college advice

[otake-tux]

I'm interested in computing and I have already more or less decided on my major. But since some of you guys are already experienced programmers I'm interested in your opinions.

I could study Information science with a computer science minor.
Here's the program program (http://www.unf.edu/ccec/cis/CIShtml/CISInfoSci.05.html)
minor (http://www.unf.edu/ccec/cis/CIShtml/CISCompSciMinorIS.05.html)
Or computer Science :

program (http://www.unf.edu/ccec/cis/CIShtml/CISCompSci.05.html)
I could do one of them. I have the math skills for computer science but I also want a job. Any feedback would be apreciated.

[Ride Jib]

Is that COBOL on the curriculum??!

Seriously, everything I see in that IS major, you could easily teach yourself in a few months at a job, if you set your mind to it (with a few exceptions).

I say go for the Comp Sci degree. You can always do less with it, than wanting to do more than your IS degree will allow, but can't because you don't have the know-how.

[otake-tux]

the thing is the IS degree says I know COBOL and JAVA the CIS degree says I could learn it. For a job interview is it not better to already have a piece of paper that says you know something?

[ember]

Well that depends on what you intend to do later and what you see as your personal befenit.

I am currently studying computer science and afterwards I am heading for a PhD in that field, but it is only partly because of the impact that this will have for my later job.
Though I do not like the everyday bug-squashing and the always-tight release schedules, computer science is more or less exactly what I want to do.
So maybe you take that into consideration, because it is hard enough to complete such a degree if you like the subject, thus even harder if you only do it for job perspective.

Best,
ember

[phen]

but i think that the german university is not comparable with the colleges in the united states. the college is what you have to complete to be accepted at the university, right? hence a college degree is inherently more practical and more basic.

or do i muddle things up? If yes, please correct me - your scholar system confuses me... :-)

[kleeman]

No US college=German University. You may be thinking of community colleges. Mind you US colleges are often 1-2 years behind European/Australian universities by the end which means that there is often much course work in US graduate schools unlike the other which are then mainly research.