I have 2 degrees from the University of Maryland. I have a bachelor of arts from the school of behavioral and social sciences, for my economics course work. And I have a bachelor of science from the business school, for my finance course work.
Now the reasons that I think so little of my undergraduate degrees are numerous and probably require a great deal of explanation, but there's something so simple in just noting the absurdity of the nomenclature. The dismal science seems to be exercising some surprising humility by handing out arts degrees, which I guess is fair enough because undergraduate economics isn't especially scientific. But it is a fuck of a lot more scientific than anything the business school has to offer, and yet somehow they're handing out science degrees?
This of course isn't uniquely a Terp thing. Everybody's doing it, which must mean it makes sense somehow, right?
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