<p>Hey guys, i came upon this when browsing majors offered by different universities. What is the difference between a bachelors in computer science and a bachelors in computer and information sciences, general. What career options do both of these offer?</p>
<p>At my school, CIS <em>is</em> CS, but usually CIS is a more IT-like, business-oriented degree and less of a math-like, engineering-like degree.</p>
<p>I was going to mention this in the “CS vs. CIS” thread.</p>
<p>Computer Information SCIENCE (not to be confused with Computer Information Systems) is basically a CS degree that focuses more on the “information” side of CS: databases systems, operating systems, computer networks, basically anything to do with data. It is different from regular CS in which there will not be any (or very few courses) in non-information related courses like computer architecture, parallel processing (maybe), quantum computing…basically any CS course that relates to other engineering areas.</p>
<p>Ohio State and University of Delaware are known for having Computer Information SCIENCE degrees.</p>
<p>Actually, at OSU, the CIS degree has several tracks (you can go very technical or theoretical) and there is also a CSE degree (the department is CSE) with different tracks. Very customizable. Whatever college the OP is considering, they should contact an advisor in that department to sort out their options as they can differ greatly even at the same university.</p>