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The reference does not state what other majors are categorized under CIS, unless you've got a link?

chrisseaton 5y ago
The article says: > bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in computer and information science (CIS). [6] So your first strong hint is already here without reading anything else. They say 'computer and information science' - they don't say 'Computer and Information Science' so it already looks like it's not a proper noun and they are talking about a group of degrees not a specific degree. But that [6] takes us to this: > 6. National Center for Educational Statistics. Digest of Educational Statistics. Tables 322.30, 323.30, and 324.25, (2020); https://bit.ly/3opVMCL https://bit.ly/3opVMCL Look under Chapter 3, Section 322, and you can see a table of degree classifications, Table 322.10. You can see how broad each class is, and that 'computer and information sciences' (again lower case)' are listed alongside other broad classes such as simply 'engineering'. Footnote 3 again makes it clear they're broad classes: > Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.
- logical_person 5y ago
  Thanks for the reply! I'm glad you're able to click the link and read the same table, which does not clarify what majors are categorized in these groups. Another user posted a category 11 link, for example, where CIS includes "word processing" degrees, while excluding CE & EE (but still, the table does not claim that their statistics under that grouping are category 11). Do you work with a lot of software developers with word processing degrees?
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    > which does not clarify what majors are categorized in these groups Ok, but we now understand it is a group of majors, and not a single major or degree, right? I'm sure its an poorly defined group, yes. > Do you work with a lot of software developers with word processing degrees? I work with software developers with an almost endless variety of degrees and non-degrees.

The article says: > bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in computer and information science (CIS). [6] So your first strong hint is already here without reading anything else. They say 'computer and information science' - they don't say 'Computer and Information Science' so it already looks like it's not a proper noun and they are talking about a group of degrees not a specific degree. But that [6] takes us to this: > 6. National Center for Educational Statistics. Digest of Educational Statistics. Tables 322.30, 323.30, and 324.25, (2020); https://bit.ly/3opVMCL https://bit.ly/3opVMCL Look under Chapter 3, Section 322, and you can see a table of degree classifications, Table 322.10. You can see how broad each class is, and that 'computer and information sciences' (again lower case)' are listed alongside other broad classes such as simply 'engineering'. Footnote 3 again makes it clear they're broad classes: > Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

logical_person 5y ago
Thanks for the reply! I'm glad you're able to click the link and read the same table, which does not clarify what majors are categorized in these groups. Another user posted a category 11 link, for example, where CIS includes "word processing" degrees, while excluding CE & EE (but still, the table does not claim that their statistics under that grouping are category 11). Do you work with a lot of software developers with word processing degrees?
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > which does not clarify what majors are categorized in these groups Ok, but we now understand it is a group of majors, and not a single major or degree, right? I'm sure its an poorly defined group, yes. > Do you work with a lot of software developers with word processing degrees? I work with software developers with an almost endless variety of degrees and non-degrees.