<p>What are your opinions?</p>
<p>I don't know, depends on what you want to focus on. Some focus on networking, others e-commerce, or project management. What do you want to do after graduating?</p>
<p>I recommend you go into Supply Chain. It's huge!</p>
<p>I'd like to be a system admin for a large company some day. I was STRONGLY considering going to ASU, to the W.P. Carey business school to get my degree in CIS, and see what happens.</p>
<p>If not that, I think a degree in MIS with a focus on accounting would be good. I just don't even know what colleges to look at. ASU is the only one I have applied to so far.</p>
<p>sp1212 - if that was a joke, it's over my head lol.</p>
<p>oh, nevermind, haha. I just looked at supply chain stuff, but idk if that's for me. Pretty much what I was asking, is what colleges should I be looking at for a degree in MIS/CIS?</p>
<p>Hmmm...don't really know...pretty much any college that gives you the opportunities to get internships and later on a job in systems administration. I can't really tell you of any good CIS programs, since I didn't actually major in it. But, probably a program in a good business school, since that is where most CIS majors are located.</p>
<p>What sucks is CS and CIS do not prepare you for any type of IT career except maybe programming. Community colleges are better at that stuff and most jobs want 5+ years of experience doing those types of things anyway. They are not going to let a fresh grad who hasn't even learned most of the basic systems (Linux, Unix, Windows Server, TCP/IP, VPN) touch their computers/networks.</p>
<p>I'm actually getting a certificate in network administration/design at my local CC while doing my master's. Because they don't teach you the stuff to actually get a job in networking (what I want to do). I have also been trying my hardest to get another internship with my state's government in systems administration/PC support/networking with no luck.</p>
<p>ASU is a good school. Program looks solid. Why are you considering CIS instead of CS?</p>
<p>Because I want to be on the user-end, not the creator-end. I want to USE the software to take care of systems and things like that. Not create it ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, I can understand that. But CIS majors don't get too much respect. In many peoples eyes, CS is WAY better. CIS is the easy way out...less math and "hardcore" thinking. I don't think it matters when it comes to sysadmin though...programming...possibly.</p>
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What sucks is CS and CIS do not prepare you for any type of IT career except maybe programming. Community colleges are better at that stuff and most jobs want 5+ years of experience doing those types of things anyway. They are not going to let a fresh grad who hasn't even learned most of the basic systems (Linux, Unix, Windows Server, TCP/IP, VPN) touch their computers/networks.</p>
<p>I'm actually getting a certificate in network administration/design at my local CC while doing my master's. Because they don't teach you the stuff to actually get a job in networking (what I want to do). I have also been trying my hardest to get another internship with my state's government in systems administration/PC support/networking with no luck.
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<p>Your point is somewhat valid but not really. I have an MIS degree and feel that it prepared me for jobs such as IT consulting, programming, analyst roles, project management, DBA role, etc. You are correct in that vocational schools prepare one better for System Admin roles (although, some MIS programs actually include something on this)..although, an MIS major is far more marketable than someone with a degree from a vocational college.</p>
<p>In regards to unix, any CS graduate should be completely familiar with Unix. Also, most CS students do a lot of tinkering with computers on the side unrelated to their classes. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that system admins generally specialize in either Windows Server Administration or Unix Admininistration. It would be rare for one person to do both. I think the most valuable way to learn to be a system admin is via job experience. During college i worked as a computer support tech and then moved up to do Windows Server Administration as well as large software rollouts. This kind of experience would prepare one well to be a Windows Server Admin.</p>
<p>BTW, most of the System Admins I knew were CS grads, but it is not impossible to come from the MIS route. Windows Server would be MUCH easier than Unix. You would need to pick up unix/linux on the side because you will not use them in the MIS curriculum.</p>
<p>You have a MIS degre VW? Man, and here I was respecting your opinion.:p</p>
<p>Yeah, I didn't know you had a MIS degree either. Thanks for your feedback.</p>