Information Systems

The great link between Business (or end process) and Computer Science Involving the way information is gathered, processed, and used in a meaningful way. Computer Science Majors – boast about how many lines of code they can write Information Systems Majors – boast about how much money they have saved and created for overall business. Business Majors – boast about their new sports car after high earnings and cut cost - dependent on the performance on their Information Systems which is dependent on Computer Science. Information Systems creates logical use out of organizing and processing data through information technology. IS makes CS useful IS makes Business actually work (and increasingly so in the new Information Era) Top IS programs: MIT and Carnegie Mellon IS has yet to find a permanent home in the School of Computer Science, Business, Humanities Professionals in IS who are really good at what they do are an asset to any company and are normally paid accordingly. Or can leave and find their place somewhere else (sometime creating their own business – usually successful) IS professionals also have bigger hard drives than CS and Business professionals as well as cocks.