<p>As a prospective student who will either major in Computer Science or Information Systems, what is an "acceptable" GPA for job placement? I know this sounds a like rubbish, but considering that many students in College fall below the 3.0 mark (esp. the 'party-ers'), I wonder what is a decend GPA for a Comp. Sci. and/or Information Systems major. The technical workload can make or break a student's future career prospects...</p>
<p>I am personally a student that can work hard and sacrifice free time to study (if I can stop surfing the web... lol). </p>
<p>I'm thinking I will get around 3.0 to 3.5 through-out my college career.</p>
<p>I run into many job postings looking for 3.0 or higher so many will get filtered out at this level. It could just be a standard HR filter where they don’t understand the job but they do that to reduce the pile of resumes that they have to look at. I also see job postings that don’t specify a GPA. After you get your first professional job, GPA doesn’t matter as much. You work accomplishments grow in importance with your work history.</p>
<p>BTW: my personal opinion is that an IS degree is considerably easier than a CS degree.</p>
<p>Shoot for at least a 3.0 GPA. A 3.5 should be good for grad school and competitive jobs.</p>
<p>@ BCEagle91:</p>
<p>"my personal opinion is that an IS degree is considerably easier than a CS degree. "</p>
<p>I don’t know about that… an IS major also has to have some CS experience, and in the programs that I’m applying to ([Information</a> Systems - UMBC](<a href=“http://www.is.umbc.edu/programs/undergraduate/BS_program.asp]Information”>http://www.is.umbc.edu/programs/undergraduate/BS_program.asp), [Undergraduate</a> Program - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park](<a href=“http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/majors/is.aspx]Undergraduate”>http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/majors/is.aspx)), CS plays a major role in IS studies. Of course there is less CS. Yet the job market for both seem to be in strong conditions, and salaries seem to equal as well (55,000 to 60,000).</p>
<p>I have both IS and CS degrees.</p>
<p>The IS major doesn’t have to take the theoretical math and hardware courses.</p>
<p>In my opinion, finance, accounting, marketing, law, organizational behavior, etc. are a lot easier than algorithms, foundations, architecture, circuits, etc.</p>