Chance me (black female interested in CS w/ a low-ish [3.7120] gpa) for BU, NYU, NEU, WashU, and JHU ED2 [NJ resident, can pay $30k/year]

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Compare the BA and BS majors in CS at Rutgers:

The similarities and differences:

  • Both require a set of 6 specified introductory CS courses.
  • Both require a set of 3 specified introductory math courses.
  • Both require electives from a specified list of CS and related courses:
    • BA requires 5 electives, with >= 3 in CS, >=2 of which are upper level.
    • BS requires 7 electives, with >= 5 in CS.
  • BS requires 2-4 physics or 3-4 chemistry courses.

If you are not interested in physics or chemistry, you could choose to do the BA but take extra electives like what BS majors are required to take if you want your CS education to be similar to that of a BS major.

The physics or chemistry may be specifically useful only in niche situations like taking the patent exam or if you go into computing with applications in physics or chemistry. Neither the BA nor BS degree is ABET accredited, but that is not generally a concern with CS from a reasonably well known and respected state flagship like Rutgers, except in niche situations like the patent exam.

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