<p>This might be a very silly question, but, does everyone in Columbia College graduate with a B.A.? There is no B.Sc?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>you want a BS, go to the engineering school.</p>
<p>what’s better? a BA or BS?</p>
<p>neither are better. but there are some differences. there is a degree of certification that a student needs to get a BS instead of a BA even in the same major field (look at columbia cs in the college v. the engineering school).</p>
<p>the funny thing though is that most of the “uppity” schools historically refused to grant BS degrees because they thought they were lesser, more technical degrees - during which time schools like MIT were derided as trade schools and not universities… </p>
<p>nowadays you will hear those especially interested in math and science propagate the belief that a BS is better. and somehow a BA in math or a physical science is weaker. the requirements are different, but saying one is better is more of a personal answer. do you want the more freedom a BA allows (fewer requirements for a major), or do you want to take more courses. either way it is how hard you work that will determine where you go next.</p>
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<p>A BA in math from Columbia would be looked on no differently than if it was called a BS. Don’t get caught up in nomenclature. You basically get a bachelors degree in X/Y/Z from a top university. People don’t care that your columbia physics degree has a BA before it instead of a BS, it’s still a science major.</p>
<p>good, because I plan on getting a BS and I was wondering if I am at a disadvantage if I get a BS</p>
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<p>This is BS – as in bullsh–. A school can call its degree whatever it feels like.</p>
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<p>100% correct.</p>
<p>[Bachelor</a> of Science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“Bachelor of Science - Wikipedia”>Bachelor of Science - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>hey c02, it may be more specialized - ex. at harvard you can get a BA (errr AB) in Engineering Sciences or a BS (S.B.) in Eng sci.</p>
<p>[FAS</a> Handbook: Chapter 3: Engineering Sciences](<a href=“http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/2001_2002/chapter3/engineering_sciences.html]FAS”>http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/2001_2002/chapter3/engineering_sciences.html)</p>
<p>further compare the compsci ba and the bs at columbia.
[CS@CU</a> QuickGuide for CC, GS, & Barnard CS Students](<a href=“http://www.cs.columbia.edu/education/undergrad/ccguide]CS@CU”>http://www.cs.columbia.edu/education/undergrad/ccguide)
[CS@CU</a> QuickGuide for SEAS CS Students](<a href=“http://www.cs.columbia.edu/education/undergrad/seasguide]CS@CU”>http://www.cs.columbia.edu/education/undergrad/seasguide)</p>
<p>10 courses in the seas core v. 7 in cc core. more requirements for the major for bs than ba.</p>
<p>so not really bs, there is a difference or i should say “could be a difference” between a ba and a bs degree in the same field. i think it is worth knowing. i don’t think it makes one > the other, but it is worth knowing the difference. but i’ll leave you to find me why it is bs in most cases when i can show you the differentiation in two at two different unis.</p>
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<p>Your original statement is still a total crock of BS. But I think you’ve done a 180 and seem to have backed off of it, yet thrown in a bunch of irrelevant garbage.</p>
<p>What is true is that:</p>
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<li><p>a school might offer a BS and a BA in the same subject, whereby the BS has more requirements</p></li>
<li><p>a BS from one school doesn’t inherently have more requirements than a BA from a different school</p></li>
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<p>I don’t think you disagree with either statement. And based on the second statement, you are simply wrong to say “there is a degree of certification that a student needs to get a BS instead of a BA even in the same major field.”</p>
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<p>c02 - go show your thang to someone else, you are into minutia when you yourself often have the crock. i have given proof that there is differentiation, i have clarified my statement without offering a 180 that yes the differentiation is not absolute. if you feel like bringing it on, show proof instead of rhetoric. but frankly we are on the same side, feel like playing nice or i’ll rip you to the wind cause i don’t play nice.</p>
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<p>At certain schools that offer both a BA and a BS in the same subject, there is sometimes a difference between a BA and a BS. However, a BA and a BS aren’t inherently different. I’m not sure whether you disagree with this or not.</p>