire, and Cabot's incomes soared. Cabot

450-741: A one-year placement in industry), Estonia , Finland , France , Germany (mostly three years, but can be up to four years), Hungary , Iceland , India (three-year BSc in arts and pure sciences excluding engineering, Agriculture and medicine, four years BS, Bsc (hons.) Agriculture, Engineering, four years for engineering program " Bachelor of Engineering ", four years for Agriculture program " Bachelor of Agriculture " and five years for medicine program " Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery "), Ireland (Ordinary), Israel (for most subjects), Italy , Jamaica (three or four years), Latvia (three or four years), Lebanon (three or four years, five years for Bachelor of Engineering), Malaysia , New Zealand ,

500-725: A progressive surgeon. Cabot attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a year, before graduating from Harvard College with a SB in chemistry , in 1882. He was a famous aviation pioneer and World War I U.S. Navy pilot. He also founded the Aero Club of New England. Cabot founded Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. and its successor, Cabot Corporation , in 1882. It became an industrial empire which included carbon black plants and tens of thousands of acres of land rich in gas, oil, and other minerals; 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of pipeline; seven corporations with worldwide operations; three facilities for converting natural gas into gasoline; and

550-514: A thesis (although the term actually corresponds to post-graduate studies). In Australia, the BSc is generally a three to four-year degree. An honours year or a master's by research degree is required to progress on to the stage of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). In New Zealand, in some cases, the honours degree comprises an additional postgraduate qualification. In other cases, students with strong performance in their second or third year, are invited to extend their degree to an additional year, with

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600-462: A year compared to other institutions. In Chile , some undergraduate majors such as engineering and geology are designed as six-year programs. However, in practice it is not uncommon for students to complete such programs over the course of ten years, while studying full-time without leaves of absence. This is in part due to a strict grading system where the highest grade of a typical class can be as low as 60% (C-). There are studies that suggest

650-512: Is " Licenciado en Ciencias ", which can be obtained as a result of completing a 4–6 year program. However, in most cases, 4-year programs will grant a Bachelor of Applied Science (Spanish: "Licenciatura en Ciencias Aplicadas" ) degree, while other 4-year programs will not grant to an academic degree. Many universities in Europe are changing their systems into the BA/MA system and in doing so also offering

700-530: Is an author and journalist specializing in Latin America. He received a Maria Moors Cabot Prizes medal in 1992. Juan Enriquez Cabot, Authority on economic and political impacts of life sciences. Best-selling author; speaker; investor/co-founder in multiple start up companies; board member for both private and public companies/non-profits. Former founding Director of Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School. June Carolyn Erlick, editor-in-chief of ReVista ,

750-538: Is an undergraduate academic degree and is equivalent to a BSc (Hons). It could take from 4 to 6 years (8 to 12 periods) to complete, is also more specific and could be applied for Scientific Arts courses (like Engineering, Maths, Physics, etc.), somewhat is called Human Art courses in Brazil (like History, Portuguese and Literature and Lawyer studies for example) as well as for Health Arts (like Medicine, Nursery, Zootechnique, Veterinary and Biology for example). To be able to start

800-907: Is normally a requirement for selection into a master's degree program), South Korea , Sri Lanka (three, four, or five (specialized) years), Taiwan , Tajikistan (four or five years), Thailand , Tunisia (only a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration is available, solely awarded by Tunis Business School ), Turkey , Ukraine , the United States , Uruguay (four, five, six, or seven years), Vietnam (four or five years), Yemen , and Zambia (four or five years). Canada (except Quebec , four or five years), Cuba (five years), Greece (four or five years), Peru , Argentina , Colombia (five years), Brazil (four or five years), Mexico (four or five years), Chile (five or six years), Venezuela (five years), Egypt (four or five years), Haiti (four or five years), Iran (four or five years),

850-428: Is typically completed over a three-year period, though there are a few intensified two-year courses (with less vacation time). Bachelor's degrees (without honours) were typically completed in two years for most of the twentieth century. In Scotland, where access to university is possible after one less year of secondary education, degree courses have a foundation year making the total course length four years. In Ireland,

900-761: Is usually a three-year graduate program in India offered by state and central universities . Some independent private colleges can also offer BS degrees with minimum changes in curriculum. B.Sc. is different from Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) . Two exceptions are the B.Sc. (Research) course offered by the Indian Institute of Science , the BS degrees in Physics, Data Science (Online degree), Electronic systems (Online degree), Medical Sciences & Engineering offered by IIT Madras which lasts four years and

950-563: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism , as well as an endowed professorship at the institution. In 1973, Harvard 's Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library was named in his honor. Cabot was associated with Calvin Coolidge from Coolidge's Boston days. There is also an audio recording of a discussion between Cabot and Dwight D. Eisenhower on the influence of public opinion on government policy , communism ,

1000-870: The Dominican Republic , Egypt (four or five years), Ethiopia (engineering, five years), Finland (engineering, practice in industry not included), Georgia , Ghana (three or four years), Greece (four or five years), Guatemala , Haiti (three or four years), Hong Kong (starting from 2012; three years prior to then), India (Some universities and institutes offer 4 year degrees ), Indonesia (four or five years), Iran (four or five years), Iraq , Ireland (Honours Degree), Israel (engineering degree), Japan , Jordan (four to five years), Kazakhstan , Kenya , Kuwait , Libya , Lithuania , North Macedonia (three, four or five years), Malawi (four or five years), Malta , Mexico , Montenegro (three or four years), Myanmar , Nepal (previously three, now four years),

1050-647: The Latin scientiae baccalaureus ) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of London in 1860. In the United States, the Lawrence Scientific School first conferred the degree in 1851, followed by the University of Michigan in 1855. Nathaniel Shaler , who

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1100-539: The Netherlands (three years for research universities, four years for universities of applied sciences), New Zealand (honours degree), Nigeria (four or five years), Pakistan (four or five years), the Philippines (four or five years), Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Scotland (Honours Degree), Serbia (three or four years), Spain , South Africa (fourth year is elective — to obtain an Honours degree, which

1150-833: The Netherlands (three years for research universities, four years for universities of applied sciences), Northern Ireland , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Scotland (Ordinary), Singapore (honours degree takes 4 years), Slovakia , Slovenia , South Africa (honours degree takes 4 years), Sweden , Switzerland , Trinidad and Tobago , Uganda (mostly three years, sometimes four), United Arab Emirates , Wales , and Zimbabwe . Afghanistan , Albania (four or five years), Armenia (four or five years), Australia (honours degree), Azerbaijan (four or five years), Bahrain , Bangladesh (four or five years), Belarus , Belize , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Brazil (four or five years), Brunei (three or four years), Bulgaria , Canada (except Quebec , four or five years), China , Cyprus ,

1200-646: The Oxbridge universities almost exclusively award the BA as a first degree. The decision to grant a BS or BA degree at some institutions also depends on the constituent colleges, even when the candidate pursues the same or similar subjects. For instance, Cornell University offers a BS degree in computer science from its College of Engineering and a BA degree in computer science from its College of Arts and Sciences . Likewise, for candidates majoring in computer science, Columbia University offers BS degrees for those enrolled in

1250-416: The Philippines (four or five years). Bangladesh (four or five years), Pakistan (four or five years), Indonesia (four or five years), Nigeria (four or five years), six months dedicated to SIWES (Students Industrial Work Exchange Scheme) but for most sciences and all engineering courses only. A semester for project work/thesis not excluding course work during the bachelor thesis. Excluding one year for

1300-450: The School of Engineering and Applied Science but awards BA degrees for graduates of Columbia College . At Harvard University , the same undergraduate degree in computer science can be an A.B. if taken at Harvard College or Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , and an A.L.B. at Harvard Extension School . In Argentina most university degrees are given as

1350-632: The Soviet Union , aviation, and V-2 rockets in 1950, kept by the Miller Center of Public Affairs . While in his nineties, Cabot sponsored the restoration of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 's (MCZ) complete Kronosaurus skeleton. Having been interested in sea serpents since childhood and thus often questioning MCZ director Alfred Romer about the existence and reports of sea serpents, it thus occurred to Dr. Romer to tell Mr. Cabot about

1400-523: The BS-MS course offered by the IISERs , both of which provide more research and interdisciplinary emphasis. From session 2022–23, the University of Delhi implemented NEP 2020 under which a bachelor's degree became a 4-year degree with multiple exit and entry options. A student receives a B.Sc. (research) field of study or B.Sc. (honours) field of multidisciplinary studies after the 4th year. In Canada, Mexico, and

1450-573: The Cabot medal and a $ 5,000 honorarium, plus travel expenses to New York City and hotel accommodations for the presentation ceremony. As of 2014, 273 Cabot gold medals and 56 special citations have been awarded to journalists from more than 30 countries in the Americas. The winners of the award are announced between May and July, and the prizes are presented by the President of Columbia University each fall, at

1500-737: The Harvard Review of Latin America. Gustavo Gorritti, Peruvian journalist, the founder of lDL Reporteros. He is a recipient of a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University and a winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 1992 and the FNPI Gabriel García Marquez award. Expert in Peruvian internal war and anti corruption investigation. Carlos Lauría, Americas Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists. Julia Preston , national correspondent for The New York Times . Preston received

1550-676: The United States, it is most often a four-year undergraduate degree , typically in engineering , computer science , mathematics , economics , finance , business , or the natural sciences . There are, however, some colleges and universities, notably in the province of Quebec , that offer three-year degree programs. Algeria , Australia , Austria , Barbados , Belgium , Belize , Bosnia and Herzegovina (mostly three years, sometimes four), Cameroon , Canada (specifically Quebec ), Côte d'Ivoire , Croatia (mostly three years, sometimes four), Czech Republic (mostly three years, sometimes four), Denmark , England (three or four years with

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1600-769: The bachelor's degree in Brazil the candidate must prove to be proficient in different disciplines and have at least the accumulated Preliminary, Medium and High School degrees accomplished with the minimum merit of 60% to 70% of the degrees and a correspondent study period that can vary from 10 to 12 years minimum. The Bachelor of Science courses in Brazilian Universities normally have the first 1 to 2 years (first 2 to 4 periods) of basic fundamental disciplines (like for example Calculus I, II, III and IV for some engineering courses, Geometry basics and advanced, Analytical Laboratories experiments in Mechanics, Optics, Magnetism, etc.) and

1650-502: The candidates major in economics or not. The London School of Economics offers BSc degrees in practically all subject areas, even those normally associated with the arts and humanities. Northwestern University 's School of Communication grants the Bachelor of Science in Journalism degrees in all of its programs of study, including theater, dance, and radio/television/film. Meanwhile,

1700-619: The compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), para-military and civil service. North Macedonia , Sierra Leone (four years dedicated to coursework), Slovenia (four or five years), Sudan (five years for BSc honours degree and four years for BSc ordinary degree), and Syria . In Algeria , the student presents a thesis in front of a Jury at the end of the fifth year. Some universities in Canada (such as University of British Columbia and Vancouver Island University ) have most of their science and applied science students extend their degree by

1750-571: The controversial activist organization known as the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice in Boston. Before Cabot's involvement, the society had made its mark by helping instigate obscenity charges against Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Under Cabot's direction, the organization renamed Watch and Ward Society used economic, social, and legal pressures and even harassment techniques to block

1800-701: The dean of the Graduate School of Journalism and the Cabot Prize Board, which is composed of journalists and educators. The awards board consists of the following persons: Tracy Wilkinson, from the Los Angeles Times where she covered the Iraq War, among others. Carlos Dada, Salvadoran journalist, founder and director of El Faro . He won the Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 2011. John Dinges, The Godfrey Lowell Cabot Professor of Journalism at Columbia University

1850-565: The disciplines offered. Georgetown University 's School of Foreign Service awards the Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degrees to all of its undergraduates, although many students major in humanities-oriented fields such as international history or culture and politics. University of Pennsylvania 's Wharton School awards the BS in Economics to all of its undergraduates, regardless if

1900-445: The former BS was changed to BSc (Hons), which is awarded after four years. The BSc (Ord) is awarded after three years. Formerly at the University of Oxford , the degree of BSc was a postgraduate degree; this former degree, still actively granted, has since been renamed MSc. In Chile , the completion of a university program leads to an academic degree as well as a professional title. The academic degree equivalent to Bachelor of Science

1950-600: The full equivalent of a BSc or MSc (see Bologna Process ). Universities in the Czech Republic are changing their systems into the Bachelor of Science/Master of Science system and in doing so also offering the full equivalent of a BSc (Bc.) or MSc (Mgr./Ing.). In Germany, there are two kinds of universities: Universitäten and Fachhochschulen (which are also called University of Applied Sciences). Universitäten and Fachhochschulen  – both also called Hochschulen - are legally equal, but Fachhochschulen have

2000-448: The last 2 to 3 years disciplines more related to the professional fields of that Bachelor of Science (for example Units Operations, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reactors, Industrial Processes, Kinetics for Chemical Engineering for example). Some disciplines are prerequisite to others and in some universities, the student is not allowed to course any discipline for the entire next period if he was unsuccessful in just one prerequisite discipline of

2050-425: The present period. Usually, the Bachelor of Science courses demand a one-year mandatory probation period by the end of the course (internship in the specific professional area, like a training period), followed by relatively elaborate written and oral evaluations. To get the certification as BSc, most universities require that the students achieve the accomplishment of 60% to 70% in all the "obligatory disciplines", plus

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2100-531: The recording device by saying he needed incriminating evidence to remove Pelletier from office. The Society had also hired a private detective to keep the district attorney under surveillance for two years. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found Pelletier guilty of 10 of the 21 charges against him and removed him from office. On June 23, 1890, Cabot married Maria B. Moors. They had five children: Scienti%C3%A6 Baccalaureus A Bachelor of Science ( BS , BSc , B.S. , B.Sc. , SB , or ScB ; from

2150-708: The reputation of being more related to practice and have no legal right to offer PhD programmes. The BSc in Germany is equivalent to the BSc(Hons) in the United Kingdom. Many universities in German-speaking countries are changing their systems to the BA/MA system and in doing so also offering the full equivalent of a BSc. In Germany the BA normally lasts between three and four years (six to eight semesters) and between 180 and 240 ECTS must be earned. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

2200-456: The sale and distribution of books which they disapproved of for moral reasons. Among the writers to which they objected were Conrad Aiken , Sherwood Anderson , John Dos Passos , Theodore Dreiser , William Faulkner , Ernest Hemingway , Aldous Huxley , James Joyce , Sinclair Lewis , Bertrand Russell , Upton Sinclair , and H. G. Wells . While president, he wiretapped the office of district attorney Joseph C. Pelletier . Cabot justified

2250-435: The same discipline , the Bachelor of Science degree is usually more focused on that particular discipline and is targeted toward students intending to pursue graduate school or a profession in that discipline. The following are the subjects that, regardless of country, are offered in a BSc program: In some institutions, there are historical and traditional reasons that govern the granting of BS or BA degrees regardless of

2300-414: The supervisioned and approved training period (like a supervisioned internship period), the final thesis of the course, and in some BSc programs, the final exam test. The final exam also is required so far. To be a professor, a Bachelor of Sciences is required to get a Licenciature degree, which lasts on top of the periods already studied until getting the BSc (Hons), plus 2 to 3 periods (1 to 1.5 years). With

2350-603: The unexcavated Kronosaurus skeleton in the museum closet. Godfrey Cabot thus asked how much a restoration would cost and "Romer, pulling a figure out of the musty air, replied, 'Oh, about $ 10,000.'" Romer may not have been serious but the philanthropist clearly was because the check for said sum came shortly thereafter. To this day, the application to the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences asks applicants, "Are you an employee of Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. or any associated companies?" Cabot also devoted his resources to

2400-410: Was Harvard's Dean of Sciences, wrote in a private letter that "the degree of Bachelor of Science came to be introduced into our system through the influence of Louis Agassiz , who had much to do in shaping the plans of this School." Whether Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degrees are awarded in particular subjects varies between universities. For example, an economics student may graduate as

2450-449: Was also a significant benefactor of MIT , primarily in solar research, resulting in important discoveries in photochemistry , thermal electricity , and in the construction of experimental solar houses. He also established the Godfrey L. Cabot Award for the advancement of aviation, Harvard 's Maria Moors Cabot Foundation for Botanical Research, the annual Maria Moors Cabot prize awarded by

2500-575: Was an American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation . Godfrey Lowell Cabot was born in Boston , Massachusetts and attended Boston Latin School. His father was Samuel Cabot III , an eminent surgeon, and his mother was Hannah Lowell Jackson Cabot. He had seven siblings: three being, Lilla Cabot (b. 1848), among the first American impressionist artists , Samuel Cabot IV (b. 1850), chemist and founder of Cabot Stains , and Arthur Tracy Cabot (born 1852),

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