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"Bull", meaning nonsense, dates from the 17th century, while the term "bullshit" has been used as early as 1915 in British [8] and American [9] slang and came into popular usage only during World War II. The word "bull" itself may have derived from the Old French bole, meaning "fraud, deceit". [9] The term "horseshit" is a near synonym.
Basel-Stadt, a Swiss canton, officially abbreviated to BS; Beersheba or Be'er Sheva (Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע), a city in the Southern District of Israel; Braunschweig, a town in Germany, also known in English as Brunswick, with the vehicle registration plate BS; Brescia, a city and province of Italy with the vehicle registration plate BS
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) [1] is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. [ 2 ] The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of London in 1860. [ 3 ]
BS: barium swallow breath breath sound bowel sounds (on auscultation using a stethoscope) blood sugar body secretions: BS x 4 quads: bowel signs in all 4 quadrants (also sometimes "BS + all 4 quads") BS x: B-symptoms: BSA: body surface area bovine serum albumin: BSC: bedside commode BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy breast self-examination ...
Bachelor's degrees in Algerian universities are called "الليسانس" in Arabic or la licence in French; the degree normally takes three years to complete and is a part of the LMD ("licence", "master", "doctorat") reform, students can enroll in a bachelor's degree program in different fields of study after having obtained their baccalauréat (the national secondary education test).
Most recipients of such degrees have not engaged in a specialised study of academic philosophy - the degree is available for almost the whole range of disciplines. The origins lie in the ancient practice of regarding all areas of study as elements of 'philosophy' with its Greek meaning, 'friend of wisdom'.
The academic undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Social Science (BSS, [1] B.Soc.Sc., or B.Soc.Sci.) requires three to four years of study in the social sciences at an institution of higher education, primarily found in the Commonwealth of Nations.
The first international BS IT program, using English as a medium of instruction (EMI), has been established in 1990 at the Faculty of Science and Technology (renamed in 2013 to Vincent Mary School of Science and Technology (VMS)), Assumption University of Thailand (AU).