I think that's pretty typical. For all the various names of degrees and departments here's what I usually infer that they mean:
Computer Science: programming and software architecture, including a dose or two of theory. More of a broad base than just job training. Computer engineering: similar to CS but for hardware more than software. Sits between electrical engineer and CS. May also be called Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Information systems or information technology (IS or IT): focused on the administration and configuration of technology systems, but may include some Linux or development background, but not as the primary focus. Web development: a primarily vocational track that gets someone ready to work as a developer. Most of the dev boot camps would be a compressed version of something like this. Extremely hands on. Software engineering: a cross between CS and WebDev. More hands on practical and vocational training than CS, with a lot less theory. But more intense and usually a longer program than a web dev track. Are there others that I'm missing? When I'm hiring I usually don't care too much about the difference, I just use it to guess where they are likely to be stronger or weaker. The differences matter most right as you graduate, about half as much after about 4-5 years, and almost not at all after 8-10 years. At that point your experience (especially recent experience) matters far more in terms of what shape your skill set has now. Thanks, Mac > On Nov 2, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Kyle Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 11/02/2015 11:56 AM, Kevin Jensen wrote: >> Which degree is preferred computer science or software engineering? > > When I was at USU there was computer science, and computer engineering. > Computer science was part of the College of Science and mostly focused > on programming. While Computer Engineering was part of the College of > Engineering and focused more on hardware. Since I left I understand they > moved Computer Science to the College of Engineering(where I believe it > belongs), but I don't think they rename it yet. Are you looking at a > school that offers both degrees? > > Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
