BA in Computer Science vs BS in Computer Science

AuburnMathTutor
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:22:58 +0000

BS unless you have a compelling reason to do the BA, every time.

Employers will also be looking at your transcripts, if you get past the first round. How do you think it will look to employers that you had to take less technical coursework than somebody with a BS? If you were making hiring decisions, how would it affect the salaries you offered people? I think these are pretty common sense questions and, no offense, I think people ask them because they want somebody to give them the answer they want to hear.

You can probably handle the math for the BS. Most CS students aren’t great at math anyway.