Education ?

um.. DD.. on the first note.. i almost totally threw out what was saying, but read it anyhow..mostly on course. but for IT you're looking for AS, BS, MS, not BA.. lol
tis true, and easy to remember.. IT's good for Bs'ing ya know.

i guess that's why, most of my writing fits those latter comments of yours....

if youre' wanting CAD, you're after engineering and Design, and really drafting and design will give you all the cad you want. shouldnt' be a CAD degree in itselft. maybe a certificate, saying you can use AUTOcad or Microstation or one of the others.

there are multiple designations within IT Degree in the past few years.. best thing with IT, is you show that you are able to learn and adapt. the type of degree is really nothing.
unless more of the IT management trees might be a bit different.