So I found out thatif I switched majors from Computer Science to Computer Information Systems, I would graduate earlier. Thoughts? Its pretty important, since its what ill do with the rest of my life.
In my college, the CIS has these CS courses past the introduction lower division classes:
Databases (1 year long)
Ecommerce
Software Engineering
*Security
(or)
*Networks
The rest are fundamental business courses(Intro accounting, finance, management, macro micro econ, etc). My college is an expensive private college and it ranks fairly high in business. Coming from a good college, can I expect to be able to find a decent job with a CIS degree? I guess I’m a little confused, because a CIS is not as in depth as a CS or Business degree. I don’t know what I would do, what exactly could I do with this education? Would I still be able to land a programmer job if next semester I went on to Statistics over Calculus?
From Cs To Cis Major? Advise?
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What would you rather be doing? Would you rather be a computer programmer or work in IT?
While both of these jobs may have similar things associated with them, there are some differences, as well. Programmers do just that, write code and IT professionals do a variety of other things, like troubleshoot computers, networks, install and update software, design networks, implement security measures and ensure that they are working, as well as a variety of other things.
However, with a Computer Science degree, you may be getting more of a theoretical education in how computers work, that is perhaps more in-depth than you would be getting with a degree in CIS. For example, with a degree in CS, you may learn about data structures, different programming languages, how to write efficient code, as well as other computer related things.
Additionally, with a degree in Computer Science, you may also be required to take more math related courses, such as Calculus I and II, as well as Algebra, Linear Algebra, and discrete mathematics.
However, a CIS degree seems to have more business related courses associated with it than a CS degree does, which, if you’d like to work in that field (perhaps being an IT person at a large company or something) would be beneficial to you.
As for having a Computer Information Systems degree and still being able to get a job as a computer programmer, I would say that it’s possible, provided you take some programming and perhaps some logic classes, as well as some higher level math classes.
I’m unsure how much someone in either of these professions earn, especially since salaries can differ depending on where you live, so perhaps you should check out a job finding website, such as Monster.com, and search for some of the jobs that you’d be interested in, in order to find out what the salaries and responsibilities look like for those jobs, as well as perhaps what the benefits are, etc.
You mentioned that if you switch from being a Computer Science major to a CIS major, you would graduate earlier; I wouldn’t suggest that you let this be a deciding factor as to what you will be majoring in, as the extra time might be worth it if you truly do want to be a Computer Science major.
Best of luck and I hope I helped you!
I’m a CS major and my friend is a CIS major. He told me employers look down on CIS majors compared to CS majors. He is having a hard time finding an internship, and I was accepted into the first one I applied to (with full benefits + good salary (for an internship)). You might graduate earlier, but it MIGHT be harder for you to find a job. Not sure how accurate this is, but I’m just throwing it out there.