<p>I'm currently a CS major who also got accepted to the IT major. Is it worth it in the real world or will CS be enough? Would there be any benefit? I'd like to note than in my school IT major is not a lot of credits so it's not difficult to pursue or anywhere as rigorous as CS.</p>
<p>No…not at all.</p>
<p>I was wondering if you could give some sort of explanation. I’ve been doing CS for almost a year at Rutgers but I was open to other majors to double with. Of course nothing too hard so I chose IT. But I guess I’ll be backing out of IT and stick with just CS if everyone else agrees that it’s not worth it.</p>
<p>What would you gain by adding IT? Would it provide you with another skill set relevant to your desired path after college, or are you just looking to add another major to your transcript?
If it’s the latter, your best bet would probably be to take elective classes that fit with your interests or add a minor. I wouldn’t double major for the sake of double majoring.</p>
<p>That’s what I was wondering too. If it would truly give me another skill set that would be relevant over CS in the future. I don’t want to major just to double major but I kind of just took it because it seemed like maybe it would help and that major isn’t a lot of credits</p>
<p>@ThunderBuddy</p>
<p>This is what CS has over IT or CIS (and I mean Computer Information Systems…not Computer Information Science)…</p>
<p>You will have a better theory/practical knowledge on an area than just and IT major…but the MAIN benefit is that you will be able to pick up on new technologies much quicker BECAUSE of knowing the background theory.</p>
<p>Having said that, you can tailor your CS degree to be more in line with current/future technolgies by taking the CS VERSIONS OF THE IT-TYPE COURSES. In other words, take courses like:</p>
<p>Database Systems (from the CS dept…not IT/CIS)
Computer Networks (from the CS dept…not IT/CIS)
Cryptology (from the CS or Math dept)</p>
<p>Your Operating Systems course SHOULD include Unix or Linux or that CS department has “some 'splaining to do”.</p>
<p>Now here is something that you can do in your spare time (spare time for a CS student, yeah right, LOL)…</p>
<p>Go on something like RedHat’s website and under the certifications area look at the topics for a linux admin or engineer and make sure you know those items. Of course this applies to Linux but you could do this for just about any CS area.</p>