Why is TESC BSBA as Bachelor of Science instead of a Bachelor of Arts in Bus Admin?

[andrewtn]

Maybe a dumb question but I have no idea.... Most if not all of the Business Admin Bachelors degrees I've looked at have been Bachelors of Arts in Business Admin but the TESC is a Bachelor of Science. Is there a good reason? What's the difference and does it matter?

Thanks

[dmjacobsen]

"Most if not all"? What programs are you looking at? Most if not all Business Admin programs I've looked at are BS degrees. Art would make no sense.

[sanantone]

I've seen a lot of BBAs (Bachelor of Business Administration). Business administration is not a liberal art. The liberal arts include humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics.

[mrs.b]

Of the handful I looked at prior to settling on TESC, if they were BA - Business Admin degrees, they were from schools that did not have a full Business Department and were squeaking a Business Admin degree out of one of their other departments.

Link the one(s) you're referring to and perhaps we can figure out out? Generally, though, a Business Admin degree is going to come from the School of Business which are almost universally Science, not Liberal Arts.

[Jonathan Whatley]

It shouldn't matter at all.

Excelsior's bachelor's in the School of Business and Technology are a BS in Business (aka BSB) and a Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS). You can also earn a BS in Liberal Studies with area of focus in Business/Management or similar.

At Charter Oak, the requirements for a BA with concentration in Business Administration and for a BS with a concentration in Business Administration are identical except that the BA requires at least 90 semesters in designated liberal arts subjects across the whole degree, the BS at least 60.