compSci or IT? (1 Viewer)

[miss_pie]

hey what is the difference between the two degrees??

 

[Dingo2004]

the biggest difference is the name.

 

[miss_pie]

ah ok. so no real difference in the course itself?

 

[sunny]

No there is a fair bit of difference - IT tends to study the technology at a higher level than comp sci or the other computing degrees. For example, you might learn how to create a database and use it in IT, but it computing you'll be learning how the database works, and the algorithms that drive it.

 

[miss_pie]

which is best for learning programing?

 

[Dingo2004]

basically speaking CompSci is harder than IT
lol
theres also a B Computing..... which has more of a business side to it eg. business information systems, e-business...

 

[sunny]

Originally posted by miss_pie
which is best for learning programing?

comp sci.

 

[miss_pie]

but iT is more highly looked upon?

 

[sunny]

Originally posted by miss_pie
but iT is more highly looked upon?

depends from who is interviewing you for the job and what the job is.

Law is highly looked upon, but useless if they're apply for as an maintenance engineer at rolls royce.

 

[miss_pie]

ok. so what areas of employment would each degree be beneficial for?? sorry for all the questions. and if i wanted a programing position in the long run id do compSci?

 

[sunny]

Originally posted by miss_pie
ok. so what areas of employment would each degree be beneficial for?? sorry for all the questions. and if i wanted a programing position in the long run id do compSci?

Comp sci opens you up to most computing jobs. I don't know about BIT/IT programs - but for a strictly programming position you might even want to look at software engineering, and it teaches software development and managment skills (not just programming).

 

[miss_pie]

thanks

 

[Majesty]

I was/am doing a BIT or (BCIS which was the old name for the degree). In all honestly it feels more like a software engineering/computer science degree with a tad of Information Systems.

COMP114 - Introduction To Information Systems
COMP115 - Introduction To Computer Science
COMP125 - Fundamentals Of Computer Science
COMP225 - Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP249 - Web Technology
COMP227 - Requirements Analysis & Systems Design
COMP226 - Computer Architecture
COMP224 - Database Systems

If you want a techy job, i'd go with a CompSci degree. If you want more of a business related/info tech degree (recommend a double degree here) then IT/Information Systems would be the way to go. In reality there is a lot of overlapping between the two degrees.

 

[copious]

comp sci definately if you want to program.

 

[miss_pie]

what would u want to do as a career if you did IT?

 

[jlh]

IT has more of a mangement and leadership focus in it, where as comp sci is focused towards programming.

i'd say IT is much more higly regarded in australia (judging by the uai cutoffs at usyd and uts), but in the US, a comp sci degree is much more valued.

 

[Majesty]

You can still become a programmer with a IT degree.

 

[Beaky]

Put it this way:

Telstra just rentrenched much of its software engineers that mostly programmed...

In Australia its a mixed bag... Jobs tend to be more IT management focused rather than programming...

You see, they outsource to places to India and Asia because they are more effecient workers and the job costs less...

But saying this, I know lots of programmers in Oz earning lots of money with secure jobs...

 

[kantong]

dun worri just choose one u like best now and if u dont like it, change at the end of the yr or after 1 sem coz mostly first yr subjects will be core subjects between IT and B. Sci.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by miss_pie
which is best for learning programing?

software engineering- or out of the two- computer science.