[BenKenobi]

History.

There are academically rigorous disciplines that exist that do not have BS equivalents, and I believe mine is one of them.

I agree with your assessment that many are as you state, but not all.

[allmendream]

You are correct, History is not (AFAIK) a subject that offers a more rigorous B.S. degree - and it is a subject that takes more than regurgitating the professor's academic sounding jargon - and it is a subject of a great deal of use in being a well educated person.

I don't see how anyone can claim to really understand what is happening today without knowing what went on beforehand.

I am currently reading “Up from Slavery” by Booker T. Washington. History is one of my absolute favorite subjects!

Truth is stranger than fiction - and reading history proves it!

Being a scientist though I think the proper ‘experiment’ would be between two groups, one with a B.S. degree and the other with a B.A. degree in the same subject - and a test upon that subject.

And with a sample size of n=1 for each group I would be leery of accepting such a test as anything more than anecdotal evidence.

;)

[allmendream]

Checking (I like to do so) there are quite a few schools that offer a B.S. in History that has a more rigorous academic requirement than the B.A. in History.

Not sure if such was the case when and where you went to school, but I don't want to say that there is no such animal as the B.S. degree in History - because there is.