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I do not like MIS (my brother is doing it and he finds it jokingly easy --
he's at UDel). From my understanding, MIS (stands for Management
Information Science or something like that), is basically Sysadmin and
helpdesk type stuff. You are basically the person who other people ask to
'fix' their 'broken' copy of word and internet explorer and the likes.
Computer Science on the other hand is quite broad and generally includes
some programming and electrical engineering type work (but a lot of
electrical engineering and computers is a Computer Engineer).
Most places I've seen will take a CS degree for any job that would include
anything that a MIS person would be qualified for.
In short, a CS degree is harder, but, gives you more options.
-brad
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> From: Marc Zucchelli
> Reply To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 12:06 PM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] CS or MIS??
>
> After reading all those emails on graduate CS courses,
> I had to ask my question. I have been going to
> community college for computer info system, and it has
> always been my plan (ever since taking AP comp sci in
> high school) to pursue a CS degree. At work, I've
> been doing alot of MIS style development, and I had an
> MIS class which really sparked my interest. I was
> wondering if someone could go over the differences in
> the two degrees for me, I need to pick one soon!
> Also, a couple of people that I know taking CS at
> drexel are telling me things like "dont take MIS, it's
> a joke degree for people who can't handle the CS! and
> most companies that do MIS work look for people with
> CS degrees." Is there any truth behind that at all?
> Isn't it like comparing apples and oranges?
>
> Well I'd really appreciate peoples input. Thank you.
>
> Marc
>
>
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