BA in Liberal Studies CS and NSM Concentration Questions

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1 - For the BALS CS, Computer Architecture, Data Structures & Computer Programming Language course are required. The computer programming language course does not have to be Python but not all programming courses meet the requirement (e.g. I had Object Oriented Programming & Database Programming [Prefix of CAP & ITS] & as @jg_nuy points out that R programming).

1A - A list of transfer equivalents for the required courses can be found on Certificate Plan for Computer Science (https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...er_Science) they might accept Programming in Java or C++ Programming but we know for sure that Python Programming will meet the requirement.

For the "Select 9 credits from the following:..." this is where there is flexibility for other transferable Computer Science / CIS courses at the same level, for example, I have CLD-4200 Architecting Cloud Solutions, CMP-3540 Network Technology (TECEP - My Review) & CIS-310 Management Information Systems running a what-if with my credits.

1B. This brings up another question do the 24 credits of Liberal Studies Courses have to be related to Computer Science too?

1B - The 24 credits of Liberal Studies Courses do not have to be related to Computer Science but they do need to fall under the category of the liberal studies, so if you had a bunch of business credits chances are they wouldn't full into this category.

3 - As of right now LIB-4970 is the same as LIB-4950 was & when I took the capstone, it was when they started grouping the capstones related to the area of study but before they changed the course numbers... and as far as I'm aware, nothing has changed (yet) and in theory someone could write their capstone on anything liberal arts related, HOWEVER, personally I would recommend that if someone is going to have liberal arts concentration then they should expect that their capstone paper should be related to their concentration, because they will be spending about 3 months on and honestly they will probably get better feedback from their peers.

4 - The BALS Natural Science/Mathematics Concentration can be all CS & CIS courses but that doesn't mean that every course will count towards the concentration... Confusing I know, but for example, not all CIS courses count towards the BA in Computer Science, so in theory, if they don't count towards Computer Science and because Computer Science falls under a Natural Science here, then that means they shouldn't count towards the Natural Science.

That being said, I started off as a BALS NSM and graduated with the BA in CS. The BALS NSM gives the most flexibility IMHO, especially if someone has UL in Natural Sciences, Mathematics or Computer Science. If a person already has credit for Computer Architecture from a previous course taken, great then BALS CS should be cake, it wasn't until I got credit for Computer Architecture that I debated about switching from the BALS NSM to a BALS CS. Once someone is at that point, then it really just depends on Calculus & how far they are from getting a BA in CS.