Bachelors in I.T

Darian929

Hello guys, I am currently doing my AA in college but plan to transfer to FIU after my AA and FIU offers a B.S in I.T with a mandatory minor in something else. My question to you guys is would a B.S in IT be helpful? because I really havent seen anyone with a B.S in IT instead most people have it in CS. however I really don't like much and would not be able to stand having to take calculus classes, I am more into networking and actual field work instead of coding. Also if you guys could sort of guide me onto what minor I should get that would make me more marketable and at the same time add $ to my value. In addition if any of you guys would know what track in I.T is hot right now as far as growth and money, whether it be database admin, or network admin, or network security, unix admin. whatever it might be, let me know guys, thanks.

dynamik

I think the reputation of the school is more important that the degree you actually end up with. A lot of people in this industry have unrelated degrees (I'm currently wrapping up a degree in psychology). I also choose against a CSci degree because there wasn't much that would be applicable to what I actually wanted to do. Not that my psych degree is much more useful; I just found those classes to be interesting. I suppose it does help a bit with social engineering

tpatt100

If I had to do it over again I would have gotten a business degree and then an MBA. I would have only minored in IT.

Not that I regret working in IT, its just that knowing what I know now a business degree would have helped me later when I try to get into management.

dynamik

tpatt100 wrote: »

If I had to do it over again I would have gotten a business degree and then an MBA. I would have only minored in IT.

Not that I regret working in IT, its just that knowing what I know now a business degree would have helped me later when I try to get into management.

Do you have a degree? You can usually get into MBA programs without having an undergraduate business degree (although, you may have to do a little extra coursework).

JockVSJock

I agree with the business degree route. Also the school should have info on the teacher's and their experience. Stay away from the schools where the teachers are career students and don't have any real world experience.

I would recommend that if you want to do tech work, then stick to IT Certs.

tpatt100 wrote: »

If I had to do it over again I would have gotten a business degree and then an MBA. I would have only minored in IT.

Not that I regret working in IT, its just that knowing what I know now a business degree would have helped me later when I try to get into management.

CChN

tpatt100 wrote: »

If I had to do it over again I would have gotten a business degree and then an MBA. I would have only minored in IT.

Not that I regret working in IT, its just that knowing what I know now a business degree would have helped me later when I try to get into management.

How about a technical degree during your undergrad followed by a MBA? Now you're a double threat. Specialization will take you further, faster.

tpatt100

dynamik wrote: »

Do you have a degree? You can usually get into MBA programs without having an undergraduate business degree (although, you may have to do a little extra coursework).

Oh I have a degree already and I have 6 classes of my Masters done which is taking forever with one class per semester. The bachelors is in Business which I am glad I did but I was a political science major first and I kind of wasted a lot of credits by switching. Looking back I would have just plowed through and finished but I was in my younger twenties back then, I had no idea I would have ended up in IT. The first college class I dropped was "intro to computers" which was DOS and such, I hated and I mean I HATED computers back then.

My masters is going to be in Information Assurance which I am glad I did BUT if I had a time machine I would have stuck with general business and the MBA because I can use that with anything because eventually I think we all end up as a project manager no matter what.

dynamik

Hehe, I know what you mean about just getting it "right" the first time. I've switched several times myself, and I've probably added an additional 50% in terms of both cost and time. Oh well...

Where are you doing your IA Masters, if you don't mind me asking

veritas_libertas

dynamik wrote: »

Hehe, I know what you mean about just getting it "right" the first time. I've switched several times myself, and I've probably added an additional 50% in terms of both cost and time.

Same here, maybe closer to 55%....

tpatt100

dynamik wrote: »

Hehe, I know what you mean about just getting it "right" the first time. I've switched several times myself, and I've probably added an additional 50% in terms of both cost and time. Oh well...

Where are you doing your IA Masters, if you don't mind me asking

Walsh College in Troy, MI. Reason I picked it was a friend at work got his degree there and he recommended it. I like it, decent work and the teachers are excellent. Right now I am taking "Seminar on Public Sector Security Issues" which I am using the ISC2 book "Building and Implementing a Security Certification and Accreditation Program" and the NIST guides. And our teacher is the guy who wrote the book so I found that kind of cool in a way.

Kasor

Just get a degree on CS or IS for your 4 years colleges and minor on something that you interest...

jenniferruth04

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]You are more interested in networking so you could opt for B.S in IT as it concentrates more on networking. On the other hand, comp sci. degree mainly deals with coding.[/FONT]