^thts sort of the same here .. but jab wo kehte hain "humare beti/bete ne BA kiye hain" .. and u ask them in what? they say "sukhe BA kiye hain" .. wht does tht mean? .. My friend said its when they have passed grade 14th?
See simple BA , means they just chose non specialist education ..... completed 14 years of study ....
normally there are 4 or 5 compulsory subjects like : urdu, islamiat, pak studies , etc ...
...and two electives which you can choose ( in one of which you will ultimately end up doing your masters ) .. electives are usually languages like english literature , urdu literature , Education ( normally teachers study this course ) , punjabi literature , psychology , sociology , political science ... anything that is non specialist ..
once you have done your plain simple BA , then the choice for Masters which normally people complete in one of the elective subjects they chose during their BA ...
B.Com is very different .. its basically Commerce study .... which is a specialist degree