Usage
The BAA is most often awarded in the Commonwealth of Nations, especially in Canada and New Zealand. For example, the BAA is awarded by Mount Saint Vincent University for child and youth study, information technology and family studies and gerontology. Northland Polytechnic in New Zealand offers the BAA for the visual arts.
In Canada, the BAA is now being awarded by Ontario colleges (CAAT). Theses degrees started to be offered around 2002 by colleges in Toronto, with the highest quantity being offered by Humber College. How they compare to other regular degrees 4-year Bachelor of Arts or Science degree from a "University" is still to be scrutinized, especially in the liberal studies area.
On 20 February 2009 the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ronald Plasterk, proposed to replace all the existing degrees offered by Dutch vocational universities, such as the BBA, BEd and BEng, with the BAA and the BASc.
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