pursuing university degree
i was wondering what university degree should i pursue
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so im soon going into uni and i have options for 3 degrees, even though they are computer science related, they have different names
bachelors in computer science
bachelors in tech
bachelors in computer applications
i was wondering, internationally, do every computer science related degree has the same value? or do they always prefer bachelors in computer science
since i think its internationally applicable
if you are in the EU, you should check the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) level of each one and ideally choose the highest one. That's more or less all that will be looked at by recruiter (it correlates loosely to the number of years it takes to get the degree). Other than that, just choose the one that you find most interesting (and I know it's hard 'cause you probably have no idea what you want to do or are not sure if what you want to do is actually what you want to do)
whatever you choose just keep in mind that it won't be enough by itself and you will need to learn other stuff on the side and do personal projects because you won't go in depth into anything. So if a course cover something you find interesting make something with it in your own time to learn more about it.
Definitely need much more context about what country you're in and all that. These degrees sound very local to your specific university so I think it's better for you to ask around there. In general though, some fields are more hardware related, others more theoretical, others are more about applied business software development and so on and so forth. If you already know what kind of field you want to enter that's great and I hope you find the course you're looking for. But in my experience more often than not, people don't know what field interests them right away, or they switch fields / land in something completely different and still enjoy it. If you don't know exactly what you want, there's no harm in trying something and see how you like it.
I studied to be a generalist programmer, did game development on the side and now do web-based ui for video games. Never thought i'd end up doing web dev but just slipped into it more and more and could somehow even come it with games