BA or BS in Computer Science/Information Systems

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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I’m currently a student at a university that has the CS and IS degrees combined as a BA and separate concentrations for a BS.

I am taking programming courses, but I’m not aiming to be a software engineer or any type of engineer that requires higher level mathematics (higher than discrete math or calc). I would really like to work in networking or something with databases or even IT related.

The advisors at my school haven’t been the greatest help and I’m just trying to find out which degree would be the most beneficial and help me get to where I want to go.

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At most schools, CS = more technical, IS = more business.

The CS major will require discrete math and usually a math-like course on algorithms and complexity.

If you take the CS versions of courses on databases, networks, operating systems, and security, you will be able to handle the technical parts of IS/IT jobs better than IS graduates typically will.