Al Klein wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:10:39 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:


At Texas A&M in the late '50's, a BA in EE required a
foreign language but a BS didn't. Don't know why.


Language is an art?

Back in the olden days a BA degree focused on art, humanities, language,
sociology, etc.

Back in the olden days a BS degree focused on math, more math, physics,
chemistry, biological sciences, etc.

The basic difference was M A T H ... M O R E M A T H ... then four or more
semesters of C A L C U L U S.

In fifty years I've forgotten most of that MATH and Calculus stuff, but I still
like to read about the humanities, history, sociology. That must mean
something. My degree, like Cecil's, is a BS [That does not stand for Bull S...]