Program Overview: Career Professions and Differences (CS, IT, IS)

What exactly I want?

Information Systems

Primary Roles

Organizational Process Analyst; Data Analyst;
Solutions Specialist; System Analyst;
IS Project Management Personnel

Secondary Roles

Application Developer; End user Trainer;
Documentation Specialist; Quality Assurance Specialist

help an organization determine how information and technology-enabled business processes can be used as a strategic tool to achieve a competitive advantage

Information Systems

Information Technology

Primary Roles

Web and applications Developer; Junior Database Administrator;
Systems Administrator; Network Engineer;
Junior Information Security Administrator; System Integration Personel
IT Audit Assistant; Technical Support Specialist
 

Secondary Roles

QA Specialist; Systems Analyst; Computer Programmer

address various user needs involving the selection, development, application, integration, and management of computing technologies within an organization

Information Technology

Computer Science

Primary Roles

Software Engineer; System Software Developer;
Research and Development computing professional;
Application Software Developer; Computer Programmer

Secondary Roles

System Analyst; Data Analyst;
​Quality Assurance Specialist; Software Support Specialist

design and create algorithmically complex software and develop new and effective algorithms for solving computing problems

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

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Why USC?

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