I have degree

I would say no caps and no apostrophe.

I'd say "I have a B.A. in English" as an alternative that avoids the punctuation issue.

Sorry. alleycat, but you need the apostrophe. It's a possessive form. Capitalization would be desired, I think, because the abbreviation (below) is almost always capitalized. The first example in the OP would be preferred usage. But just about everybody know what a B.A. is, and that's even better.

And it probably won't be difficult to find standard usages of this term in published work.

caw

amergina said:

I have a bachelor's degree in English.

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English.

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Yep. The

You can alway's check these with the likes of top University websites: Oxford, Cambridge, or your location's top ones.

But I'd go caps & apostrophe too.

What Chase said about what Amergina said.
And what Fallen said.

Rufus Coppertop said:

And what Fallen said.

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But . . . but . . . Fallen said she'd go with caps in "I haz a Bachelor'z degree." Of course she was stroking her knife blade as she glowered from her avatar, so who can blame you?

One tweak to amergina's answer. You would say Bachelor of Arts degree in English." Not just Bachelor of Arts in English. That's if you're writing something formal and technical accuracy matters. People will obviously know what you mean either way.

A cover letter? Use "B.A. in English." It would look either pretentious to spell it out, or condescending (as if the recipient wouldn't understand it otherwise).

Chase said:

But . . . but . . . Fallen said she'd go with caps in "I haz a Bachelor'z degree." Of course she was stroking her knife blade as she glowered from her avatar, so who can blame you?

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It's the new poster for prescriptive grammar, Chase. Do it. Or else.

Fallen said:

It's the new poster for prescriptive grammar, Chase. Do it. Or else.

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Chase is right about you, Sugar Chops.

With those smouldering eyes glowering from under that hood, that sexy knife and those grammar prescribing lips........oh man.......we've gotta get together soon for some serious pluperfect subjunctive.

Chase said:

But . . . but . . . Fallen said she'd go with caps in "I haz a Bachelor'z degree." Of course she was stroking her knife blade as she glowered from her avatar, so who can blame you?

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Hey Chase, are you up for a threesome on the cutting edge of grammar prescription perchance?

Rufus Coppertop said:

Hey Chase, are you up for a threesome on the cutting edge of grammar prescription perchance?

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Oh, yeah. At my age, my doc force me to take so many prescription drugs, prescriptive grammar at ka-bar point is right up my alley.

My veterans' admin doc, pharmacist, and nutritionist are all formative ladies.

Rufus Coppertop said:

Hey Chase, are you up for a threesome on the cutting edge of grammar prescription perchance?

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I d'know, Ruf and Chase, I think we need to look at this thug-filled prescriptive approach: It's not working, for some reason.

Fallen, you are demented and I love you.

I too have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which begs the question...

What do you do with a B.A. in English?

I love Avenue Q.

H'woor cor! Anyone for a game of subordinate clauses?

English majors unite! (Holds up ring, and waits for other Wonder-kids and does what Blacbird tells me to do, unless it's creepy like David Berkowitz's neighbor-dog creepy.)