There are 3 major fields that I will talk about:
1. Computer Science: In CS you start of by learning the basics of programming languages, new languages, databases, algorithms etc. Most likely these are the people who would go out and write code for applications etc.
2. Software Engineering: This basically covers the art of writing, designing, managing, testing software. In simple terms the whole software development life cycle. Don't get me wrong when I managing etc. these guys are highly technical and also write a lot of code. Most of them also start of as developers and then convert into software process managers, project leads, business analyst, software architect, program managers, technology managers etc.
3. IT: Now this is little different. No research, not much coding as well (could vary from school to school) but they generally concentrate on fixing the problems like network access, database management, tech support etc. More like a technician.
Having said that don't think that he you do IT you can't do certain kinds of jobs etc. That totally depends on you. These programs generally train to do one thing better than the other. But, you always have electives etc. to choose from and decide what you want to do. I would closely look into some curriculums and then decide.
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There are 3 major fields that I will talk about: 1. Computer Science: In CS you start of by learning the basics of programming languages, new languages, databases, algorithms etc. Most likely these are the people who would go out and write code for applications etc. 2. Software Engineering: This basically covers the art of writing, designing, managing, testing software. In simple terms the whole software development life cycle. Don't get me wrong when I managing etc. these guys are highly technical and also write a lot of code. Most of them also start of as developers and then convert into software process managers, project leads, business analyst, software architect, program managers, technology managers etc. 3. IT: Now this is little different. No research, not much coding as well (could vary from school to school) but they generally concentrate on fixing the problems like network access, database management, tech support etc. More like a technician. Having said that don't think that he you do IT you can't do certain kinds of jobs etc. That totally depends on you. These programs generally train to do one thing better than the other. But, you always have electives etc. to choose from and decide what you want to do. I would closely look into some curriculums and then decide.