Charter Oak has an actual Major

[DrJohn]

If you are going into a field where specific program accreditation is beneficial, then a school that offers a major will likely be your only true fit. When it comes to concentration vs majors, the waters are muddied a bit in that some schools like Harvard list all their undergrad degrees as concentrations. Now I am not suggesting that a COSC degree and Harvard degree are equals in the field of education, only a fool would believe otherwise. They simply both list their degrees as such, although COSC makes the further distinction that the major is actually General Studies. That being said, I am not going to list on my resume "Bachelor of Science, Charter Oak State College, General Studies concentrating in Business / Organizational Leadership. I have never in my life seen a need to specify what your major is in versus what you studied in college. It simply says Bachelor of Science, Charter Oak State College, Business Administration.

COSC may start moving towards majors, it isn't going to change anything, but that isn't really a bad thing either, I support it. It will not cause COSC to suddenly overtake any of the other Big 3 schools. However it is the first step in being able to offer accreditation for a specific program, say business, accounting, architecture, psychology, ect. Once COSC starts to offer a verity of graduate programs you may then see an increase in enrollment at COSC. COSC has come a long ways over the the years. I am sure many of you can remember when COSC didn't offer any courses, you had to complete any course work at another university and transfer it in, COSC would simply award the degree once you had the required classes / hours met. They have a come leaps and bounds since that time period. They are the only one of the Big 3 to require both a Cornerstone and Capstone course and to require Eng 101 has a prereq to admission or the taking of a COSC English prereq course prior to the Cornerstone course. If I am not mistaken, I believe the residency requirement at COSC is higher then the other two schools, that isn't necessarily a bad thing unless your goal is completely test of a degree, which no school will offer that option now. These are just my opinions, based on my own thoughts and beliefs.