<p>Hi,
I am applying to colleges this fall and just wanted to ask what schools listed below have best computer engineering/IT programs? I am going to apply to UConn, RPI, WPI, Cornell, NYU Poly, and probably BU. Is there a website I could look it up and compare myself? If not, please, help me to find out.</p>
<p>Computer engineering and IT are two completely different things. What do you want to do with computers?</p>
<p>I want to be a manager (in a company) that decides what hardware/software is best for the company, or start as a system administrator (WAN/LAN networks) and then eventually be a manager (if it’s possible). Something like that. Or develop/design new hardware. I want to major in the tech field, but I don’t know who I really want to be.</p>
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IT for a while, then move up to management.</p>
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CE.</p>
<p>I guess you would need a school that’s good for both of these…</p>
<p>Thank you, and what schools have better IT programs (probably Computer Science programs since most colleges don’t have IT majors)?
UConn, RPI, WPI, Cornell, BU?</p>
<p>and what major should I choose to be a computer and information systems manager?</p>
<p>according to this <a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm[/url]”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm</a>
A bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field generally takes 4 years to complete, and includes courses in computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, mathematics, and statistics.
But what specific major(s)?</p>
<p>Ummm…what type of manager?</p>
<p>Technical manager - in charge of distributing his resources (read: technical team members) on various projects throughout the organization. Also has to do career planning, hiring and some work on bringing in new technology.</p>
<p>Project manager - in charge of managing the project(s) and the project tasks that are filled from the members of the various Technical Managers (explained above).</p>
<p>Deciding which hardware/software is best for the company is usually not a management role and it usually executed by high-level techies (senior/principal/chief engineers).</p>
<p>By the way, nowadays high-level techies are paid more than some managers because they are billed out at higher rates.</p>
<p>thank you for the response!</p>
<p>So now I am thinking to major/minor in business (Management Information Systems/Management) and engineering (Computer Science). I know it’s going to be hard. So I was looking at different colleges like RPI (great engineering programs but no business programs), UConn (good business programs and solid engineering), and Drexel (easier to get in) + possibly some other schools.
- How could I apply to a college and go to 2 different schools/departments (business and engineering) in order to make a double major (or 1 minor)?
- Drexel has a combined business/engineering major but is it worth considering/going to? I’m looking more to top schools like RPI, NYU, BU, Cornell.
- What colleges would you recommend to consider for these majors?
So, these are my three questions. Thank you!</p>
<p>An MIS degree is mostly business courses with a few CS/MIS courses. A CS degree is hardware, software and math. There isn’t a lot of overlap. A dual-major in Math and CS is usually doable because the majors have a lot of courses in common (you can structure the dual major that way).</p>
<p>You might consider going for a BSCS followed by an MBA. I did it the other way around and it worked out but I think it’s better to do the hard degree first.</p>
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<p>I know the following MAY irk some folks who SOLELY studied information technology or information systems but if you have a firm background in COMPUTER SCIENCE, then studying I.T. or I.S. will be much easier. Remember, computer-like concentrations in MBA programs are I.T./I.S.</p>
<p>I know, this is why I want to major/minor in Comp Sci and have a business background so I could work as a computer and info system manager. Of course, I won’t be able to start as a manager right away but I could start off as an IT guy and then move up the ladder to management. So what colleges are really good both in engineering and business?</p>
<p>You don’t have to get your masters degree at the same place.</p>
<p>I’d suggest finding a university with engineering and business schools and then looking at their degree requirements and then trying to draw up a schedule to satisfy both. I don’t think that doing a major/minor is going to give you what you want unless you’re willing to do five years.</p>
<p>If you are going to pay attention a lot to rankings, the “usual suspects” at the top of the engineering rankings have pretty good business programs. Although it’s possible (from what I hear) to do well on the GMAT without the business course background, what your COULD do is take the “business core” as electives to your engineering degree which are: Accounting, Finance, Management, HR and Marketing. Just one 300/400-level Statistics course (probably required by your engineering degree) will satisfy the Stats requirement and take Economics for your Social Science area of your General Ed courses.</p>
<p>I somewhat doubt that there would be time to take all of the core business courses in a minor off an engineering major. A quick glance at BC’s SOM requirements show Micro, Macro Financial accting, managerial accting, law, operations management, marketing, finance, organizational behavior and strategy and policy. And that’s before the IS courses.</p>
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Are you saying that even if I go to UConn that doesn’t have top-notch business and engineering programs (they are pretty good even though it doesn’t reflect on the USNews ratings), it doesn’t matter as long as I complete my masters degree (which is more important)?</p>
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thanks for the suggestion but I find it a bit risky. </p>
<p>First I need to find good colleges for my ‘major(s)’. For example, RPI doesn’t have a good business program, but has a strong engineering one. How about V Tech, Georgia IT, UT, do they have good engineering+business programs?</p>
<p>I wasn’t addressing the issue of school quality - but rather what you can reasonably accomplish in four years.</p>
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<p>Agreed. Oh no, I wasn’t recommending the specific schools minor. I was referring to the “minimum needed” if they wanted to pursue an MBA or even a M.S. Engineering Management…just enough so that graduate programs would not be so daunting when it came to the business courses.</p>
<p>My father is a CIO. A CIO is the one who “decides what hardware/software is best for the company.” </p>
<p>His undergrad is in Chemical Engineering, he has a MS in Computer Science, and an Executive MBA.</p>
<p>Do the computer engineering or computer science.</p>