BSBA BS... Dual degree nonsense.

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So, I asked for advising to add the BSBA CIS to my degree plan a while back, and they did. I am applying for graduation, and they are informing me that the new catalog has separated different BSBA degrees into their own non-combinable, non-dual degrees. They have the exact same professional requirements and are from the same school, but they cannot be combined. They say a BSBA CIS is now a "Bachelor of Science (BS) degree program in Computer Information Systems" or a BS CIS. And the degree title doesn't mention anything about business administration. It has all the requirements of the BSBA but says nothing about business administration and cannot be combined with a BSBA for a dual degree.

So, for example:

BSBA Finance cannot be combined with a BS CIS... There is a webpage saying you can get two areas of study within the BSBA, but somehow, BS CIS is not in the BSBA category now. It is its own thing as of the 2023 catalog.

First, no one anywhere on the planet wants a bachelor's in business administration that doesn't say business administration. No one. A BS CIS is a ridiculous degree, and the people getting just that degree alone are probably equal to zero. The only people getting it are the people adding it on with the CS degree. Why would anyone take all of the business classes just to have a business degree that doesn't even say business on it? Who wants to explain to HR that this is "totally a business admin degree" when it says nothing about that?

So, potentially, I have wasted months of time. Advising specifically told me they added the BSBA CIS to my degree plan. That's what I asked for, and that's what they called it. I assumed we were fine to proceed, but now I am getting this nonsense about not being able to combine these "separate" degrees, whose only difference is the area of study. Ridiculous.