What is the difference between Management Information Systems (or IT) and Computer Science?

First of all, both of the previous answers are good! Now, do you want breadth (MIS) or depth (CS)? I am a CS major, and I've also worked alongside MIS majors at my past internship. Although you would think that they are closely related, the topics covered are quite different. If you want depth, I would advise CS strongly. Breadth can be gained by having experience at other companies and seeing how your project fits into the grand scheme of a company, etc. You get more breadth from MIS in my opinion, but as I argue this can also be achieved with an open, accepting mind, the desire to learn, and the increased mental capabilites you will have after getting a CS degree. Also, I believe that it is much harder to go the other way with getting an equivalent level of depth out of an MIS degree as it simply doesn't cover nearly the same amount of theory and abstract concepts and you won't have the same types of problem solving challenges. Believe me, the problem solving ability alone is worth its weight in gold. From my experience, which could be non indicative of the majority of experiences, I have found that MIS majors often only have rudimentary programming skills and conceptual knowledge necessary to do what computer scientists do. From what I know, most of their programming happens in Excel sheets, data dashboards, and the like. MIS majors will be missing out on working with web development, important OS system topics and software design principles; all of which are important for being able to truly understand software development and related areas. I also know that CS people will have backgrounds in extra theory, algorithms, AI, machine learning and data mining and even other "artsy" things such as User Interface Design. In my experience as a CS student, I truly believe that the difficulties of some of these topics have stretched me in ways unlike many other courses I have taken outside the department, even at similar course levels. I don't know what I am missing from the other side, but that is because I only really worked with two other MIS people at my past internship. What I can say is that you should really look into these closely because I have found both academically and professionally that these are not as closely related as some may think. For an idea of the level of rigor (in terms of credit load, based out of 120 for undergrad degree) I have included links of the different programs where I go to school . http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/undergraduate/academics/majors-and-minors/management-information-systems Comp Sci https://webapps-prd.oit.umn.edu/pcas/viewCatalogProgram.do?programID=123&strm=1123&campus=UMNTC