That position seems like uninformed BS to me

In this case, though, I still think that my reaction was reasonable.

It wasn't at all clear that you were joking, and hnick really strongly appears not to be joking.

As for what a BA vs a BSc in math is, that may vary strongly by school. You may have gone to a school where a BA in math has an education flavour, but I certainly didn't. Get the degree where I went to undergrad and it is a BSc, get it where I went to graduate school and the same thing would be a BA. (Actually the real name would be a Latin variation of the same.)

In that spirit I should note that I have an Artium Magistri degree in math from Dartmouth College. I was told that outside of the College I should refer to it as an MA or MSc (my choice) because nobody knows what an AM degree is, and it is equivalent. If the department is asked whether I have an MSc in Math, they will say, "Yes". But since the actual name is Latin for Master of Arts, it is more accurate for me to claim an MA.

Which is why I was flabbergasted at your claim that a BA in math was an education degree.

Cheers,
BEn

Post #145,564 by ben_tilly 3/11/04 11:10:23 AM Reply	That position seems like uninformed BS to me "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #145,574 by mmoffitt 3/11/04 11:24:59 AM Reply	You gotta be so serious all the time? Actually, a BA in math in the colleges and universities I went to was not an easy program. The difference in most cases between the BS and BA options were that some of the more advanced senior level courses that were a part of the BS programs were replaced with education courses. In truth, just because it's a Bachelor of Arts does most emphatically not mean that it is a "liberal arts" degree. The mistake really isn't mine, I was just playing along. bcnu, Mikem I don't do third world languages. So no, I don't do Java.
Post #145,587 by ben_tilly 3/11/04 11:45:39 AM Reply	That's the second time that I've been accused of that today In this case, though, I still think that my reaction was reasonable. It wasn't at all clear that you were joking, and hnick really strongly appears not to be joking. As for what a BA vs a BSc in math is, that may vary strongly by school. You may have gone to a school where a BA in math has an education flavour, but I certainly didn't. Get the degree where I went to undergrad and it is a BSc, get it where I went to graduate school and the same thing would be a BA. (Actually the real name would be a Latin variation of the same.) In that spirit I should note that I have an Artium Magistri degree in math from Dartmouth College. I was told that outside of the College I should refer to it as an MA or MSc (my choice) because nobody knows what an AM degree is, and it is equivalent. If the department is asked whether I have an MSc in Math, they will say, "Yes". But since the actual name is Latin for Master of Arts, it is more accurate for me to claim an MA. Which is why I was flabbergasted at your claim that a BA in math was an education degree. Cheers, BEn "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]

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