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My daughter is passionate about IT, and as an Entrepreneurial Father I owe her a duty of support. Having scored excellent grades in the GCE Advance Level Sciences, I would have preferred a carrier in Pharmacy which is connected to my field of expertise..

However as the world continues to massively shift to IT, the success of my business still heavily depends on computer based solutions. Consequently in the future I stand to benefit too from my girl's passion.

On my own research I found out the IT field is broad. However her prospective University has five distinct courses in IT. Narrowing down we are left amongst a BSc in Computer Networking Security, BSc in Information Communication and Technology and a BSc in Computing Information Systems.

To the geeks in the house, which of the three would you recommend as a promising carrier, for a well spoken and smart lady in her late teens..
P.s We live in Cameroon

Both are good

MissKudoswrite:
Both are good

Thank you. I really want it narrowed to just one. Lol I want a path that offers a better route for self employment and entrepreneurship. Computer programming and expert web design and development inclusive. I might be wrong but Computer Networking and Security seems not to offer much in that sphere

My 2seconds thought...Bsc in ICT . she can specialize afterwards and carve a niche for herself

DoctorAyukebot:
My daughter is passionate about IT, and as an Entrepreneurial Father I owe her a duty of support. Having scored excellent grades in the GCE Advance Level Sciences, I would have preferred a carrier in Pharmacy which is connected to my field of expertise..

However as the world continues to massively shift to IT, the success of my business still heavily depends on computer based solutions. Consequently in the future I stand to benefit too from my girl's passion.

On my own research I found out the IT field is broad. However her prospective University has five distinct courses in IT. Narrowing down we are left amongst a BSc in Computer Networking Security, BSc in Information Communication and Technology and a BSc in Computing Information Systems.

To the geeks in the house, which of the three would you recommend as a promising carrier, for a well spoken and smart lady in her late teens..
P.s We live in Cameroon

Bsc ICT is all encompassing, she should as a matter of fact learn from other fields not captured in her main course, it puts her ahead of her peers

stainzvill:
My 2seconds thought...Bsc in ICT . she can specialize afterwards and carve a niche for herself

Thank you. Exactly my thought. Although her University website doesn't have a laid down module of courses offered, my research on ICT from other University websites, Quora etc, shows ICT is encompassing. Offering a bit of every module in the IT sphere. With a B.Sc in ICT, she could carve a niche in Masters based on her exploits in BSc..

janedonez:
Bsc ICT is all encompassing, she should as a matter of fact learn from other fields not captured in her main course, it puts her ahead of her peers

Good Lord. I had to double check if this came from me. Lol While responding to stainzvill's post I used the word encompassing to describe my little research on a B.Sc in ICT. And lo, your post was an explicit summary of my epistle. Thank you for the input

Glad i could help

DoctorAyukebot:
Good Lord. I had to double check if this came from me. Lol While responding to stainzvill's post I used the word encompassing to describe my little research on a B.Sc in ICT. And lo, your post was an explicit summary of my epistle. Thank you for the input

A specialized course like BSc in Computer Networking and Security or BSc in Computing Information Systems, will sale more than a generalized course line ICT.

She will gain more specialized skills in those courses than in ICT.

All those are bs courses


Let her do electrical engineering, mathematics or computer engineering

No BSc Computer Science?

tarboshi:
A specialized course like BSc in Computer Networking and Security or BSc in Computing Information Systems, will sale more than a generalized course line ICT.

She will gain more specialized skills in those courses than in ICT.

Thank you for your input..That's a good line too. My worry though is a specialized course at BSc might give little room for adaptation at MSc, in this era where a good job position comes with a Masters.. I also think the ICT might offer an air of business managerial courses like Digital Marketing, etc as opposed to specialized courses like CNS.. I would like to see her get an IT degree that gives her leverage in Marketing, Business Administration etc

airsaylongcome:
No BSc Computer Science?

That was initially her first choice, but I think it is too mathematics centric. I would rather her get involve in an IT field that offers a diversification to stray during a Masters degree.. Mildly put I think she has the aura of a Business managerial role as opposed to a sit all day in front of the computer to mouse joggle with softwares..

Kaczynski:
All those are bs courses


Let her do electrical engineering, mathematics or computer engineering

Thanks for your input...She already went for the ICT course. The registration delay was yesterday

DoctorAyukebot:
That was initially her first choice, but I think it is too mathematics centric. I would rather her get involve in an IT field that offers a diversification to stray during a Masters degree.. Mildly put I think she has the aura of a Business managerial role as opposed to a sit all day in front of the computer to mouse joggle with softwares..

CIS then. Definitely a route to the Business side and has some of the rigor of CS. CS (and Software Engineering specifically) is the king of this space. Not really a big fan of IT over CS

DoctorAyukebot:
Thank you for your input..That's a good line too. My worry though is a specialized course at BSc might give little room for adaptation at MSc, in this era where a good job position comes with a Masters.. I also think the ICT might offer an air of business managerial courses like Digital Marketing, etc as opposed to specialized courses like CNS.. I would like to see her get an IT degree that gives her leverage in Marketing, Business Administration etc

Absolutely correct. Definitely not as a first degree