This ultimately depends on your goals and the university from which you earn your degree. Some IT programs are basically web ...
This ultimately depends on your goals and the university from which you earn your degree.
Some IT programs are basically web development degrees – which mainly offer courses pertaining to web page and web application development – while others tend to be mote pertinent to MIS or a business degree. It is always a good idea to check the program's coursework first.
To provide a rebuttal to the answer about an IT degree not meeting the requirements of system engineers, this once again depends on the degree. My university is actually a primary source of recruitment for a few major companies who are searching for systems engineers. This is because the IT program at my university is comprised of networking classes, an infrastructure class, database classes, web development classes, security classes, a programming series, a capstone project, a mandatory internship, and a specialization.
I did find out, however, that a lot of IT degrees are synonymous with MIS degrees, and I have had to explain that my program of study is actually offered through the College of Engineering and Information Technology and is actually closer to an engineering degree.
If you complete a similar IT program with a variety of courses, you will be more than capable of performing as a system engineer or database administrator or security analyst or network administrator or anything else you would like. These courses will prepare you to specialize in an area later on, and if you find you do not like that field, you will be able to transition easily into another field.
With that being said, there are some careers to which a computer science degree is clearly tailored. If you want to be a software engineer, a game developer, or something along those lines, then I strongly recommend pursuing a degree in computer science. If you want to be a network or database administrator or a data scientist, however, a good information technology program will more than prepare you.
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