Job Opportunities for SI majors?

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I’m undecided about my major, but I’m interested in the BSI at the School of Information. I was also thinking about minoring in CS. What kind of jobs could I expect after graduating? Currently, I’m doing a technology internship at Quicken Loans.

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What year are you?

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2nd

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Going into your sophomore year?

Undergrad SI is a relatively new program. It is definitely legit, but does not have much of a track record. How is your tech internship going? What kind of stuff are you doing in it? Do you like it?

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https://www.si.umich.edu/sites/default/files/2016_employment_report_insert_BSI_web.pdf

Outcome-wise, they do a lot better relative to the actual content and skills learned their courses.

UMSI had their own career fair, but I highly recommend that you also go to the Career Expo and Engineering career fairs too because of the roles involved.

As a CSE 2015 student, i took a few of their classes as electives. A number of their course materials are publicly available online

https://open.umich.edu/find/open-educational-resources/information

For best outcomes, you will be expected to have a portfolio of works to showcase to potential employers.

Personally, i think the classes won’t teach you much practical skills. Many of those classes require you to write too many papers. I’m not a fan of 2 year programs, and the BSI would be better off as a 4 year program. It would be more useful devoting your time to watching Lynda/Udemy/Udacity/Coursera/Youtube videos on Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Sketch 3.

Go to MHacks. Meet teammates to work a project. There is also a career fair on the first night.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHacks

Because of the nature of this work, most work in software consulting agencies. If you’re not into consulting, this may not be for you.

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My friend just graduated with a degree in SI and is having trouble finding work. She is getting a lot of offers for unpaid internships, but has yet to find a full time paid position after months of looking. I’m not knowledgable enough about these programs specifics to give you a solid recommendation, however, given what I’ve seen my friend go through and my understanding of the classes, your best bet would probably be to do computer science rather than information.