the school i am currently at only offers the BS in computer science but there is another university in town that overs 2 computer degrees one called computer science and computer information systems. do you think these degrees hold the same amount of wieght when trying to get a programming job. jst wondeirng cause after my year off im thinking about transfering to the other school for the cis degree what do you think?
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Jump to PostI, along with inscissor, have majors in Computer Science and minors in Business Computer Information Systems (basically a CIS degree brought to you by the university's business school). Comp Sci definitely holds a lot more weight. CIS is really good if you want to do less science / math theory …
Jump to PostI'd have to disagree ;) Computer science and CIS courses are really worlds apart. CIS is more of an I.T. type degree. There is some programming involved, but a lot of it is end-user based and application based - and hands-on computer type stuff. A computer science degree is definitely …
Jump to PostOh wow, influenced by this thread, eh? Good luck in all of your endeavors, whichever major you wish to choose!
Jump to PostThere are actually a bunch of similar threads comparing Comp Sci to IT/IS in these forums.
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