A Comparison of Baccalaureate Programs in Information Technology with Baccalaureate Programs in Computer Science and Information Systems

A number of universities have recently started to add baccalaureate programs in Information Technology (IT) to their existing programs in Computer Science (CS) and (Management) Information Systems (IS). While some have welcomed this development, others have argued that (a) there are significant differences between the baccalaureate programs in IT that different institutions currently offer, and that it is, therefore, impossible to speak of a generic IT baccalaureate degree, and that (b) to the extent that there is a similarity, there is no real difference between programs in IT, and programs in CS or IS.