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College IT Planning

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Well, I am a Junior in HS and will be applying to colleges soon and want to major in something related to computer systems. My specialty is definetly hardware and OS level software, and I don't care for programming very much.

What degrees should I be looking at? I would preferably would like to attend college somewhere cheap, and relatively close to Michigan.

Right now I am looking at the Computer Information Science at U of M Dearborn, and it seems like something I would enjoy (except for all the math ;) ).


Right now I have about a 3.5 GPA, attend honors classes at an alternative school for math and sciences half the day, and have yet to take the ACT/SAT
 
try networking. its not nearly as demanding as a CIS degree, unless you actually like busting your ass over some useless code projects.
 
Ok I'll look into it...that is really what I want to do, but I didn't see it looking through courses. I'll look again.
 
<- Senior in HS

MIS (Management of Information Systems) is also another possibility! That's what i'm doing. If I cared for programming, I would have went CS :)
 
Joony said:
<- Senior in HS

MIS (Management of Information Systems) is also another possibility! That's what i'm doing. If I cared for programming, I would have went CS :)
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What college are you attending?

Also, I HATE programming. Period. So little to none is best solution for me.
 
It's rare for a college to have a degree in just networking unless it's at one of those technical specialty schools where you can get a B.S. degree in 4 days or whatever. :) Most colleges I have seen offer Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, and Computer Engineering programs. Now one particular college may not offer all three but you should be able to find all of them looking at a few different colleges. No matter which one you pick, you will be forced to take crappy classes that you really don't want to do. The CIS program at my college was a little bit of cool computer stuff and a whole bunch of business/math stuff that I really didn't care for. The Computer Science program is a bit better because it has a track that is dedicated to Networking. So I can actually get a B.S. degree in Computer Science, Networking Security emphasis. The problem with this is that it's still technically a Computer Science degree which means I have to suffer through a few programming courses. So you really have to start looking at the courses in each program and decide which one you will be more willing to get through. I personally think a CIS degree is a bit more generic than a CS degree which would be really good if you are struggling to find a networking job right off the bat. In the long run it seems like your area of study is less important that just having a degree of some kind.
 
I went to a technical school straight out of High School. I'm very happy that I did instead of just going to a Jr. College like everybody else that I knew.

I got my AS degree in Computer Network Systems. Now I'm working on my BS in Information Systems Security. I have about a year and a half left.

I've learned a lot. I've had a couple really awesome teachers that cover way more than just the assigned material.

It really matters how much you want to learn. It doesnt matter where you go to college. If you get extra books and read and study you will learn. Then you just need real world experience.
 
I will be going to the University of Illinois @ Chicago, majoring in IDS (Information and Decision Sciences, their MIS equivalent)

In this track, you decide what's best! You have all the management know-how along with the technical knowledge.
 
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