Confused between choices of courses offered by universities

[parad0x]

Guys, help me choose between various courses related to CS, IT and others.

Here are various courses between I am confused between.

1.) 5 year integrated M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
2.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & M.Tech. (IT) Spl. (Cyber Law & Information security)
3.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & M.Tech. (IT) Spl. (Intelligent Systems)
4.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & M.Tech. (IT) Spl. (Robotics)
5.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & M.Tech. (IT) Spl. (Software Engineering)
6.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & M.Tech. (IT) Spl. (Wireless Communication Engineering)
7.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & MBA (IT)
8.) 5 Yrs. Dual degree BTech (IT) & MBA /MTech(IT)
9.) 5-year Dual Degree B.Tech Computer Science & Engg. and M.Tech. Computer Science
10.) 5-year Dual Degree Computer Science & Engg. and M.Tech. Information Security
11.) Computer Science & Engineering
12.) Information Technology

PLZ be reasonable for what you will advise me to take. My future depends on it.

The last date for choosing is 12th, so I have 3 days left.

[parad0x]

I want to make my career in computer industry and then will move onto Infosec.

Btw, are there some drawbacks of Integrated courses, I mean normal B. Tech. will be of 4 years plus M. Tech. will be of 2 years and in dual degree in 5 years, they offer B. Tech. plus M. Tech. So, which is much better?

[Stackprotector]

 I am going to do a bachelor on computer engineering and embedded systems. Though if I had the choice to do intelligent systems or infosec I would have chosen that.

[parad0x]

I am going to do a bachelor on computer engineering and embedded systems. Though if I had the choice to do intelligent systems or infosec I would have chosen that.

Faction, which one would you chose between the two and why??

[Deque]

Do what you are interested in most. If that's Infosec, then go for something with Infosec.
That would be 2) or 10) if I am not mistaken.

However, if you are still unsure about what to specialize in, don't specialize now. Go for something more general, like Computer Science only. It is usually easier (in the sense of explaining to your future employers why and in the sense of making them think how much your education fits to what they want) to go from the generalized to the special than vice versa. A specialization that you don't use afterwards will rather be seen as a mistake than having a more general degree in the first place, even if the educational backgrounds for both degrees don't differ that much.

[Architect]

Based on the options, 2 and 10 are the best probably if you aim for the IT game. Deque knows his stuff, listen to him.

[parad0x]

Thank you Deque, your reply was as expected. Perfect and clear which had opened my mind.

Now, I am looking for 10 if I can get it or else 11th.

[Kulverstukas]

I have no idea what those lines in OP mean... I just chose Computer Science -> Internet technology

[ande]

Being a information security student myself, I will tell you it is a lot different from what I expected when I first started. However, I do enjoy the infosec related technical courses a lot.

In my opinion I would look closer into nr. 2, 6 and 10. But that's just me. I like how Deque put it, do whatever you want the most or consider doing something more generalized until you decide.

[konos]

I had this exact same issue not so long ago. I personally wasn't sure which field I wanted to specialize in myself until a couple of months into it. I began a Bachelor of Information Technology as a place to start and get the feel of it there. My situation may be different however because I was changing my mind every five minutes. I really enjoyed it all. It's a hard question to answer because you may find yourself possibly looking at another option 6 months down the track. It's never a bad thing to change your mind. It's only natural and I'm certain you will always get credited. Just choose what appeals most to you now, go with your gut. Deque pretty much got it right with his post, a general scope of the industry will give you a better understanding of what you feel is best suited for you. The choice is yours but it's not the end of the world. Good luck!! Hope it all works out for yourself.

[Moistfish]

My thoughts as well:

I would recommend a generalise degree then specialise after that, which is what most people have stated here already =)

Doing something like IT/Computer Science will give you a broad scope of the IT Industry and will allow you to move into almost any position after that.  Though, arnt university degrees Bachelors?

If you specialise now and then change your mind later on, it will be harder and require more work in order to retrain your skills.  Take my example, i have a Bachelors with honours in Computer Games Design (art side) and during the final year (4th year into the degree) i decided i didn't want to have anything to do with that industry. 

I've since enrolled on a Info Sec Masters degree and shall be starting that soon.  But the last year has seen me working my ass off in order to be prepared for the degree, working full time and studying at any time around that.  It hasn't been easy but i see it being worth it.

It would have been soooo much easier had i joined a normal, general IT degree as like you, i had no idea what i wanted to do/be "when i grew up".

[kenjoe41]

^^ Its called carrier guidance. Most of us didn't have it when we were making our choices hence we ended up having limited choices in life.