MIS Vs. Comp Sci

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<p>Hey guys, I received a private message with the following and don't really know how to reply, would you guys kindly help respond and I will send the URL of this thread to the person who sent it to me, thanks. I guess this kid saw that I attend City College and was curious about some of the CUNY programs, but I figured the question would be answered well, but Sakky and others, who have a lot of insight on this. Thanks.</p>

<p>"I am finishing high school half a semester early, and have a free ride to a few local schools in the area. My two main choices at this point are CIS at CUNY-Baruch and Comp Sci at The City College. I have heard good things about both as far as employer recruitment, as well as networking opportunities. I am undecided between those two major, I am very very interested in computers, and have been building and tweaking PC's since I was about 10 years old. I've never really gotten into programming, I have dabbled a bit and enjoyed what I have done, but have never had a profound interest for programming. </p>

<p>My main question is simply- Is a Comp Sci curriculum substantially more difficult than IT? I am unsure of what I'd like to do as a career at this point, although technology has always been an interest of mine, I am certain I'd like to be involved in some aspect or another of the Tech Industry. Perhaps cellular phones. I do enjoy mathematics to a certain extent, but I am unsure if I will be able to keep up with Engineering level mathematics. I have dabbled in sciences, but have never really enjoyed Physics. </p>

<p>1) Is a CS curriculum substantially more difficult/time consuming than that of a traditional MIS or IT major?
2) Which of the two offer more business oriented employment opportunities (such as implementing marketing or sales ideas into an organizations website)?</p>

<p>EDIT: May I also state that I enjoy photography, and would like to try to learn a bit of video editing."</p>

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<p>CS is obviously much harder than MIS. People who can't handle CS curriculum but loves computer generally goes for MIS degree. Also, I would say CS is more versatile on a bigger scope.</p>

<p>UIUC BS Information Systems and Information Technology Core Curriculum
3 BADM 350—Information Technology for Networked Orgainizations
(Prerequisite: Junior Standing)<br>
3 BADM 352—Database Design and Management
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)<br>
3 BADM 353—Information Systems Analysis and Design
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)
6 Choose two of the following:</p>

<p>BADM 351—E-business Management
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>BADM 354—Management of Data Communications
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>BADM 355—Enterprise Software Management
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>BADM 451—E-commerce Applications and Web-based Systems
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>BADM 453—Decision Support Systems
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>BADM 454—Enterprise Computing Management
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>BADM 458—IT Governance
(Prerequisite: BADM 350)</p>

<p>12 Choose four of the following:</p>

<p>BADM 311—Individual Behavior in Organizations
(Prerequisite: BADM 310)</p>

<p>BADM 312—Organizational Design and Environment
(Prerequisite: BADM 310)</p>

<p>BADM 322—Marketing Research
(Prerequisite: BADM 320 and ECON 202)</p>

<p>BADM 324—Purchasing and Supply Management
(Prerequisite: Credit or current enrollment in BADM 320)</p>

<p>BADM 374—Management Decision Models
(Prerequisite: ECON 203)</p>

<p>BADM 375—Business Process Management</p>

<p>BADM 377—Project Management
(Prerequisite: Junior Standing)</p>

<p>BADM 379—Business Process Improvement
(Prerequisite: Junior Standing)</p>

<p>BADM 380—International Business
(Prerequisite: Junior Standing)</p>

<p>BADM 445—Small Business Consulting
(Prerequisite: Undergraduate, Junior Standing; for Graduate students, priority enrollment is granted to students in the MBA program or other MS program in BA)</p>

<p>BADM 446—Entrepreneurship Small Business Formation
(Prerequisite: Undergraduate, Junior Standing; for Graduate students, priority enrollment is granted to students in the MBA program or other MS program in BA))</p>

<p>27 Total </p>

<p>UIUC BS Computer Science Core Curriculum (there are 3 tracks for CS curriculum, but I will use the CS track for this example)</p>

<p>4 CS 125—Intro to Computer Science<br>
3 CS 173—Discrete Structures
4 CS 225—Data Structure & Softw Prin
3 CS 231—Computer Architecture I
3 CS 232—Computer Architecture II
4 CS 241—Systems Programming
3 CS 242—Programming Studio
3 CS 273—Intro to Theory of Computation
3 MATH 461—Probability Theory or
STAT 400—Statistics and Probability I1
3 CS 257 Numerical Methods
3 CS 421 Programming Languages and Compilers
3 CS 473 Algorithms
6 Specialization (select one from the list below)
6 Two additional CS 400-level courses numbered 410-489 or 498
3-6 One of the following thesis/project options:
CS 499 Senior Thesis
CS 492 Senior Project in CS I and either CS 493 Senior Project in CS II ACP or CS 494 Senior Project in CS III
CS 427 Software Engineering I and either CS 428 Software Engineering II or CS 429 Software Engineering II, ACP (Note: CS 429 is identical to CS 428 with an additional writing component.)</p>

<p>Total Hours: 54-57</p>