BAAS vs BA, how are they seen?

[Duneranger]

I've been in the workforce for 10+ years now, and no one has asked details about my degree except that I have one. When I look at resumes for hiring, I just look at the level and subject area.

When I went through my HR classes a couple years ago, they talked about how many more companies are looking for people with Liberal Arts based degrees. It wasn't about them not wanting people with specific degrees, but with the rapid changes that are happening in the last couple decades, they have realized that those people who studied more of the liberal arts and humanities were more critical thinkers and adapted better to those changes. A lot of companies are looking for entry level people that they can train in the way they want them to work rather than having them trained by someone else in a manor that might not mesh with their workplace.

Hmm I get the proposition but it seems like most people here fly through their LA classes through Sophia/SDC to get to their major content. I don't know if those concepts get fully grasped with the CBE/hacking methods used here. The well rounded critical thinker aspect you talk about was the point of LA education. While my degree was STEM, I still had to have a dedicated 2ish+ years of LA education. I do feel like it made me a better critical thinker as well as learner.

But the degrees still say BS or BA at the end of the day, so I guess it doesn't really matter.