Should I go to college for Web Programming or Computer Science?

[Reasonable Doubt]

Should I go to college for Web Programming or Computer Science? I'm torn between the two because I really want to learn to make my own web sites but I also want to learn software engineering. What option is best or should I possibly do both. First one then the other?

Someone please help.

 

[Beattie]

What the hell is "web programming"? That's a class maybe. Not a major.

 

[Crusty]

How is Web Programming even a degree? You can teach someone everything they would ever need to know about Web Programming in 1 semester.

 

[darkxshade]

Web programming gives you the ability to develop a platform for offering free ipods.

Can I haz mine now?

 

[xanis]

What everyone else said. How is Web Programming a degree?

Major in CS and take some classes on the side if you want to learn to code for the web.

 

[Mide]

I don't think "web programming" is a degree from any real University. Usually your options are CS, MIS/CIS, or Computer Engineering.

If you're interested in Web programming then take a class in that...usually done through your CS dept. So CS would be the degree you're wanting.

 

[Kev]

I've never even heard of web programming as a major. Take CS which will give you all the programming background you need to do "web programming"

 

[Leros]

Programming is not a really a degree. Programming is a tool you might use in a lot of your computer science classes. Programming is more of a trade. Something you might learn at a community college or in introductory CS or CE classses.

Computer Science is the mathematics and logic behind creating good algorithms. You program to show your algorithms, but programming is not what the degree is about.

My advice: Go get a CS degree. You can take a database class. I'm not even sure my school's CS department offers web programming classes. We have these 1 credit hour "learn a language" courses which offers some of the web languages such as PHP and Ruby. Get the CS degree and teach yourself web programming.

 

[sdifox]

Csc

 

[purbeast0]

"web programming" is like one class you would maybe take when going for a CS degree.

 

[rh71]

programming = CS
web applications = MIS with some CS classes / minor.

<-- web applicator-ist

As for career... I would shoot myself if all I did was program with random IDE of choice for 40+ years. Web is a ton more fun.

 

[sdifox]

programming = CS
web applications = MIS with some CS classes / minor.

<-- web applicator-ist

we have a DeVry graduate amongst us :biggrin:

 

[SunnyD]

You should go to college for pharmacy.

 

[acheron]

programming = CS

wrong. CS = math. Programming is a minor part of CS.

 

[Leros]

You should go to college for pharmacy.

The money is good, but I can only imagine that a being pharmacist would suck. It looks like a very repetitive job, which would get old fast. You do the same thing every day for 30 years. Am I wrong?

 

[TheVrolok]

The money is good, but I can only imagine that a being pharmacist would suck. It looks like a very repetitive job, which would get old fast. You do the same thing every day for 30 years. Am I wrong?

I don't see how it's any different than going into CS/CSE/etc.

 

[sdifox]

The money is good, but I can only imagine that a being pharmacist would suck. It looks like a very repetitive job, which would get old fast. You do the same thing every day for 30 years. Am I wrong?

err, all jobs are repetitive. As a pharmacist you have to consider the patient and drug interaction. Not exactly an easy task.

 

[Leros]

I don't see how it's any different than going into CS/CSE/etc.

You get to work on different projects. Even within short time periods, you work on different parts of the same project. You do something different every day.

 

[SunnyD]

The money is good, but I can only imagine that a being pharmacist would suck. It looks like a very repetitive job, which would get old fast. You do the same thing every day for 30 years. Am I wrong?

The same of which can be said about programming in general. Sure, what you write may be different each time, but it's still programming.

 

[SandEagle]

u must first learn to do the needful

 

[Leros]

The same of which can be said about programming in general. Sure, what you write may be different each time, but it's still programming.

I dunno. I've only worked as a programmer for less than a year and I've done 3 or 4 very different things. I used different tools and different thought processes. If I didn't have variety like that, I would go crazy.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

if you cant make your own websites from learning off the internet, you probably wont survive in CS anyways

 

[Reasonable Doubt]

http://www.stcc.edu/academics/webprogramming.asp

vs

http://www.stcc.edu/academics/compsci.asp

 

[vshah]

go to college for sex and parties


learn some comp stuff while you're there

 

[Pegun]

Web programming reminds me of a "new media" major that they have at RIT. It's a lot to do with design and layout, etc than the actual programming part.