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depends on how the school itself does it. example: political science is a BA at UF and UM but a BA and BS at FSU lol. there isnt anything scientific about Pol Sci. the only thing I could think of w UF J school is that its part of the J school and not LAS? I know UM comm grad degrees are both MA and MS depending on the track.
Actually, it depends on the College or School, not just the major.
For instance, you can earn a UM degree in Politics via the College of Arts & Sciences, the Business School, or the School of Communications (which requires a second non-Comm major). Back in the day (80s/90s) when you would look at degree listings in the computer system at UM, it would say PPAA (Politics & Public Administration - Arts & Sciences), PPAB (Business School) or PPAC (Communications).
By the way, the "Public Administration" part is because UM's Politics Department also offers an MPA degree (Masters in Public Administration), which is similar in structure to an MBA degree. Not sure if the offices have moved, but when I was in school, the Politics Department was in the Business School.
So if you are in the College of Arts & Sciences, you can definitely get a BA in Politics. But since I was a Business major, I have a BBA in Politics (and Finance...and Management).