Members Online
Total Online: 35 Web Spiders: 15
Guests Online: 33
Members Online: 2
Registered Members: 70190 Newest Member: CrOnUs
|
View Thread
| Author |
IT or CS DEGREE |
ION
Member
Posts: 18
Location: Planet ION
Joined: 08.10.08
Rank: Active User |
|
Hello everyone, I am trying to decide what degree I want to go to college for, and I was hoping you all could help me. My question is, what would be better for me, a Bachelors in Computer Science, or in IT Security? What are some advantages to each, and how would they benefit me in the future? Please help me, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
Of all of the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most! -Ozzy Osbourne
I live my life a quarter mile at a time -Vin Diesel
You cant live, until you've died! -Nikki Sixx
To be great, is to be misunderstood -Lil Wayne |
|
| Author |
RE: IT or CS DEGREE |
spyware
Member
Posts: 4190
Location: The Netherlands
Joined: 14.04.07
Rank: God
Warn Level: 90
|
|
What do you want to do after studying?
"The chowner of property." - Zeph Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term,
but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. - Carl Sagan Since the grid is inescapable, what were the earlier lasers about? Does the corridor have a sense of humor? - Ebert |
|
| Author |
RE: IT or CS DEGREE |
c4p_sl0ck
Member
Posts: 380
Location: Sweden
Joined: 17.09.06
Rank: God |
|
I'm wrapping up the first year in Computer Science, so my opinion would probably be angled. 
But are you interested in computer security or just computers in general?
 |
|
| Author |
RE: Re: |
ION
Member
Posts: 18
Location: Planet ION
Joined: 08.10.08
Rank: Active User |
|
My overall goal is to start a computer business creating software solutions for businesses, and to support the cause of open-source software I would like to offer tools to help the IT Community. But I think that the best thing for me to start with would be software engineering. But I've looked at some of the course catalogs for a few universities, and the curriculum seemed "watered down". I mean way to basic, stuff that I wouldn't have to even learn, so I thought that maybe with an IT Security degree, I would be learning about software design, while still learning new stuff about Information Technology. And in response to c4p's question, I am interested primarily in IT Security at the moment, since I've been programming for quite some time, and wanted to learn something new.
Of all of the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most! -Ozzy Osbourne
I live my life a quarter mile at a time -Vin Diesel
You cant live, until you've died! -Nikki Sixx
To be great, is to be misunderstood -Lil Wayne |
|
|
| Author |
RE: Re: |
ION
Member
Posts: 18
Location: Planet ION
Joined: 08.10.08
Rank: Active User |
|
I think Im gonna go for IT Security, cause the curriculum for every Computer Science major is to basic, and I want to learn something new. Any ideas on colleges that I could go to for that? Online or on Campus, but I need one that I could start at this fall. Thanks guys.
Of all of the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most! -Ozzy Osbourne
I live my life a quarter mile at a time -Vin Diesel
You cant live, until you've died! -Nikki Sixx
To be great, is to be misunderstood -Lil Wayne |
|
|
| Author |
RE: IT or CS DEGREE |
c4p_sl0ck
Member
Posts: 380
Location: Sweden
Joined: 17.09.06
Rank: God |
|
I'd say campus. Otherwise your missing out a great part of your life.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Main:
