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Differences between the syllabuses of CSE and IT stream

What are the differences between the syllabuses of CSE stream and IT stream?

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  • Both are not interchangeable and do not mean the same thing. IT and CSE have around 90 per cent similar prescribed courses but the approach is different. Both will take you to different career paths and you have to be very clear about your career goals while making a choice here.The major difference between both these fields is that IT deals with the application of computing technology to real life processes, while Computer Science deals with the science that facilitates these applications. To make it short and simple, Computer Science is the creation of software and hardware by using different programming skills. And IT is just the selection of the proper software or hardware for the task. 


  • CSE and IT are both quite similar in some or the other manner.CSE(computer science engineering) are aspects of computing,from the design of individual microprocessors,personal computers and supercomputers to circuit designing and writing software that powers them.Infromation Technology(IT) deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to store,protect process,transmit and securely retrieve data.IT professionals perform a variety of tasks that range from installing applications to designing complex computer networls and information databases. CSE:Computer Science engineering students study about design,implementation and management of information system of both software and hardware processes.Students Pursing CS study:Algorithms and data structure,Architecture,Artificial Intelligence and Robotics,Database and Information Retrieval,Human-computer communication,Numerical and symbolic computation,Operating systems,Programming languages and software methodology and engineering. IT:Information Technology deals with installation,development and implementation of computer systems and applications.Under this stream,students learn the following:Data structures and algorithms,Micro processors and interfacing,computer communication and networking,database systems,Internet technologies and applications,software engineering etc.


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