Talk:Bachelor of Mathematics

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"Relatively few institutions award Bachelor of Mathematics degrees, and the distinction between institutions which do award such degrees and those which award B.Sc or B.A. degrees for mathematics is usually one of university bureaucracy, rather than curriculum."

-I personally don't agree. Before I bailed out of my Bachelor of Mathematics (with a specialty in Computer Science) for a Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Waterloo, all I know was that my math was anywhere from 1-3 years ahead of every other school within Ontario's other Universities.--AlphaTwo 21:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

But the issue is not that Waterloo is better because they give out B.Math degrees: they're better because they just happen to be better. There are schools with good math programs who give out B.Sc. degrees, and schools with not-so-good math programs who give out B.Math degrees.

Now, the issue isn't entirely separate: some of why Waterloo's good for math is that they devote a separate faculty to it, and if you have a separate faculty you're a lot likelier to have a unique label on the degree. But I don't think one can make any kind of general statement saying that "B.Math is better than B.Sc. for math" or some such thing. --Saforrest 02:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

You are right, but the current wording makes it sound like that schools that do make a distinction are doing it to make themselves look better (worded in a negative tone.)--AlphaTwo 13:44, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Waterloo is "One of the few schools that has a Faculty of Mathematics, offering over 10 different major studies within Math,"?? that sounds like a line from a admissions book. Try serching google for "faculty of mathematics." It seems there are a lot more then a few. secondly how is that related to the article anyways?

NOTE: "Chennai Mathematical Institute" is giving "B Sc Mathematics" degree not "B Math" degree for reference please Visit this page... http://www.cmi.ac.in/admissions/ hmm thats why I have deleted it---mail me at nitin.leo1986@gmail.com