Which Military branch/jobs with Computer Information Systems degree?

Question

I'm gonna graduate and get my degree soon and always wanted to serve in the military, which branch or jobs would make the most out of or give me the most advantage with a CIS degree? I'm gonna go talk to recruiters from each branch soon, but any input before hand would be nice.

Answer 1

Communications in general, specifically Electronic Warfare.

Answer 2

CIS vs CS actually depends on the school. For example, at my school, CIS was the broad degree that everybody graduated with, but within it, it had 3 concentrations: Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems. People who graduated computer science (like me), had to write on our resume that we graduated with a degree in CIS with a concentration in CS. I had every calculus and physics, programming and data structures class just like any typical CS student would have at any other school. What you need to check is the amount of math and what programming classes are in each degree. That determines if it is truly a CS degree or not. Regarding wanting to program but not really use math, it depends on what type of code you want to do outside of school. Typical business programming you don't actually need a CS degree for. You won't use math coding stuff in Java or C#. I can almost promise this. You can safely get any degree computer related (with the exception of hardware IT degrees) and still get paid the same as any junior level CS major. You've just got to make sure you can actually code outside of school. The most math you'd do in a typical business will involve simple division. You would however, be expected to have a certain degree of expertise in structures though. You could pick that up outside of school though. The math and physics from CS are more suited for research, algorithm creation, and game programming fields only. Really, the reason they provide so much math and physics for CS is to teach you logic and prepare you potentially for anything I just listed above.

Answer 3

Any of the force sustainment branches use CIS. I would talk to recruiter and also ask him about Officer Candidate School.

Answer 4

There are openings in every branch for computer information systems degrees, since all branches make heavy use of computers. That being said, one of the AF specializations is cyberspace (air, space, and cyberspace), so you might want to consider them. But then again, I'm biased.

Answer 5

Go talk to the officer recruiters. The enlisted guys will fill your brain with a bunch of cramp.

Answer 6

Go Air Force---you can join the new CyberCommand majcom that they formed---