Sheldon Cooper has a Master of Arts degree?
Both Wikipedia and The Big Bang Theory Wiki say that Sheldon Cooper of the Big Bang Theory has a Master of Arts degree. They both cite "The Love Car Displacement" episode as the source for that. But I can't find any mention of that in the episode's script.
Does Sheldon really have a Master of Arts degree? That seems very strange for someone who has devoted his entire life to science, and who has such a strong disdain for anything non-science related (and even certain sciences like geology). If he does have a M.A., what field is it in?
Best Answer
Sheldon does say it, but he uses the initialism when introducing himself at the start of the lecture they are presenting:
Good morning and welcome to Science and Society. I’m Dr. Sheldon Cooper, BS, MS, MA, PhD, and ScD. OMG, right? Perhaps that joke was a little too hippie-dippy for this crowd. All right then, we’ll begin with opening remarks. Miss Rostenkowski, would you like to start us off by discussing your assessment of science’s responsibility to society?
As Wikipedia notes, this is a common shorthand for Master of Arts:
A Master of Arts (M.A., MA, A.M., or AM) from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.
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