A lot of the responses touched on the differences. This is truly comparing apples and oranges. Studying CS prepares you to be a "Scientist", a problem solver and a creator. The person that said studying physics and math is a waste in comparison to studying business topics is mis-informed. Without studying physics and math how could we advance computing? I guess the designers at Intel and AMD don't study these fields. CS goes deep into how everything works from hardware to software to algorithms. With a CS degree the whole world of computing opens to you. You could go into video games, chip/hardware development, software development, software engineering, business startup, research...the list goes on and on. Just remember a CS degree requires a lot of discipline. I graduated with a fairly high GPA and it required a lot of late nights. On the average (including classes) I spent about 10 hours a day, every day (weekends included) studying computer science. Now that does not mean IT topics (business side) are not valuable to learn. But you could learn these topics in an MBA program. More than likely if you want to be successful in your career an advanced degree is required. I plan to get an MBA and finish my Masters in CS. Good luck.
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A lot of the responses touched on the differences. This is truly comparing apples and oranges. Studying CS prepares you to be a "Scientist", a problem solver and a creator. The person that said studying physics and math is a waste in comparison to studying business topics is mis-informed. Without studying physics and math how could we advance computing? I guess the designers at Intel and AMD don't study these fields. CS goes deep into how everything works from hardware to software to algorithms. With a CS degree the whole world of computing opens to you. You could go into video games, chip/hardware development, software development, software engineering, business startup, research...the list goes on and on. Just remember a CS degree requires a lot of discipline. I graduated with a fairly high GPA and it required a lot of late nights. On the average (including classes) I spent about 10 hours a day, every day (weekends included) studying computer science. Now that does not mean IT topics (business side) are not valuable to learn. But you could learn these topics in an MBA program. More than likely if you want to be successful in your career an advanced degree is required. I plan to get an MBA and finish my Masters in CS. Good luck.