The difference is pretty straight-forward. Computer Science = Theory IS Management = Practice Of course the two overlap. If you study Computer Science, you learn computer and programming theory, then are asked to specialize in your later years. Many CS majors specialize in IS Management, so they get the practical side as well. If you study IS Management, you learn business theory, then learn enough computer theory to learn how to manage computers or apply computers to business needs. You say you want to focus on programming. Do you want to learn the theory of programming, and how new programming techniques and languages are developing in the future? Then study Computer Science. A CSci major will probably be learning Python, C, C++, and maybe a little java, as well as some interesting but less practical languages like LISP and Prolog. Do you want to learn programming techniques as they are applied in real-world business needs? Then study IS Management. An IS Management major will probably focus a lot on Java or C# and how they will be used in a management setting. Also, if you love Microsoft, go with IS Management. If you love unix, go with CS. You can dabble in both in either field, but you will be more comfortable with Microsoft in a business environment and unix in a theoretical / academic environment. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:07 PM, r j <ronsmailbox5 at gmail.com> wrote: > What do you think are the pros and cone of each. > Personal opinion please. > > This would be a degree with a programming focus. > If a flame war erupt thats fine but lets not get "religulous" > :) > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110121/745ebe36/attachment-0002.htm