/sci/ - Science & Math

>irrevocable

I'm here to tell y'all that >>8237833 >>8237839 and >>8237840 are right.

If anyone's reading this and is just curious (not taking the bait, that is), the force from the Earth spinning makes us something like 3% lighter at the equator than at the poles.

Ain't that fucking cool?

>>7235497
The difference between a BA and a BS is that you have to take "Quantitative" classes for a BS, and language classes for a BA.

Let's say the Quantitative classes you take are Math 320 and Math 325 (I'm totally just making up these numbers). For a math major, let's say the highest math course you need for the major is Math 550. Obviously you're at a much higher level of math anyway, so it doesn't matter here. In this case, I guess a BA would be better, because you will have studied languages which would be more useful.

On the other hand, it may show that you can't apply math to different fields, like if you took a chemistry course for the Quantitative requirement, where you would use math to determine various numbers in actual lab processes, and therefor the BS would be better because you can use math in fields other than pure math.

But that's just me. tl;dr: People in STEM, and therefor most /sci/entists look down at BA's, and only respect BS's. I guess in the end it depends on the particular job and the employer, but day-to-day a BS major is more respected.