COSC adding new Majors

[ajs1976]

Back in the day what COSC was doing was unusual. Because, at the time, what they would allow to be applied to a program was more flexible than most schools, NEASC wanted them to use the nomenclature they do. Since then, many more schools have started offering majors that include a lot more flexibility -- other schools have caught up to where COSC started out. That's why they're slowly starting to refer to some of their programs as having majors. It also explains why you read that on COSC's site, although the argument could be made that they shouldn't describe things that way now that the difference has been eroded.

tl;dr: It's a leftover from the '70s when non-traditional learning was still avant garde.

that is the piece of information I was missing. Now why does COSC do that, but TESC that was chartered in 1972 have Majors and some areas of study? Did TESC start out like it is now or did it change at a later time. While what they are doing with the BSBA and Applied Sciences and their areas of study are similar to a major in General Studies with a concentration, I feel that what TESC is doing is more defined and therefore more marketable to the job market.