C#, T SQL, Javascript, (X)HTML, CSS, XML ...So whenever I get caught in a pissing contest I break out the line "Yeah, I use about a half a dozen different computer languages on any given work day, although I'm familar with about a half a dozen more." They'll inevetably ask "How in the world to you keep them straight?!" In reply I'll casually shrug and say "Eh, you get used to it." That usually gets 'em to shut up. ;)

Darrol wrote:

BS in CIS with a concentration in web development

...which is not BS in Web Development. Web Development is a particular niche in the larger sphere of Computer Science and Computer Information Systems. Good Web Development is based on fundamental principles of CS.

Christian Graus wrote:

Are you assuming that web development == static HTML pages, or just trying to stir controversy ?

Web Developement is not neccessarily difficult at all. You can in fact "code" HTML and some poorly written Javascript and call yourself a Web Developer. On the other hand, you can be an Enterprise Application Developer that happens to use the Web as your platform of choice; a very skilled Web Developer indeed. I don't think they are trying to stir up controversy at all. What is more important than knowing web development are basic principles taught in any CS ciriculum such as OOP, Data Structures, Memory Management, State Management, and so on. I have had a Web Developer title for quite a while but I could just as easily have an Enterprise Application Developer title or Database Developer title. Not all Web Developers are capable of that level of diversity and skill. Graduates of reputable CS programs are.

I would have to agree that BWD sounds fishy. BCS on the other hand would indicate instruction on the basic principles of computers and application design which in my mind is much more important than, as someone above put it, "domain specific knowledge". To put it another way someone with a broad technical knowledge base (CS) has a foundation that can be applied to learning Web Development and beyond whereas someone with a Web Development degree is more likely to be missing some fundamentals that could hinder or stall their skill growth.