Computer and information science

[7] Popular programming languages used within the academic study of CIS include, but are not limited to: Java, Python, C#, C++, Perl, Ruby, Pascal, Swift, Visual Basic.

The area of information systems focuses on the networks of hardware and software that are required to process, manipulate and distribute such data.

The main purpose behind this area of study is to achieve an understanding of how computers function on a basic level, often through tracing machine operations.

Information and computer science is a field that is rapidly developing with job prospects for students being extremely promising with 75.7% of graduates gaining employment.

[11] Also the IT industry employs one in twenty of the workforce with it predicted to increase nearly five times faster than the average of the UK and between 2012 and 2017 more than half a million people will be needed within the industry and the fact that nine out of ten tech firms are suffering from candidate shortages which is having a negative impact on their business as it delays the creation and development of new products,[12] and it's predicted in the US that in the next decade there will be more than one million jobs in the technology sector than computer science graduates to fill them.

For example, children in England will now be exposed to computer programming at the age of 5 due to an updated national curriculum.

[14] Due to the wide variety of jobs that now involve computer and information science related tasks, it is difficult to provide a comprehensive list of possible jobs in this area, but some of the key areas are artificial intelligence, software engineering and computer networking and communication.

A 2013 survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that the average starting salary for graduates who earned a degree in a computer related field was $59,977, up 4.3% from the prior year.

[17] A Rasmussen College article describes various jobs CIS graduates may obtain with software applications developers at the top making a median income of $98,260.

[18] According to the National Careers Service an Information Scientist can expect to earn £24,000+ per year as a starting salary.