It seems to me that either her academic advisor wasn't knowledgable enough or the student didn't clearly communicate what she wanted from a program of study. Sh

It seems to me that either her academic advisor wasn't knowledgable enough or the student didn't clearly communicate what she wanted from a program of study. She probably would have been happier had she went into Information Systems and Technology. There is a difference in goals between Computer Science and Information Systems and those differences are listed on Temple's CSIT website. From Temple: "Computer Science": Emphasis is on the more conceptual aspects of computing, especially as related to program design, and the study of computing systems, including hardware architecture and computer resource management. "IS&T": Emphasis is on the design, analysis, development and implementation of systems and the underlying technologies that support this development. http://www.temple.edu/cis/undergraduate/undergradcs/documents/csistcomparebrochure2014.pdf http://www.temple.edu/cis/undergraduate/undergradcs/document... A little more research by both the advisor and the student may have avoided a horribly titled article.