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Which is better I.T. or computer engineering?

Which looks better on a resume: MS in Computer Science or MS in Software Engineering?

  • I hold a bachelors of science in computer science, and I've been working as a software developer for the same company for the last 7 years. I'm trying to figure out what to do for my masters: a masters in computer science or a masters in software engineering. I'm sure if I stay at my current company, it's not going to matter either way. But I'm curious as to what other companies would view which degree as being more desirable. The graduate CS program at the school I plan on attending has the option of taking almost exclusively nothing but software engineering coursework. So I can basically receive the same kind of education as a masters in SE student would; it's just that the degree isn't called "software engineering". So basically it all just boils down to semantics, really. Personally, my interests lean more towards computer science than software engineering. I've looked at the SE curriculum at many different schools, and from what I can tell it's more of a management degree rather than a degree about the actual writing of software. So even though I could take nothing but SE coursework at the school I want to attend, I would just take the "core" SE courses then fill up the rest of the coursework with CS classes.

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    Depends on the job you're applying for and the school you're from.

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Depends on what you really want. FOR WHAT I KNOW, computer science is better because it focus more and it includes software engineering. It really depends on what you want to focus. Me, I'm going to cs because of the graphics research I want to be.

CE is a whole lot more deeper than CIS. And CE is in higher demand without the outsourcing. My last boss had a MS Electrical Engineering and MS CIS. His boss had PhD CIS. They let the Dr. and everybody below my boss go. But, if you've got a job as code monkey, a MS isn't going to change anything except gives you the option of teaching at a community college.

Most of the time the degree just gets you the interview (and any degree in a related field will do that) - it's the experience and ability that gets you the job, and that's the 7 years, not the degree (I'm a double-E who develops software. The fact that the degree isn't in programming never kept me from getting a job. (When I was in school, "programming". had to do with what was on TV. "Computer" was more connected to "science fiction" than to "science".)

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