<p>Hi everyone,
I'm currently planning on being enrolled in the A&S school. I'm leaning towards dual majoring in computer science and economics, but I've been hearing that a BS in computer science is far more valuable than a BA. On the other hand, dual majoring will be much harder if I go to the Engineering College and the A&S school and try for a dual degree. Does anyone have any insights into the difference between a BA and a BS in comp sci? Do recruiters (who come to Cornell) look at the CS majors in one big group or based on the school? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>A detailed discussion of that is laid out on the CS pages, bottom line:</p>
<p>“Neither program has a particular advantage from the standpoint of employment or graduate school.”</p>
<p><a href=“The CS Major | Department of Computer Science”>The CS Major | Department of Computer Science;
<p>You were hearing right. I am retired but I started in the military where I ended up managing military men. I had the Vietnam GI bill and got my degree in mechanical engineering from LSU. I worked summers and breaks as a iron worker throughout my college career. I was given an offer from a huge corporation 1 semester before graduating and was told that they would beat any offer. Since that time, I was a chief engineer and ended up as an executive VP and owner. I have hired a number of engineers among other disciplines and I can tell you that the BS is much preferred over the BA. Generally, the harder the degree, the better the pay and job security.</p>
<p>What BrownParent said is correct, both a BA and BS in CS will take the same CS requirements, just because a BS will require some physics and other science courses (irrelevant to CS) will not make it look any better in the eyes of an employer or graduate school admissions committee.</p>