[jochill]

Hi, I just graduated from a two-year course, Associate in Computer System Design and Programming and now i am going to continue my study, but i am having a difficulty in choosing which is a better course; Bachelor of Science in Information Technology or Bachelor of Science in Computer Science? and uh, can you please state why did you chose that course? thanks!

[Amadeus]

The answer will depend on the content of the programs you mention. Different educational institutions mean different things by using those terms. Are you able to provide a summary of each program?

[skyhawk133]

Moved to Corner Cubicle.

[crcapps]

It also depends on what it is that you want to do.

Though the naming is basically arbitrary, and will vary from school to school, usually, a BS in Computer Science will be more math and theory heavy- more of an engineering oriented program, while a program in IT will be more centered on network administration and the business aspects of the industry, such as IT management.

If you want to be a sysadmin or something, and your school's programs match what I said above, go IT, if you want to be a programmer, go CS.

The program I graduated from was actually titled Software Engineering- it was essentially Computer Science, but it sacrificed some of the math and theory for a strong Systems Analysis and business orientation.

[KYA]

IT = business, running networks, etc...

CS = programming, doing computer things, etc...

The IT courses I've taken as electives are painful; they're so boring. "Business, blah blah router, blah". I heartily recommend CS, but that's a biased opinion since I'm doing CS.

[skin__]

KYA, on 20 May, 2008 - 04:58 PM, said:

IT = business, running networks, etc...

CS = programming, doing computer things, etc...

The IT courses I've taken as electives are painful; they're so boring. "Business, blah blah router, blah". I heartily recommend CS, but that's a biased opinion since I'm doing CS.

Yep, same as me.
The business stuff can get extremely boring and if you're not financially minded (like myself) can get a little hard to follow.
CS is much more fun.

[Ellie]

Yeah, it's the same here, IT is dull and CS is actually doing things, the IT students don't seem to do much programming at all, so it definitely wouldn't be my choice!

[KYA]

Don't get me wrong. I love business, but the IT courses don't go into depth on anything. Let's talk about how that router cisco makes works; not just that it does.

[Mikhail]

Go for CS, IT is plain too borin, and they don't teach in depth stuff.

[crcapps]

At the school that I went to, most of the IT classes were Cisco, MCP, and CompTIA certification prep classes that were stretched into a semester long, 3 or 4 credit hour class.

I wanted to do both, since I figured that being seen as both a programmer and a tech both would come in handy, but after I took the A+ class, that was enough of the IT department for me.

Then I realized no one cared anyway.

This post has been edited by crcapps: 22 May 2008 - 05:25 AM

[Mikhail]

Or you can take CS, and get A+ cert by yourself and books.

[red_4900]

is CS degree under science or engineering?

[crcapps]

red_4900, on 4 Jun, 2008 - 04:53 AM, said:

is CS degree under science or engineering?

Depends on the school- sometimes it's under the general sciences, usually it's under engineering, sometimes schools have two versions of it with a different emphasis. I've even seen it where it's under the business department.

[born2c0de]

In India (and maybe in England too) we have two equivalent courses which are called B.E. in Computer Science and B.E. in I.T (Bachelor of Engineering)

The course syllabus is almost the same for both courses but many lecturers say that the industry (again, in India) favours the Computer Science degree.