Differ between Computer Science and Information Technology?

Question

Pls tell me about the future prospect of Computer Science ake Engg and Information Technology Engg.Is it better to take into COmputer Science than Information Technology.Pls help me to pursue a better career against my future.

Answer 1

Here's the scoop:

Information Technology- Deals with the technologies used by people and businesses every day.  This includes phones, computers, networks, video conferencing, etc..

Computer Science- An academic field devoted to the study of computing, including a wide variety of scientific, mathematical, and practical problems which can be solved using computers.  While Computer Science does teach about the computer itself, it also studies the underlying ideas behind computing and how computers can be used to study other problems.

Here's an analogy... think of how an astronomer uses a telescope to study the stars.  Yes, the astronomer needs to know how to use the telescope (and how they work and are built), but he is interested in studying the stars and really uses the telescope as a tool.

The same holds for the relationship between the computer scientist and the computer.  The computer scientists uses the computer to conduct science.  Where as information technology focuses not on science but on computers and how they can be applied to business.

Now what does that mean for jobs...

Here's the rub... technologies completely change over about once every 2-4 years.  Just look at how "ancient" 2 year old cell phones look.  So taking classes to learn a specific technology today won't be helpful when you graduate in 4 years.

Instead, you need to sharpen the skill of learning new technologies and new ideas quickly and applying them to specific problems (health care, business, engineering, science, etc.).  If you master this skill, you'll always have a job.  Darwin once said it isn't the "fittest of the species who survices, but the one most responsive to change."  Nothing is more true when it comes to technology jobs.  And both a good IT school or a good CS department will teach you this.  So then the question becomes, which area draws your interest... business problems (IT) or science and math/science/theory problems (CS).  You'll have a job either way so long as you are willing to constantly learn during your entire career.