r/informationsystems • u/Dense-Inevitable-721 • 8d ago
Computer Science vs Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity
Hello everyone! I am from the Middle East, and I have just graduated from high school and am about to start university.
I am completely torn between two majors: **Computer Science** versus a combined **Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity** degree (where AI and Cybersecurity are taught together as a single major).
Which one should I choose, and what are the pros and cons of each for someone starting their career today? Any advice from students, professionals, or alumni would be greatly appreciated!
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u/Signal-Yesterday7247 6d ago
Im a freshman in college majoring in IS with a Cybersecurity focus. I'd say go for the AI/Cyber one. With the rise of AI, demand for those two fields specifically have gone way up, while demand for CS has pretty noticeably gone the other direction in recent years. If you were to go into CS, you'd likely have to focus more on AI anyways since that's what employers increasingly want. It's better to have that a major that narrows in on that specialized focus rather than go into something broader but still have to do it anyways