Best Computer Science degree?

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I went back and checked my e-mail and they replied to me in May of 2019.

I'm happy to get into the weeds on this for a second and with great respect because I know that you have helped me more than once. I almost went to COSC for the Bachelor's in General Studies - Computer Science Concentration. I did not for the following two reasons:

1) The computer science concentration is not printed on the diploma. Neither is the major (general studies).
2) The major is general studies -- not computer science.

That's actually publicly available here: https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...bachelors/

COSC offers Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees in General Studies. If you get a bachelor's degree in general studies with any concentration, your diploma will either say:

"Bachelor of Arts"
or
"Bachelor of Science"

The major (general studies) and the concentration(s) are printed on the official transcripts.

Degree: Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science
Major: general studies
concentration: computer science

Just an FYI, MANY schools (including TESU) only BA or BS on the diploma.  This is very common.  The diploma doesn't matter much though - because if a prospective employer wants something from you as "proof" of your degree, 99% of the time they will ask for the TRANSCRIPT, not your diploma.  The Transcript is the important part - it shows the courses you took and grades, as well as additional info on graduation (degree, major/minor/concentration and date awarded).

A general studies degrees is a degree in ... general studies. I have a degree in general studies and I regret it because people perceive it as having no expertise. Would a 'certificate' or 'major' or 'concentration' or 'minor' have fixed that? Maybe it would for some people. Maybe the algorithm would kick out the others and prefer whatever degrees others had with the expected verbiage.

I'm an American, but I work overseas, so that might have something to do with my sensitivity to this. I've seen people get their degrees (paper diplomas) rejected for the most unexpected reasons. (I've been working overseas for years). When you apply for a job in America and the background check is outsourced to India, do the people in India see the transcript? I don't know because I've never worked there. I have however had my background check done by people in India when I did everything right and it caused all sorts of problems (this was more then ten years ago).

In this particular scenario, for the COSC degree, even if the employer requests the transcripts, they're going to see that the major is in general studies. To me, this is a problem. There's a reason why all of these degree titles exist.

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I have a question really quickly. What does your TESU diploma say? We know there's "Bachelor of Arts" and "Bachelor of Science", but is there also "Bachelor of Science in Business Administration"? I thought they would at least print that?