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Can someone please tell me what "Computer Science" is? WHat kind of jobs would be out there for someone with a degree in computer science. The college I am interested in only has "computer science" as the major for computers. I am more interested in networking for my future, but I just wanna know what computer science is and what kind of jobs it could bring in the future. THanks
computer science defines a wide variety of areas of study
Well, CS is a degree that is widely applicable. You can do anything from software design to hardware design. It all depends on what you like. Find out if your school has any type of business program. If so, see if they offer IS or MIS or IT classes. These classes are geared more towards running a business and the role IT plays in it. CS is a science based degree. You will take alot more math, physics, chemistry and the like. MIS you will take econ, accounting, and business type classes.
If I wanted to do something with networking, what would that major be called?
Well, networking is a tough one. It's one of those topics that isnt really covered that well. at least in my experience. I guess it all depends on what you want in a networking job. If you want to be a network admin, there isnt really a class or major dedicated to it. MIS or CS would be pretty overkill. Unless ofcourse you wanted to be a network architect and work for at&t or one of the major players in the internet. You should ask ua549 in the networking forum, he is an ex network guru. He could point you in a good direction. Mainly, I learned networking, OSs, hardware, and such on my own. I learned general programming skills through pascal in my MIS degree, but everything else, I learned as a lab monitor on my own. I would bet that most people in the netowrking world would say they got going that way.
If they have a Business Information Systems degree, run far, far away from it, at my school we joked about them, because they were learning to run word, powerpoint, and excel, we jokingly referred to is as the secretary degree.
CS is a bit more than nearly any network admin would need, CIS and MIS would be, too, unless you are going to be a manager of network administrators or programmers (Usually: CIS = managing development projects (with CS-degreed workers). MIS = managing network admins, desktop support, and enterprise applications).