I'm currently in my 5th semester at Kutztown University for my BS in Computer Science. My school has the Computer Science major split into two separate "paths", one for Software Development and the other for Information Technology. CS majors are required to take at least 3 or 4 semesters of C++, a semester or two of Visual Basic and I believe 1 semester of Assembly and Java. I'm currently in the IT pathway, but I'm planning on looking into possibly switching to the Software pathway or seeing if there's anything that I can do to get a general BS in Computer science to cover both pathways. About 80% of the courses offered in both paths are the same and I'm pretty sure that most electives are offered to the other pathway. I'm still sort of undecided if I want to actually program as a career, or go for a systems administration position. If anybody has any insight as to what is generally "better", I would appreciate it. I'm sort of leaning towards staying in the IT pathway because I figure I could still write programs as side projects.