Computer Science Degree with IT Certifications

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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Hey everyone,

I have been doing some research and thought I would ask everyone on how they feel about going for a Computer Science Degree, while having IT certifications. I currently am taking courses for IT Certs (A+, Network+, Server+, CCNA, CCENT, ect.) and my hope was to finish these then attend college for CS so that I would have an extra bit of experience to have on my resume when applying for jobs. But from what I have been reading, the general conscientious is that the two are unrelated, I dont feel like this is a waist of my time in that generally IT and CS revolve around the same concept, just different areas of focus. So my question is what does everyone feel about the combination of these certifications with a degree in Computer Science, I will admit that Mathematics and I do not get along very well and from what I have read, the focus of Software Development is less math intensive, which is what I have been focusing on for my degree plan. Any suggestions or alterations any one would make with this plan?

Thanks in advance,
Victor.

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A CS degree is 100 times more important than certifications, which won’t give you much if any leg up.

IT and CS are very different. One use technology, the other creates it.

IT certifications won’t hold you back and probably would help in specific CS topics like Networks, but in terms of Software Development it won’t be of much if any worth.

While CS won’t practically use high level math, it is the underlying logical core of CS and you will have to do a good deal of math in school to get a CS degree.