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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP - I think it is honestly a very good program because it is not part of an engineering school and so students also have to take part in the liberal arts curriculum. I also believe it is now ranked higher than Mason's CS program[/quote]

Lots of schools have CS in and out of engineering. And even kids at engineering schools have liberal arts core requirements.[/quote]

Yes, but often times you can only get a BS through engineering. A BA is CS is less valuable for the average person. And yes again about the core requirements, but there are often also a lot of (unneeded) engineering core reqs as well thrown in - UVA engineering's program for example requires multivar, chemistry, intro engineering, intro physics. How is this useful for a software dev??[/quote]

Because it's easier to do Software Dev for a technical company if you understand technology?  
Really BA vs BS matter more what the student's interest is in.  If your kid would rather take more LA/non-stem classes then a BA might be better.  If your kid is a STEM kid, then (like mine), they'd rather take Physics and chemistry than 2 years of Spanish.

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You can do both at many places. My kid's friends who are in CS(BS) are also double majoring or minoring in things like theater, creative writing, design, music, modern language, psychology, etc. It is still possible to feed both sides of the brain while getting a BS.[/quote]

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