01-16-2015, 05:24 AM
Exfactor Wrote:...
Exactly, which means you can use all sorts of credits to fulfill the upper level requirements. While for the B.S 9 of the upper levels have to be earned in psychology, which for the B.A is not the cases. Which is why you should stay out of debates that does not concern you. Wrong again.
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B.S > B.A.
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Stop being a minion, and get a mind of your own.
Uh, wow. For someone who has been on this forum for over a year you don't seem too savvy about the culture here. I guess you feel you are defending yourself well, but instead I think you are embarrassing yourself with this... "style".
But more to the point, you are straight up incorrect with that first statement. I'll break it down:
"...which means you can use all sorts of credits to fulfill the upper level requirements."
The B.S. can use more sorts than the B.A. can. Period. The options for the B.S. completely subsume the options for the B.A. Period. That makes it easier. It is factually stated on the pages I listed. I guess you never knew that what those pages say is that it is easier for the B.S. to mix and match credit sources? making it easier to fulfill than the B.A. requirements? At least that's how my academic adviser put it when I was messaging back and forth with her last year about whether or not I should switch from the B.A. track in psych to the B.S.
"While for the B.S 9 of the upper levels have to be earned in psychology, which for the B.A is not the cases."
Uhm, no that is TOTALLY wrong! The requirements for the major are identical between the B.A. and B.S.: they both requirement 18 UL credits, with a 33 credit total in the major. Furthermore the core, intermediate, and upper-level requirements are exactly identical between the B.A. and the B.S.
The things you seem to be referencing are most easily seen on pages 23 (for the B.A.) and 36 (for the B.S.). The B.A.'s "Total Arts and Sciences Component" says you need at least 30 credits at the upper level and doesn't say anything in the "Total Other Requirements."
The B.S.'s "Total Arts and Sciences Component" says 21 instead of 30 and in "Total Other Requirements" it says 9. Is that where you are getting your statement? You need to reread it and think about it. It says you need 9 TOTAL in the "Other" section, but the "Other" section contains the major and the major needs 18 at the upper level. In other words, listing the 9 is meaningless, but they do it so that all of those grids for the different degrees are consistent. In no way, shape, or form does it say you need 9 MORE upper-level credits BEYOND the psychology major's upper-level credits.
And again, where the B.A. is restricted to only using arts and sciences to get to a total of 30 UL credits the B.S. can use either arts and sciences or applied/professional for 9 of those 30. Strictly easier.
"Which is why you should stay out of debates that does not concern you. Wrong again."
Are you serious? You are posting PUBLICLY. If you want to argue with someone you can always message them privately. I can comment on Christopher's thread if I feel like. Yeah. Christopher's. This isn't even your own thread honey.
What I've posted I have posted precisely because it DID concern me when I PERSONALLY dealt with this EXACT topic: B.A. versus B.S. at Excelsior.
"B.S > B.A."
I actually never said a damn word about the general argument you were having over B.A. vs. B.S. I kept my comments strictly to the fact that at Excelsior they are practically identical with the sole difference being you have a few more credit options in the B.S. track, thus making it slightly easier to complete.
"Stop being a minion, and get a mind of your own."
Nonsensical and weak, especially here of all places, on a forum dedicated and supported by people who do exactly that. "Minion"? to whom? This is a lame attempt at a parting shot. Mind of my own? Gibberish. I quoted the catalog and explained it in my own words so I don't even get what you mean here, other than you felt like you needed to get a better put-down in at the end and you couldn't come up with anything better.
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BA in Math & Psych double-major - Excelsior
BA in Math & Psych double-major - Excelsior