<p>I don't really care. I'm just tired of all the accounting threads on the front page. Actually, it is an interesting question though. Which is better for career prospects?</p>
<p>I would like to hear some insight on this topic as well. I know you, Inmotion, are a strong supporter of MIS. Do you personally know anybody who majored in it, and is currently working?</p>
<p>No, can’t say that I do. My support for it comes from the observation that computer and information technology’s impact on our daily lives has and will continue to grow rapidly, and those who can manage that technology should be in demand for a long time- at least until the machines take over.</p>
<p>At my school MIS majors have the highest average starting salary. Yours may be different. Go to your career services website and find out. </p>
<p>The weed-out MIS classes are very hard. The main issue as I see it is that there are lots of people who know the basics of computer programming because lots of 14 year olds have that as their hobby. No 14 year olds have accounting or finance(real finance, virtual or real stock market playing is in no way preparation for finance classes). So if you know nothing about programming it will be easier to be at the top of the class in just about anything else than in MIS. Not impossible, of course. </p>
<p>Lots of our MIS people go to places like Accenture or Big Four advisory services. Not the “cool” transaction oriented advisory, but the IT oriented kind that some of them call “Enterprise Risk Services” or something like that. For example:</p>
<p>[Enterprise</a> Risk Services](<a href=“http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/services/enterprise-risk-services/index.htm]Enterprise”>http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/services/enterprise-risk-services/index.htm)</p>