<p>Hello, this is my first post. I am just finishing up at a community college (one more semester and I will have my Associates in Arts degree) and then I will be transferring to the University of Iowa. Up until now, my plan was to major in computer science and then get my MBA right after that. After speaking with admissions counselors, I have been presented with another option. That option is a business degree called Management Information Systems. If I chose this major, I would still learn coding and network engineering, but it's less geared for someone who wants to write code, and more geared towards someone with my career objectives. My career goals are to work as an IT project manager or consultant initially, and then transition into an executive position dealing with technology such as Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer. I guess more than anything I want to deal with the business applications of computers and technology. That is to say I don't want to be crunching code or writing algorithms as the main focus of my job; I definitely want to be in some sort of leadership position. Also, math has never been a strength of mine. I'm sure if I buckled down and studied a lot I could be successful at it, but I certainly won't enjoy it. I have always thought that a bachelor's degree in computer science coupled with the MBA would give me an advantage, as opposed to if I just did my undergrad in business, marketing, finance, or something along those lines. My question is: what are your thoughts? Will the technical undergrad really give me that much of an advantage? I welcome all opinions, and thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Don’t do gimmick majors like that. Get the Computer Science degree, get work experience, and have an employer pay for your MBA.</p>
<p>Wow, you have your whole career planned out. I’m also a computer sci. major (soon), but I have no idea where I’ll be in 5 years… I want to pick up a GIS certificate too… and actually make GIS my profession… I believe in today’s world, I’ll need a masters though…</p>
<p>A CS degree is much more versatile than an MIS degree. MIS is usually chosen as a second major by business students (typically accounting or finance students) just so they understand corporate info systems. If you’re planning to enter IT (even if it’s a management role), then CS is safer.</p>
<p>So, I would choose either
A) MIS + Accounting or some other versatile business major that interests you
or
B) CS</p>
<p>But not solely MIS. It’s a narrow major.</p>