I thought I would give some advice to Information Systems majors. I had majored in in IS, but if I had a chance to redo college I wouldn't major in IS and here is why.
You can get most Information Systems jobs without a computer degree. Certification will land you a job in IT, not an IS degree in my experience. Accounting and finance are in high demand. I would major in one of those two fields and then get some sort of certification CCNA, MCSA, Network+, etc.
SQL, Visual Basic, html, javascript/ java, CSS, XML are just as easily learned by library books. At the college I went to we learned mySQL, not ORACLE. Companies are only hiring Oracle. It is better to learn SQL through a certification program that teaches oracle, thats what I ended up having to do. It cost a lot of $$$ but it was worth it. In my experience certification classes can teach you a lot more then classes at college can.
If you insist you absolutely want to major in computers then I strongly suggest to major in Computer Science. It is a lot of hard work, I wish I majored in Computer Science. If your committed and spend all your time in your studies you should be able to get through it. In my experience going on interviews for programming jobs computer science majors got the jobs and I got the "we are so sorry, but we have selected another candidate for that entry level C++/java position".
If you absolutely must major in Information Systems then double major in Accounting/ IS or Finance/ IS. This gives you more options. So if you can't find a computer job when you graduate, you can fall back on an entry level bookeeping job instead of flipping hamburgers.
I went back to school and got a certificate in accounting. Getting an entry level accounting job was a breeze compared to trying to get into the IT field.
When I finally did get A+ and Network+ certification, then I actually was able to land a job at a help desk. however with how competitive the field is, and how money seems more and more important to me these days, I am thinking I might just pursue a CPA and burn my IS degree. CPA's make 50 -100k a year and it is a more stable career. In Indiana to sit for CPA exam you just need 150 credit hours of undergraduate work, 24 credits of accounting, and 24 credits of business courses. That is a big plus.
You can get most Information Systems jobs without a computer degree. Certification will land you a job in IT, not an IS degree in my experience. Accounting and finance are in high demand. I would major in one of those two fields and then get some sort of certification CCNA, MCSA, Network+, etc.
SQL, Visual Basic, html, javascript/ java, CSS, XML are just as easily learned by library books. At the college I went to we learned mySQL, not ORACLE. Companies are only hiring Oracle. It is better to learn SQL through a certification program that teaches oracle, thats what I ended up having to do. It cost a lot of $$$ but it was worth it. In my experience certification classes can teach you a lot more then classes at college can.
If you insist you absolutely want to major in computers then I strongly suggest to major in Computer Science. It is a lot of hard work, I wish I majored in Computer Science. If your committed and spend all your time in your studies you should be able to get through it. In my experience going on interviews for programming jobs computer science majors got the jobs and I got the "we are so sorry, but we have selected another candidate for that entry level C++/java position".
If you absolutely must major in Information Systems then double major in Accounting/ IS or Finance/ IS. This gives you more options. So if you can't find a computer job when you graduate, you can fall back on an entry level bookeeping job instead of flipping hamburgers.
I went back to school and got a certificate in accounting. Getting an entry level accounting job was a breeze compared to trying to get into the IT field.
When I finally did get A+ and Network+ certification, then I actually was able to land a job at a help desk. however with how competitive the field is, and how money seems more and more important to me these days, I am thinking I might just pursue a CPA and burn my IS degree. CPA's make 50 -100k a year and it is a more stable career. In Indiana to sit for CPA exam you just need 150 credit hours of undergraduate work, 24 credits of accounting, and 24 credits of business courses. That is a big plus.