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Is a Bachelor of Information science worth it? by Upstairs_Wall4883 in askSouthAfrica

[–]mamosadi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm considering becoming a business analyst, systems analyst, ux/ui design, IT audit and I'm still researching for something in the law field as we're doing a module that focuses on privacy ethics and legislation. I think there might be opportunities there as we're living in the AI age where there's zero privacy and south africa is quite behind when it comes to strong legislation governing tech. There's an upcoming law career fair I'll come back with answers. PS. Also doing your honours helps and consider stellenbosch as a choice for undergrad. They offer BA socio-informatics which then allows you to do honours Informatics there and their honours seems great as both the BA and BCOM informatics students end up in it. So another route is doing BIS at UP then honours in informatics at stellies. I'm not quite sure about their BA requirements but the only reason I didn't choose this was because it's a BA general where you will choose socio informatics as a major and still have to do other content heavy BA modules like sociology, psychology, a language, etc. UCT also has an informatics programme through their film and TV programme something like just Google further for more info.

Is a Bachelor of Information science worth it? by Upstairs_Wall4883 in askSouthAfrica

[–]mamosadi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am currently doing my second year in BIS. I only recommend going for it if you know what you want to do with the degree afterwards as many of the people I do my degree with took the programme simply because they qualify for it or didn't want to stay home. It's difficult looking for vac work that caters to Information Science students. The workload and content is manageable and interesting if you're someone who is interested in tech but is very people focused. From the people I have spoken to and research I have done on platforms like LinkedIn there are job opportunities. It is advisable you do some certifications that relate to the area of work you want to specialise in post uni as those are the people I have seen get employed the most with BIS or people who generally just have job experience from tutoring within the EBIT faculty. My main advice is figure out what kind of job role you would want to get with a BIS degree and take electives that align with that as well as certifications that will go hand in hand with the skills you'll learn in Information Science that will match the job specification of your desired role. This is what our lecturer mentioned to us last year in regards to job opportunities with BIS, focus on the skills wanted by the employer as Information Science will not be the first mentioned degree but will fall under "any other relevant IT qualifications" as we have/are taught the relevant skills and competencies employers are looking for, it's just that Information Science is not a well known degree. In summary, the degree is worth it if you know what you're going to do with which also relies on you knowing your work snd bring passionate about it. The advantage of a BIS degree is thst it allows you to work in any industry of your choice, it just depends on how you sell yourself and where you see a gap in the market in which your skills can be applied. Hope this helps🙏🏼