BA in Computer Science vs BS in Computer Science

GLOBALTRAVELER
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:45:19 +0000

“Now, if there’s a substantial difference between the BS and BA versions of the major, there might be some concern, but just because there’s two of them doesn’t mean employers will only go for those who get BS.”

I can agree with this. I was a Math major who took like 85-90% of the CS program also. I sure did declared my major as “math/computer science” and listed the courses on my resume. I was interviewing/getting hired for the same jobs at the same companies as the BSCS students. I also remembering BA in Math/CS students doing the same.

If you have the coursework, it will not matter much. If an employer is looking for a graduating student for database programming or operating systems programming, most of them will not care if the student did not take compiler design or automata theory.