Semi-OT: IT Degrees (was Re: JFS experiences?)

[Leo Mauler]

--- Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/18/06, Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 10/18/06, Jason D. Clinton
> <me at jasonclinton.com> wrote:
> > > We are studying B+ trees in CS352 and 
> > > that has caused me to think about the
> > > design of some of the file systems in 
> > > Linux. I have been faithfully served 
> > > by ext3 for quite some time but am 
> > > interested in the additional performance 
> > > and features offered by some alternatives.
> 
> BTW, I hated CS352 when I was at UMKC.  Maybe 
> it's who is teaching it.  It was one of the 
> main reasons I stopped going there.  There 
> was a large shift in course setups and degree 
> req's when it all got merged with the School 
> of Engineering and into SICE...

I was considering getting a four-year IT degree at
UMKC but I'm having second thoughts now that I've
spoken to a counselor and found that even though I'm
getting an AAS in IT from JCCC, none of the technical
courses will transfer or count for anything.  This is
because UMKC's "IT" degree is actually a thinly
disguised CIS degree with a bunch of business classes
as well.  Oh, and two actual technical IT courses
thrown in so they can call it an Information
Technology degree ("look! it has some IT classes!").

Does anyone know if KU's IT degree is any better, or
if there is a four-year institution in the Greater KC
Metro Area which offers a real IT degree program?  A
B.S. in IT would be a nice thing to have in this day
and age.

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