<p>Currently I am just starting my second year as an accounting major. The problem is that I am basicly at the point where I just cant stand doing this anymore. At 20 years old I could easily make the switch in majors. Currently I am on the seed scholar ship and if I just finish my associates degree in accounting I can switch into another four year school with an additional full scholarship. They only offer IT; if I wanted to take CS I would have to transer to University of Delaware and spend around 40k for my degree. Can someone tell me allitle bit about both IT and CS? Also about payscales for each along with job oppertunites and outlooks? Any advice is much appreciated.</p>
<p>CS is more technical; the curriculum will be heavy in math, math-like concepts, and programming. Common job and career options involve software development and hardware design. IT is typically less technical and more business oriented (it may be under a business division, while CS is usually under an engineering division or associated with a math department). IT jobs tend toward more management of computers (system, network, and database administration), rather than design and development.</p>
<p>Someone going into IT may want to take the CS versions of the courses on operating systems, networks, databases, and security, as these will provide better foundational learning which will allow self-education for future new technologies.</p>
<p>The thing about CS is that you would get better preparation and a better foundation with LESS courses. When you look at it (and using UCBAlumnus post).</p>
<p>Object-Oriented Programming I (Java or C++)
Object-Oriented Programming II (Java or C++)
Computer Organization
Algorithms
Data Structures
Theory of Programming Languages
Operating Systems
Computer Networks
Database Systems
Cryptology/Security</p>
<p>…is pretty much all you need to do CS AND I.T…just 10 courses…9 if the Algorithms and Data Structures are combined into one course (done at many schools).</p>
<p>Dont forget discrete mathematics as a normal rec too</p>
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<p>At my daughter’s college, a degree in CS requires that you take 14 comp sci courses as well as several math courses. For a degree in IT, a student would be required to take 9 IT courses, 3 CS courses, and several math courses. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>I realize that this thread is a month old but I feel compelled to add my 2 cents:</p>
<p>I would not pay $40K for a degree in CS if I could get an IT degree for free. </p>
<p>Odds are that your potentially free university offers the basic math and computer science courses that you would take for a CS degree. If you want to take a number of more advanced CS classes in addition, you could do that at another university for much less than $40K (e.g. during the summer or after graduation or online).</p>