Excelsior More Money For Tuition Out Of The Big Three?

[sanantone]

That maybe true in some areas; however, as someone who attended a brick and mortar (Morehouse College, and Georgia State) a B.A in psychology was projected as being inferior to a B.S in psychology, even on popular medical forums like studentdoctor you can also see this projection. A B.A was thought of as the easy way out, due to the more science courses that the B.S required. When I attended a brick and mortar students would switch only to a B.A if they didn't satisfy their degree requirements on time for graduation, it was typically not what they wanted, and as a former Biology major, the same exact projection existed in regard to the natural sciences, I even had a Biopsychology professor who had a B.A in biology make fun of herself, because the thought of a B.A in biology was funny to her, as she stated you are more likely to see a B.A in biology from someone in her older age group.

It doesn't matter what the misconceptions of other students are. It only matters what employers and graduate admissions think. They usually don't distinguish between a BA and BS in psychology. Oftentimes, they're expecting to see a BA because there are many schools that only offer a BA in psychology. The differences between BA and BS programs varies by school. At some schools, the difference could be as small as the BA requiring foreign language courses. Some of the top schools in the nation only offer BA programs in the liberal arts e.g. Harvard College. I'm certain that an A.B. from Harvard in anything would look better than a BS from an unranked school.

On forums like Student Doctor, you will also come across those who look down on the psychology field as a whole. You have PAs looking down on nurse practitioners, psychiatrists looking down on psychologists, MDs looking down on DOs and so on and so forth. Your biopsychology professor is still a professor with her BA in biology. She was still able to get her masters or PhD or whatever. If she knew about the history of education, then she would know why BAs in the natural sciences exist. The natural sciences have been considered liberal arts for centuries.

Ironically, the BS in Psychology at Excelsior is easier and more flexible than their BA in Psychology.