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> Master of Informatics Let me guess, your degree was actually in Computer Science and is "mistranslated" as Informatics by your University? Informatics degre
by kbwt 9y ago
> Master of Informatics
Let me guess, your degree was actually in Computer Science and is "mistranslated" as Informatics by your University?
Informatics degrees[1] actually exist in the US and are different from Computer Science degrees[2].
[1] https://ischool.uw.edu/programs/informatics https://ischool.uw.edu/programs/informatics
[2] https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/courses/requirements https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/courses/requir...
- _0ffh 9y agoNah, it's probably just a "false friend" mistranslation (1): "Computer Science" translates as "Informatik" in German. So if you've got a German degree in "Informatik", it's what would be called "Computer Science" in anglophone countries. Ed. (1) by the poster
- kbwt 9y agoMy Informatik degree piece of paper has both German and English text, but the English says "Informatics" rather than "Computer Science".