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that's the argument for going to a liberal arts college and majoring a BA in CS instead of a BS. It be an interesting study to look at universities that offer

that's the argument for going to a liberal arts college and majoring a BA in CS instead of a BS. It be an interesting study to look at universities that offer both tracks. Take Columbia University that where one can earn a BSE in CS from the school of engineering, or one can earn a BA from columbia college. where the students are taking many of the same "core" CS classes, but the engineering students have a larger CS course load, while the BA students have a larger humanities course load. I'm sure there are other universities that have similar setups where one can get similar degrees with different course load emphasis.

throwawaygh 6y ago
Comparing outcomes at places like Columbia would be fascinating. Not sure I agree about liberal arts colleges writ large. The tippy-top tier are pretty great. But the ones in our region have... eclectic... CS faculty. Random math phds and early retirement from industry types. Entire departments taken together have single digit H-indices. I'm sure they're great teachers and all, but... $25K+/yr for the same sort of de facto non-academic retired/shifted-from-industry instructors you can get at any coding bootcamp or community college is robbery. Especially when the state school next door is about the same price and has a real faculty still pushing the edges of the field.