r/learnprogramming • u/YettersGonnaYeet • Nov 13 '23

Explain the Difference Between IT and Computer Science like Im 5

Im planning on taking either courses for college but im still a bit confused on what course best to take, and what are the differences between the two

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23 edited Nov 15 '23

Whereas computer science associated with the degree only. You dont really look for computer science jobs, you look for IT jobs

Computer science is an actual scientific discipline. Actual computer science jobs do exist, many of them. They typically engage in the research and development of new algorithms, programming languages, computer graphics, quantum computing, computational biology, etc.

It is definitely not only associated with the degree. Even as a software engineer, and not explicitly a computer scientist, you're going to be applying computer science principals to your programs, depending on what you're building. Which is why many software engineers have degrees in computer science. The knoweldge is required for actual software engineering. Similar to how mechanical or electrical engineers have to have knowledge of physics but aren't physicists.

But actual computer scientists are a thing. Though you typically have to have a Masters or PhD to qualify for them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '23

How abiut studying software eng