文学士（B.A.或A.B.），词源来自拉丁语的artium baccalaureus，这一种是本科教育（undergraduate）学士学位，授予修读人文学科学科之学生，一般包括文学、历史、语言学、文化研究、美术和传意学等。在不同国家的教育体制，要取得文学士学位需三年至四年时间，部份国家的大学更设有荣誉文学士，通常由学业成绩决定其荣誉等级。

A Bachelor of Arts (BA, B.A., AB or A.B. from the Latin artium baccalaureus or baccalaureus artium) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both. Bachelor of Arts degree programs generally take three to four years depending on the country, academic institution, and specific specializations, majors or minors. The word baccalaureus or baccalarium (from the Latin bacca, a berry, and laureus, "of the bay laurel") should not be confused with baccalaureatus (translatable as "gold-plated scepter" by using the Latin baculum and aureatus), which refers to the one- to two-year postgraduate Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree (Baccalaureatus in Artibus Cum Honore) in some countries.