The Information Sciences and Technologies
| Electrical Engineering | Computer Engineering | Software Engineering | Computer Science | Computer Information Systems | Telecommunications and Networking Technology | Graphics Technology |
Focus | Design of | Understanding of | Application of | ||||
electrical and electronic systems | computer systems | and implementation of large software systems | algorithms and advancing the state of the art | information technology in support of business processes. | technical knowledge of communication and networking technologies | information technology to the design of graphical communications | |
Methodology | Engineering design | Engineering design | Engineering design, management and team work. | Engineering design, Mathematics, & Science | Business processes Design and management of business systems | Practical experience with technologies. | Design theory and industry practices |
Cognates | Mathematics Science | Mathematics Science | Mathematics Science Applications | Applications | Business process software packages | Electronics | Art, Computer systems Graphics software packages |
Examples | |||||||
Networking | Communication theory & networking hardware | Networking algorithms & hardware | Networking algorithms & applications | Networking algorithms | Network technology for business processes | Design, construction, and maintenance of physical networks | Web site design |
Programming | Assembly language C, C++, Java | Assembly language C, C++, Java | Multiple languages and paradigms | Multiple languages and paradigms | Visual Basic, Cobol, Java, SQL | Scripting languages | HTML, XML Java script Visual Basic |
Observations In the rows, Focus, Methodology, and Cognates, as sharp a distinction as possible is made between the disciplines/programs. In the rows dealing with Examples, the distinctions are blurred as much as possible. For the examples presented here, it should be clear that there are two extremes on ether side of computer science. While computer science is flexible enough to accommodate either extreme, the extremes are not compatible.